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How do I free up space on my C drive.

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alanwest09872

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I think all my temp folders are full because I only have 300mb free on my c drive. Is there a software I can get that will empty them for me or is there a way I can do it manually. See I should have a ton of free space all I have installed on c drive is my operating system and nvidia drivers and realtek drivers. So what do I need to clean up the drive. I also have 500gigs worth of games installed on my a: drive. Which I know you put the saves for the games on the C: drive. Any and all info would be appreciated. I am running windows 7 64bit right now
 
Just click on Start and type "disk cleanup" and hit Enter. It will ask you which drive, so pick C:. It will then scan that drive and present you with options of stuff you can delete, some of which are different types of temp files. Each entry has a description, too, so read up and delete what you're comfortable with.
 
blurredvision said:
Just click on Start and type "disk cleanup" and hit Enter. It will ask you which drive, so pick C:. It will then scan that drive and present you with options of stuff you can delete, some of which are different types of temp files. Each entry has a description, too, so read up and delete what you're comfortable with.
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I already did this. and it emptied about 500mb and thats it
 
Turn off the page file (you do have 12gigs of ram), disable hibernation, delete restore points.
 
The pagefile can be deleted and reallocated at a smaller size.
You may have scratch files floating around that the normal disk cleanup does not handle.
Also, you may have copies of installations that you do not need; either the program has been installed and/or an older installation package is lying around.

first thing is as explained above - see what is one you system by size and start trimming those that you recognize as not needed.
 
Also consider getting a larger drive. Sometimes we simply become data hoarders. You could probably get help with CCLEANER.
 
ccleaner is your friend. and disable system restore, then enable it again and create one restore point. doing that and a run of ccleaner should get you GIGS of room back.
 
Another thought . . . limit the space allocated to Temporary Internet Files. If not bounded, they can grow, and grow, and grow.

You can also turn off Indexing - that uses space.
 
You can also relocate your /temp to your other drive. Considering various software use /temp for work files, the amount of space available to /temp can be critical.
 
Many of these are small fixes compared to the size of HDD's. I will also recommend having CCleaner have at your system. But if you are running out of space, you many want to consider getting another HDD (internal or external). If you are a data hoarder, you are just going to run into this problem again very soon. Alternatively, you can backup some of your data that you rarely/never use to discs and just delete them from your HDD.
 
Unhide hidden files and folders in Windows Explorer, then go to \windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download...delete everything in that folder (but don't delete the folder itself)

boochi was incorrect about turning off the pagefile, but he is correct about disabling Hibernation...if it's enabled, it is consuming 12Gs of your drive space. Deleting restore points is also good, but as theAnimal pointed out, also reduce the amount of drive space reserved by System Restore (and Recycle Bin).

But this is concerning:
...all I have installed on c drive is my operating system and nvidia drivers and realtek drivers
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The 80G Raptor on my HTPC has over 40G of installed games, and there is still over 14G of unused space.

I think your problem is a bit bigger than "how do I free up space"
 
Slugbait said:
Unhide hidden files and folders in Windows Explorer, then go to \windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download...delete everything in that folder (but don't delete the folder itself)

boochi was incorrect about turning off the pagefile, but he is correct about disabling Hibernation...if it's enabled, it is consuming 12Gs of your drive space. Deleting restore points is also good, but as theAnimal pointed out, also reduce the amount of drive space reserved by System Restore (and Recycle Bin).

But this is concerning:The 80G Raptor on my HTPC has over 40G of installed games, and there is still over 14G of unused space.

I think your problem is a bit bigger than "how do I free up space"
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I have 500gigs worth of installed games on my gaming drive. Does this matter at all.
 
alanwest09872 said:
I have 500gigs worth of installed games on my gaming drive. Does this matter at all.
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what exactly is your set up? Do you have 1 HDD that is partitioned into C and A? Or do you actually have multiple HDDs? And what are their sizes (partitions and disks please).

If there is a fascination with this games drive, have you tried uninstalling games you no longer play?
 
I have one ssd drive 80 gigs for my operating system
I have 2 veloraptor drives 300g each in raid
I have 2 1 tb hardrives in raid
I have a 400gb for system files
 
Sorry I'm unable to use paragraph brakes, which will make this hard to read. Many of the suggestions here are good- but not all. Your SSD is plenty big enough for your OS. No need to disable hibernation- if you use it, but with an SSD, the benefit of hibernation should be minimal. Don't disable the page file, but restrict it to 3 or 4 Mb to avoid problems. Most importantly, go to your User folders, and change the location of your Desktop, Documents, Music, Videos, etc. to your HDD. Next, download a copy of GetFolderSize or an equivalent free program, and see what else is taking up space on your “C” drive. You can utilize junction points to move things like your Google Earth cache, or game saves that don't allow you to chose their location through their settings. Indexing can also be moved to another drive, though with an SSD you may not see much benefit from indexing, and can probably disable it without a noticeable difference. If you move your Temp folder to another drive, don't forget that you did. Some programs won't install if you move the Temp folder, and you need to move it back to troubleshoot a failed install.
 
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