i am getting a full c drive message on a 20gb drive laptop. all my music and
personal files are on a different drive. All that is on this on is operating
system and software. I have deleted all unneeded software and deleted temp
files. I have run disk cleaner and cc cleaner. Most of the space 70% is taken
up by a huge c:\windows folder but I have no idea what I can delete from this
folder. Can anyone give me any advice?

Thanks

John

"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>i am getting a full c drive message on a 20gb drive laptop. all my music
>and
> personal files are on a different drive. All that is on this on is
> operating
> system and software. I have deleted all unneeded software and deleted temp
> files. I have run disk cleaner and cc cleaner. Most of the space 70% is
> taken
> up by a huge c:\windows folder but I have no idea what I can delete from
> this
> folder. Can anyone give me any advice?
>
> Thanks
>
> John


So just how big IS your C:\Windows folder?
Mine is just on 3GB and that's with SP2 and fully patched. I can't see that
yours would be anything much bigger than that....

You need to provide specific information. What size are the partitions on
the hard drive? How full are those partitions? How big is the Windows
folder?

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008


"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>i am getting a full c drive message on a 20gb drive laptop. all my music
>and
> personal files are on a different drive. All that is on this on is
> operating
> system and software. I have deleted all unneeded software and deleted temp
> files. I have run disk cleaner and cc cleaner. Most of the space 70% is
> taken
> up by a huge c:\windows folder but I have no idea what I can delete from
> this
> folder. Can anyone give me any advice?
>
> Thanks
>
> John

"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7C1047A8-70D6-4DE2-8DB3-(E-Mail Removed)...
>i am getting a full c drive message on a 20gb drive laptop. all my music
>and
> personal files are on a different drive. All that is on this on is
> operating
> system and software. I have deleted all unneeded software and deleted temp
> files. I have run disk cleaner and cc cleaner. Most of the space 70% is
> taken
> up by a huge c:\windows folder but I have no idea what I can delete from
> this
> folder. Can anyone give me any advice?
>
> Thanks
>
> John

These tools may help:
DriveUse:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulif...are/index.html
Bullet Proof Folder sizes: http://www.foldersizes.com/

yes,

music files can consume
a lot (A LOT) of space.

it is likely possible that
your 20 gig harddrive is
a bit small by now and
if it is a "fat32" then
it is not as "ntfs"

try checking out the temp
directory in the windows
folder and delete those files.

a couple of commands that
might help are cleanmgr and
chkdsk and defrag.

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"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>i am getting a full c drive message on a 20gb drive laptop. all my music and
> personal files are on a different drive. All that is on this on is operating
> system and software. I have deleted all unneeded software and deleted temp
> files. I have run disk cleaner and cc cleaner. Most of the space 70% is taken
> up by a huge c:\windows folder but I have no idea what I can delete from this
> folder. Can anyone give me any advice?
>
> Thanks
>
> John

It is 11GB

"Gordon" wrote:

> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:7C1047A8-70D6-4DE2-8DB3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >i am getting a full c drive message on a 20gb drive laptop. all my music
> >and
> > personal files are on a different drive. All that is on this on is
> > operating
> > system and software. I have deleted all unneeded software and deleted temp
> > files. I have run disk cleaner and cc cleaner. Most of the space 70% is
> > taken
> > up by a huge c:\windows folder but I have no idea what I can delete from
> > this
> > folder. Can anyone give me any advice?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > John
>
>
> So just how big IS your C:\Windows folder?
> Mine is just on 3GB and that's with SP2 and fully patched. I can't see that
> yours would be anything much bigger than that....
>
>
>

Thanks Ron C: is 17GM of which C:/windowns is 11GB. Where do i check the
partition size

"Ron Badour" wrote:

> You need to provide specific information. What size are the partitions on
> the hard drive? How full are those partitions? How big is the Windows
> folder?
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Ron Badour
> MS MVP 1997 - 2008
>
>
> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:7C1047A8-70D6-4DE2-8DB3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >i am getting a full c drive message on a 20gb drive laptop. all my music
> >and
> > personal files are on a different drive. All that is on this on is
> > operating
> > system and software. I have deleted all unneeded software and deleted temp
> > files. I have run disk cleaner and cc cleaner. Most of the space 70% is
> > taken
> > up by a huge c:\windows folder but I have no idea what I can delete from
> > this
> > folder. Can anyone give me any advice?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > John
>
>
>

If you double click My Computer, each partition's size and the amount of
free space left is listed under Hard Disk Drives (MS continues to call a
partition a drive and it is not a hard disk drive).

11 GB is pretty big for Windows--my entire C: partition is 12.7 GB. You can
right click each folder within Windows, select properties and that will tell
you the size and amount of files in that folder. For individual files
located in the Windows folder, use the detailed view and sort on size. This
should give you an idea of where and what is taking up so much room.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008


"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thanks Ron C: is 17GM of which C:/windowns is 11GB. Where do i check the
> partition size
>
> "Ron Badour" wrote:
>
>> You need to provide specific information. What size are the partitions
>> on
>> the hard drive? How full are those partitions? How big is the Windows
>> folder?
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> Ron Badour
>> MS MVP 1997 - 2008
>>
>>
>> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:7C1047A8-70D6-4DE2-8DB3-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >i am getting a full c drive message on a 20gb drive laptop. all my music
>> >and
>> > personal files are on a different drive. All that is on this on is
>> > operating
>> > system and software. I have deleted all unneeded software and deleted
>> > temp
>> > files. I have run disk cleaner and cc cleaner. Most of the space 70% is
>> > taken
>> > up by a huge c:\windows folder but I have no idea what I can delete
>> > from
>> > this
>> > folder. Can anyone give me any advice?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > John
>>
>>
>>

"Ron Badour" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> 11 GB is pretty big for Windows--

11Gb is ENORMOUS for the Windows Folder - even with SP2 and all patches mine
is only 3GB - so I don't know what on earth the OP has in there....

A basic point in this discussion is that a few years
ago 20 GBy was relatively small; now it's truly
tiny. Economical replacement with a bigger
drive might be a solution simpler than some.