First thing to try is to delete all temp files.

c:\ temp
c:\windows\temp

empty the rubbish bin.

Archive stuff off the drive if you can and delete what you don't need.

remove programs that you do not use.

etc.

Most of those cleaner programs do it for you as well.

ccleaner is one that comes to mind. backup before you try these and be carefull.

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


Right click on c: in "my computer", properties, general, disk cleanup.

If that's not enough, move shyte off onto an external drive or cloud storage or buy a bigger hdd.

Edit: If you got a 2 or 3TB usb drive you could keep most of your porn on that and you could use it to back up that abysmally small 200G HDD.

Laptop or box?

Put all the files you don't really need on a USB hard drive -
old photos etc.
I got one from Office Works for only $77 to back up my HDD.

Setanta wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2018 at 8:49pm:




The Porn File is actually very modest, boasting only a very few favourites after routine culling in order to save only the best for Art Appreciation purposes. In fact it's only 8.96MB.

I have a 1T extended hard drive that I've abandoned for months now because I could never retrieve the files back onto my PC's local disc. Acronis, Macrium, EasUS ... not worth a cracker when it has come to moving the clone back into the PC after a scrubbing of the C:. The fruitless hours I've spent trying to translate instructions into comprehensible English has left me stripped-and-gutted so far as wanting to go through the whole process again.

I had a full copy of my system and personal files transferred to the ext hdd with the help of Seagate, and then a few months later I needed to activate the Restore process ... in your dreams, Bucko!

I've got a second external hard drive, but the Backup & Restore features on these various Backup systems come across as gibberish to me.

I'm even toying with the idea of phoning up a local mobile computer service guy to come and do the honours. That's probably my best bet.

Meanwhile, thanks for the suggestions, doods.

Thanks RSF and you others.


First I need to work out what these are ...



'system reserved (F:)'  What's this?

'Local Disc (I:)'  What's this?

I have my external drive turned on but it doesn't show here. Seagate 931GB capacity.

I'm going to go with using the default Windows 10 Pro backup facility. I've done it before but it didn't work. Perhaps this time ...

Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 25^th, 2018 at 7:41am:


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.

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


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

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


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

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


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.

Have you installed treesizefree or something similar?

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


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

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.

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


I was just trying to help...

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


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.

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


Something like Treesize Free with give you a visual representation of where all the files are.  You can easily see what is hogging all the space. 

You can use this as a guide to move files that aren't needed by windows to the D: to free up the space on C:.

One thing it might identify is Dropbox or Google Drive storing their files on C:.  You'll need to use the programs themselves to move files like that (otherwise it might sync the changes, or "deletions" to the cloud if you just move the files etc).

You might find a download folder for BitTorrent etc, you know, for all those Linux Distros etc...

Also might be a heap of Windows Updates and temp files which you should really be deleting file by file, but if you at least google the path, you should be able to get some more information about how to safely remove the files.

Good luck.

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


many blessings , as

some do not care for porn ,

many may say unto godless heathens ..

yet either way , one may be at peace

namaste

╰დ╮

ॐ╭დ╯



it_is_the_light wrote on Mar 30^th, 2018 at 7:58pm:


And you add absolutely fick all to the conversation as per usual Dr Photon.

Setanta wrote on Mar 30^th, 2018 at 10:58pm:



And yet you posted a picture of a dog's bum masquerading as a picture of Jesus -

this is most certainly blasphemy.

it_is_the_light wrote on Mar 31^st, 2018 at 9:37am:


He's claiming your a dog buggerer you dopey buggerwit.

You can infect every other corner of this forum but the tech space too?

Come on, give us a break, namaste and all?

it_is_the_light wrote on Mar 31^st, 2018 at 10:52am:


Yes, the bitter sting of defeat because you ignore the facts presented to you that you don't like, therefore you win?

Yeah, that's how it works.  I'm stinging...



The problem with you is no matter the topic, you find a way to ruin it for everyone.  Someone is asking for help to resolve a hard drive space issue, you start judging people as if your fringe lunatic brand of morality is desired by anyone other than the most detached and lonely people out there looking to feel special be seeking hidden truth?

If you're not willing to help, don't contribute maybe?

You can have the Fringe, you can ignore questions, replies and facts you don't like, but don't get in the way of helping people.

Bobby. wrote on Mar 31^st, 2018 at 9:46am:


Is not that dog a creation of god? What you see in the dog's bum is up to you, you chose to see Jesus.

it_is_the_light wrote on Mar 31^st, 2018 at 10:52am:

Story of my life here, old copper. The sting of bitter defeat called Bwian follows me everywhere across these boards: not me, not any other blessed ones can make him lift his game above that of yesterday's  canine droppings at  the bottom of a disused mineshaft.

Advise us, oh wise one. What would you do? (He won't  buy copper pyramids so please think of alternatives).
Ta and blessings.

Setanta wrote on Mar 31^st, 2018 at 6:31pm:




dear Setanta,
one day you will have to answer to Saint Peter before the gates of heaven.
Robert Plant certainly makes quite a fuss about it.


In My Time of Dying - 1975 Earls Court





Oh, Saint Peter
At the gates of heaven
Won't you let me in
I never did no harm
I never did no wrong

Bobby. wrote on Mar 31^st, 2018 at 6:43pm:

dear master Light,
one day you will have to answer to Saint Peter before the gates of heaven.

diskpart (the old fdisk) is the quickest and most thorough ??

But please do not do this.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 1^st, 2018 at 8:00am:


No, he'd not be let in because he'd start arguing conspiracy theories with St Peter and he'd just open the trapdoor and be rid of him.