Your drive is almost full. First try to create some more room by running
Disk Cleanup from "start/programs/accessories/system tools".

Then you can run "start/search" to look for files/folders. Use name of " *.*
" ,which means all files, and search by size with minimum set at 10000 kb.
After list is created click on "size" at top of list to list files in
descending order of size. This is a quick way of finding all of the
relatively large files on your disk drive and will give you an idea of the
type of files (video,audio,pictures) and/or the programs (file location &
name) that may be using up large amounts of space on your drive that could
be better utilized. You can uninstall those programs and delete those files
(you may want to check with a more knowledgeable friend for guidance if you
are not comfortable with deleting files). Use computer for a while to check
its functions and then empty the Recycle bin.

You can go into "control panel/system/system restore/settings" and reduce
the amount of space allowed for system restore files and delete older
restore points.

There are other ways to increase free space on the drive but they are in the
area of tweaking. See http://www.computer-2tr.com/tips/04/20041121.html .

Tom Mayer


----- Original Message -----
From: "Becky" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Full hard drive


I bought a used Compaq laptop. It did not come with a recovery disk. It came
loaded with Windows XP Professional and MS Office with Frontpage.  I keep
getting messages that my C drive is nearly full. When I go to My Computer it
shows that I have a capacity of 11.2 G and used space of 10.9 G.  However,
when I go to Add/Remove programs I have a TOTAL of 246.56 MB in programs
installed.  How can I find out what is taking up all the room on the C drive
and what can I do to get the space back if I can't see what is using the
space????  Please explain simply since my computer knowledge is fairly
limited.  Thank you

Becky Buehrer

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