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Why does is my C-drive so low on space??

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MikeyPutsOut

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I keep getting that low on disk space warning, and I check my C-Drive and it shows that I have only about 200mb out of 4.87 GB remaining. The problem is that I hardly ever save anything on it and when I check all the files/folders in the C:,, it shows I only used up about 2.5GB....what's the deal?

PS: Yes, I did choose to see hidden items and all together, it still equals ~2.5GB

 
Yes, I do have 3 partitions. I don't think this is likely the problem though. 1.) I have enough space on my other two. 2.) I've looked through alot of the folders on C:, and there aren't really any large, unecessary files.

What is the page file? Can it account for 2GB of space though?

Recycle Bin is empty.

What is hibernation?
 
Right Click My COmputer->Properties->Advanced->Performance Settings->Advanced->Page File

Or something like that to see your pagefile settings.
 
Okay, I see it....what should I set it to?

Also, it says it only accounts for 768mb-1.5gb.... there is still some mysterious loss of space left...

What is hibernation?
 
hibernation is when you computer writes everything in memory to the HD so it can shut down completly and than when it comes out of hibernation it writes the stuff on the HD back to the rma and starts right where you left off.
 
right click my computer>properties>system restore tab

disable it if you want to regain that space but as a result you won't be able to roll back to a previous state.
 
Originally posted by: AWhackWhiteBoy
right click my computer>properties>system restore tab

disable it if you want to regain that space but as a result you won't be able to roll back to a previous state.
Click to expand...

... but also prevents alot of problems later. Many of the current viruses and hijacks are "attaching" to the restore files so you keep reinfecting yourself. Almost all of the manual virus removal instructions start with "Disable system restore..."
 
Make sure you don't have "synchronize offline files" or whatever it's called enabled....you probably don't, you'd probably know if you did.
 
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