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Re: How to recover free space on local disc (C:)?
Reply #15 - Mar 23^rd, 2018 at 3:30am

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2018 at 3:28am:

Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2018 at 8:34pm:

I've nearly run out of space.

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4761/39540116035_827d33598d_b.jpg

It needs liposuction.

What's the best way of doing this?

Delete your overloaded porn video files. Might save you a few gigabytes of space.

Or get yourself an external hard drive and transfer storage there.

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Re: How to recover free space on local disc (C:)?
Reply #16 - Mar 23^rd, 2018 at 4:21pm

Setanta wrote on Feb 25^th, 2018 at 6:00pm:

System reserved is http://www.thewindowsclub.com/system-reserved-partition-windows

D: is to store data on and is empty, you can use it to copy stuff to, like your movies, pictures and porn or use partitioning software to double the size of C: by removing D: and expanding C:
You could also do something like move everything in "My Docs" to D: and mount d: on "My Docs" folder in your user directory or something.

er .. thanks, Set. Undecided

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Reply #17 - Mar 24^th, 2018 at 7:19pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2018 at 4:21pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 25^th, 2018 at 6:00pm:

System reserved is http://www.thewindowsclub.com/system-reserved-partition-windows

D: is to store data on and is empty, you can use it to copy stuff to, like your movies, pictures and porn or use partitioning software to double the size of C: by removing D: and expanding C:
You could also do something like move everything in "My Docs" to D: and mount d: on "My Docs" folder in your user directory or something.

er .. thanks, Set. Undecided

Go and talk to your computer people and ask them to expand C: drive using D: drive.

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Re: How to recover free space on local disc (C:)?
Reply #18 - Mar 24^th, 2018 at 7:26pm

Setanta wrote on Mar 24^th, 2018 at 7:19pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2018 at 4:21pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 25^th, 2018 at 6:00pm:

System reserved is http://www.thewindowsclub.com/system-reserved-partition-windows

D: is to store data on and is empty, you can use it to copy stuff to, like your movies, pictures and porn or use partitioning software to double the size of C: by removing D: and expanding C:
You could also do something like move everything in "My Docs" to D: and mount d: on "My Docs" folder in your user directory or something.

er .. thanks, Set. Undecided

Go and talk to your computer people and ask them to expand C: drive using D: drive.

Will do.

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Reply #19 - Mar 24^th, 2018 at 10:15pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 24^th, 2018 at 7:26pm:

Setanta wrote on Mar 24^th, 2018 at 7:19pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2018 at 4:21pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 25^th, 2018 at 6:00pm:

System reserved is http://www.thewindowsclub.com/system-reserved-partition-windows

D: is to store data on and is empty, you can use it to copy stuff to, like your movies, pictures and porn or use partitioning software to double the size of C: by removing D: and expanding C:
You could also do something like move everything in "My Docs" to D: and mount d: on "My Docs" folder in your user directory or something.

er .. thanks, Set. Undecided

Go and talk to your computer people and ask them to expand C: drive using D: drive.

Will do.

Feel free to take my posts with you. There's a good case to be made for having "my Docs" or your home dir c:/users/Herb on D: mounted on C:/users/Herb. You would only need to backup D: for example in that case. The point is you have a lot of free space but have no idea how to use it.

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Re: How to recover free space on local disc (C:)?
Reply #20 - Mar 25^th, 2018 at 9:08am

Setanta wrote on Mar 24^th, 2018 at 10:15pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 24^th, 2018 at 7:26pm:

Setanta wrote on Mar 24^th, 2018 at 7:19pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2018 at 4:21pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 25^th, 2018 at 6:00pm:

System reserved is http://www.thewindowsclub.com/system-reserved-partition-windows

D: is to store data on and is empty, you can use it to copy stuff to, like your movies, pictures and porn or use partitioning software to double the size of C: by removing D: and expanding C:
You could also do something like move everything in "My Docs" to D: and mount d: on "My Docs" folder in your user directory or something.

er .. thanks, Set. Undecided

Go and talk to your computer people and ask them to expand C: drive using D: drive.

Will do.

Feel free to take my posts with you. There's a good case to be made for having "my Docs" or your home dir c:/users/Herb on D: mounted on C:/users/Herb. You would only need to backup D: for example in that case. The point is you have a lot of free space but have no idea how to use it.

All good advice. Thank you.

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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47355 At my desk.	Re: How to recover free space on local disc (C:)? Reply #21 - Mar 25^th, 2018 at 9:50am Have you installed treesizefree or something similar?
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: How to recover free space on local disc (C:)? Reply #22 - Mar 25^th, 2018 at 2:33pm freediver wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 9:50am: Have you installed treesizefree or something similar? At your suggestion I've just done it. Free space: 20.4GB (of 221GB) ~ 242,500 files. And then there's a colourful list, but what I'm supposed to do with it, I don't know.
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Re: How to recover free space on local disc (C:)?
Reply #23 - Mar 25^th, 2018 at 3:01pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 2:33pm:

freediver wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 9:50am:

Have you installed treesizefree or something similar?

At your suggestion I've just done it.

Free space: 20.4GB (of 221GB) ~ 242,500 files.

And then there's a colourful list, but what I'm supposed to do with it, I don't know.

Right click on C drive then click on Format, that should clear up all your disk space. Grin

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Reply #24 - Mar 25^th, 2018 at 3:05pm

Baronvonrort wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 3:01pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 2:33pm:

freediver wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 9:50am:

Have you installed treesizefree or something similar?

At your suggestion I've just done it.

Free space: 20.4GB (of 221GB) ~ 242,500 files.

And then there's a colourful list, but what I'm supposed to do with it, I don't know.

Right click on C drive then click on Format, that should clear up all your disk space. Grin

AaaaaaasssHOLE!

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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47355 At my desk.	Re: How to recover free space on local disc (C:)? Reply #25 - Mar 25^th, 2018 at 4:04pm Open up the C drive in treesizefree. It should then show you how much memory each folder takes up. If you open each folder it will show the same for the subfolders. It allows you to prioritise the worst offending folders.
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Re: How to recover free space on local disc (C:)?
Reply #26 - Mar 25^th, 2018 at 5:14pm

freediver wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 4:04pm:

Open up the C drive in treesizefree. It should then show you how much memory each folder takes up. If you open each folder it will show the same for the subfolders. It allows you to prioritise the worst offending folders.

I've bookmarked your comments for action tomorrow.

Ta.

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Re: How to recover free space on local disc (C:)?
Reply #27 - Mar 25^th, 2018 at 5:19pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 3:05pm:

Baronvonrort wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 3:01pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 2:33pm:

freediver wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 9:50am:

Have you installed treesizefree or something similar?

At your suggestion I've just done it.

Free space: 20.4GB (of 221GB) ~ 242,500 files.

And then there's a colourful list, but what I'm supposed to do with it, I don't know.

Right click on C drive then click on Format, that should clear up all your disk space. Grin

AaaaaaasssHOLE!

I was just trying to help...

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Re: How to recover free space on local disc (C:)?
Reply #28 - Mar 25^th, 2018 at 10:24pm

Baronvonrort wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 5:19pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 3:05pm:

Baronvonrort wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 3:01pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 2:33pm:

freediver wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 9:50am:

Have you installed treesizefree or something similar?

At your suggestion I've just done it.

Free space: 20.4GB (of 221GB) ~ 242,500 files.

And then there's a colourful list, but what I'm supposed to do with it, I don't know.

Right click on C drive then click on Format, that should clear up all your disk space. Grin

AaaaaaasssHOLE!

I was just trying to help...

No probs.

What I think I'll do is go to Office Works and buy a bunch of Flash Drives and move a lot of my stuff into them.

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Re: How to recover free space on local disc (C:)?
Reply #29 - Mar 25^th, 2018 at 10:33pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 10:24pm:

Baronvonrort wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 5:19pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 3:05pm:

Baronvonrort wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 3:01pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 2:33pm:

freediver wrote on Mar 25^th, 2018 at 9:50am:

Have you installed treesizefree or something similar?

At your suggestion I've just done it.

Free space: 20.4GB (of 221GB) ~ 242,500 files.

And then there's a colourful list, but what I'm supposed to do with it, I don't know.

Right click on C drive then click on Format, that should clear up all your disk space. Grin

AaaaaaasssHOLE!

I was just trying to help...

No probs.

What I think I'll do is go to Office Works and buy a bunch of Flash Drives and move a lot of my stuff into them.

I have a hard drive dock so i back up files to another hard drive which had very little use. Plugs in with USB 3.

Made it easier to transfer music files etc to other computers.

You could probably pick up hard drive and dock for around $120 which would hold 10X what flash drives hold for same money.

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