Low Disk Space Persists (page 3)

compound complex

This flying disks thing is off point yet a droll diversion!

Carry on, "space" fans . . .

How do you eliminate restore points, then? Defeats the purpose, no?!?!?!?

Thanks, Perry and trans and FHN.

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FlyingHighNow

How do you eliminate restore points, then? Defeats the purpose, no?!?!?!?

Check that link for windows that I gave you. You can search the site for the answer.

Delete all but the most recent restore point. System Restore uses restore points to return your system files to the state they were in at an earlier point in time. If your computer is running normally, you can save disk space by deleting the earlier restore points. For more information, see Delete files using Disk Cleanup.

compound complex

Thanks for links, FHN.

When perusing the first one earlier, I didn't then know about restore points -- you are quite knowledgeable!

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FlyingHighNow

I'm not so knowledgeable. I just learn things through personal experience and then like you, researching remedies for problems I have with Windows or my PC.

berrygerry

Or their.

Now don't loose you're mind over todays speling.

processor

Download "Treesize Free" and run "as Administrator" to see WHAT consumes the space.

Simon

TreeSize is great. If you are on NTFS and have some large but infrequently used folders then you can compress them which can save space (depending on the file types and the PC spec a compressed folder can also be quicker).

You can ste the space used for restore points on the drive if that is taking too much.

I perfer to keep as much data on Google Drive or DropBox now and just have apps and immediately used files store locally. A little Asus tablet with 32Gb drive and an SD card has plenty of space.

Witness My Fury

Dont forget to empty the recyle bin after you delete stuff.....

pronomono

Also, since it's a hand-me-down, check to see if there are additional user profiles that you can delete. A quick and dirty way to see is look under "C:\Users" or "C:\Documents and Settings" depending on your version of Windows. If you see more profiles than Administrator, Default, and the profiles that you use, you can go to "System" under the "Control Panel", select the "Advanced" tab, click "Settings" under the "User Profiles" box, and then delete the profiles you no longer need. Be careful, because this will delete all of the user's data, including documents, favorites, settings, etc. There's a number of ways to get to this screen depending on your version of Windows, but the Control Panel method is pretty much the same across all versions after you switch from Category view to Icon view in the newer versions.

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