I'm trying to free up space on my C partition--I have about 25% left (8.5
gigs free out of 30). My Windows folder is taking up some 13 gigs, but none
of the folders seem that large--System 32 and Explorer both have about 2
gigs. I have checked the folder options to display hidden system files, but
still can't see anything. I have run Disk Cleanup a few times, as well as
defragged. What can I do to see if any "hidden" files are taking up space,
or to reduce the size? It seems like the folders in the C drive are not that
large--Program Files is about 2 gigs also.

--
Paul
Vista Home Basic
Office 2007

"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I'm trying to free up space on my C partition--I have about 25% left (8.5
>gigs free out of 30). My Windows folder is taking up some 13 gigs, but none
>of the folders seem that large--System 32 and Explorer both have about 2
>gigs. I have checked the folder options to display hidden system files, but
>still can't see anything. I have run Disk Cleanup a few times, as well as
>defragged. What can I do to see if any "hidden" files are taking up space,
>or to reduce the size? It seems like the folders in the C drive are not that
>large--Program Files is about 2 gigs also.

How large is the hard drive that the partition is on? Can you
increase the size of the partition?

The other partition has 10-20 gigs of empty space but its my documents
partition and I'd hate to just shrink that---if there is a problem or some
hidden file taking up lots of space I'd rather detect and delete it than
shrink my docs partition. Besides, this whole exercise is being done, to
run the Windows Easy Transfer wizard (to back up my Office 2007 settings,
since they threw out the 2003 save my settings wizard), which is telling me
I need to free up 9 gigs of space, to transfer 67 megs of data.

--
Paul
Vista Home Basic
Office 2007
"Bill Daggett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to free up space on my C partition--I have about 25% left (8.5
>>gigs free out of 30). My Windows folder is taking up some 13 gigs, but
>>none
>>of the folders seem that large--System 32 and Explorer both have about 2
>>gigs. I have checked the folder options to display hidden system files,
>>but
>>still can't see anything. I have run Disk Cleanup a few times, as well as
>>defragged. What can I do to see if any "hidden" files are taking up space,
>>or to reduce the size? It seems like the folders in the C drive are not
>>that
>>large--Program Files is about 2 gigs also.
>
> How large is the hard drive that the partition is on? Can you
> increase the size of the partition?

Paul,
Considering present requirements of Windows OS (XP & Vista)
having partition of 10-20 GB is rather insufficient. Think of 100-200 GB
rather. Hard drives these days are cheap and worth to invest . That would
improve significantly your PC's performance.



"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FCCF988F-7AA7-4B4C-B7B5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> The other partition has 10-20 gigs of empty space but its my documents
> partition and I'd hate to just shrink that---if there is a problem or some
> hidden file taking up lots of space I'd rather detect and delete it than
> shrink my docs partition. Besides, this whole exercise is being done, to
> run the Windows Easy Transfer wizard (to back up my Office 2007 settings,
> since they threw out the 2003 save my settings wizard), which is telling
> me I need to free up 9 gigs of space, to transfer 67 megs of data.
>
> --
> Paul
> Vista Home Basic
> Office 2007
> "Bill Daggett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm trying to free up space on my C partition--I have about 25% left (8.5
>>>gigs free out of 30). My Windows folder is taking up some 13 gigs, but
>>>none
>>>of the folders seem that large--System 32 and Explorer both have about 2
>>>gigs. I have checked the folder options to display hidden system files,
>>>but
>>>still can't see anything. I have run Disk Cleanup a few times, as well as
>>>defragged. What can I do to see if any "hidden" files are taking up
>>>space,
>>>or to reduce the size? It seems like the folders in the C drive are not
>>>that
>>>large--Program Files is about 2 gigs also.
>>
>> How large is the hard drive that the partition is on? Can you
>> increase the size of the partition?
>

> I'm trying to free up space on my C partition--I have about 25% left (8.5
> gigs free out of 30). My Windows folder is taking up some 13 gigs, but
> none of the folders seem that large--System 32 and Explorer both have
> about 2 gigs. I have checked the folder options to display hidden system
> files, but still can't see anything. I have run Disk Cleanup a few times,
> as well as defragged. What can I do to see if any "hidden" files are
> taking up space, or to reduce the size? It seems like the folders in the C
> drive are not that large--Program Files is about 2 gigs also.
>
..
When you ran Disk Cleanup did you delete the System Restore points and
Shadow Copies? Also, there are a couple of programs that will make it easy
for you to see how the space is being used. Have a look at SequoiaView and
WinDirStat - both are freeware and can be downloaded from Snapfiles.com.

I didn't say I had 10-20 gigs on a partition--I said that was the amount of
free space I had on the other partition (the documents partition).

--
Paul
Vista Home Basic
Office 2007
"Jdr" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Paul,
> Considering present requirements of Windows OS (XP & Vista)
> having partition of 10-20 GB is rather insufficient. Think of 100-200
> GB
> rather. Hard drives these days are cheap and worth to invest . That would
> improve significantly your PC's performance.
>
>
>
> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:FCCF988F-7AA7-4B4C-B7B5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> The other partition has 10-20 gigs of empty space but its my documents
>> partition and I'd hate to just shrink that---if there is a problem or
>> some hidden file taking up lots of space I'd rather detect and delete it
>> than shrink my docs partition. Besides, this whole exercise is being
>> done, to run the Windows Easy Transfer wizard (to back up my Office 2007
>> settings, since they threw out the 2003 save my settings wizard), which
>> is telling me I need to free up 9 gigs of space, to transfer 67 megs of
>> data.
>>
>> --
>> Paul
>> Vista Home Basic
>> Office 2007
>> "Bill Daggett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I'm trying to free up space on my C partition--I have about 25% left
>>>>(8.5
>>>>gigs free out of 30). My Windows folder is taking up some 13 gigs, but
>>>>none
>>>>of the folders seem that large--System 32 and Explorer both have about 2
>>>>gigs. I have checked the folder options to display hidden system files,
>>>>but
>>>>still can't see anything. I have run Disk Cleanup a few times, as well
>>>>as
>>>>defragged. What can I do to see if any "hidden" files are taking up
>>>>space,
>>>>or to reduce the size? It seems like the folders in the C drive are not
>>>>that
>>>>large--Program Files is about 2 gigs also.
>>>
>>> How large is the hard drive that the partition is on? Can you
>>> increase the size of the partition?
>>
>
>

Thanks, Victek. Vista Home Basic (the version I'm using) doesn't have shadow
copies; and I did have system restore points deleted (all except the last
one). I have already d/l winstatdir but I'm not too sure how to use it.
I'll see if I can go over to their site and get some more info.

--
Paul
Vista Home Basic
Office 2007
"Victek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I'm trying to free up space on my C partition--I have about 25% left (8.5
>> gigs free out of 30). My Windows folder is taking up some 13 gigs, but
>> none of the folders seem that large--System 32 and Explorer both have
>> about 2 gigs. I have checked the folder options to display hidden system
>> files, but still can't see anything. I have run Disk Cleanup a few times,
>> as well as defragged. What can I do to see if any "hidden" files are
>> taking up space, or to reduce the size? It seems like the folders in the
>> C drive are not that large--Program Files is about 2 gigs also.
>>
> .
> When you ran Disk Cleanup did you delete the System Restore points and
> Shadow Copies? Also, there are a couple of programs that will make it
> easy for you to see how the space is being used. Have a look at
> SequoiaView and WinDirStat - both are freeware and can be downloaded from
> Snapfiles.com.

"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:AEEEAB65-663B-45B3-9181-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm trying to free up space on my C partition--I have about 25% left (8.5
> gigs free out of 30). My Windows folder is taking up some 13 gigs, but
> none of the folders seem that large--System 32 and Explorer both have
> about 2 gigs. I have checked the folder options to display hidden system
> files, but still can't see anything. I have run Disk Cleanup a few times,
> as well as defragged. What can I do to see if any "hidden" files are
> taking up space, or to reduce the size? It seems like the folders in the C
> drive are not that large--Program Files is about 2 gigs also.
>
> --
> Paul
> Vista Home Basic
> Office 2007


25% free space is ok. Why are you worrying about it?


--

Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

As I said in my second message, I needed the space to use the Windows Easy
Transfer wizard. It told me I needed several gigs more of free space than I
had at the time. At this point, since I no longer need to use the WET to
save/copy my Office 2007 settings, it a bit moot but still if I have lots of
unneeded files I was hoping to dispense with them...

--
Paul
Vista Home Basic
Office 2007
"Mike Hall - MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:AEEEAB65-663B-45B3-9181-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I'm trying to free up space on my C partition--I have about 25% left (8.5
>> gigs free out of 30). My Windows folder is taking up some 13 gigs, but
>> none of the folders seem that large--System 32 and Explorer both have
>> about 2 gigs. I have checked the folder options to display hidden system
>> files, but still can't see anything. I have run Disk Cleanup a few times,
>> as well as defragged. What can I do to see if any "hidden" files are
>> taking up space, or to reduce the size? It seems like the folders in the
>> C drive are not that large--Program Files is about 2 gigs also.
>>
>> --
>> Paul
>> Vista Home Basic
>> Office 2007
>
>
> 25% free space is ok. Why are you worrying about it?
>
>
> --
>
> Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

Still it 10-20 GB free space is - these days, rather insufficient for
good performance of PC.


"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:59251E72-9BCC-4BA1-BD6C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I didn't say I had 10-20 gigs on a partition--I said that was the amount of
>free space I had on the other partition (the documents partition).
>
> --
> Paul
> Vista Home Basic
> Office 2007
>

> "Jdr" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Paul,
>> Considering present requirements of Windows OS (XP & Vista)
>> having partition of 10-20 GB is rather insufficient. Think of 100-200
>> GB
>> rather. Hard drives these days are cheap and worth to invest . That would
>> improve significantly your PC's performance.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:FCCF988F-7AA7-4B4C-B7B5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> The other partition has 10-20 gigs of empty space but its my documents
>>> partition and I'd hate to just shrink that---if there is a problem or
>>> some hidden file taking up lots of space I'd rather detect and delete it
>>> than shrink my docs partition. Besides, this whole exercise is being
>>> done, to run the Windows Easy Transfer wizard (to back up my Office 2007
>>> settings, since they threw out the 2003 save my settings wizard), which
>>> is telling me I need to free up 9 gigs of space, to transfer 67 megs of
>>> data.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Paul
>>> Vista Home Basic
>>> Office 2007
>>> "Bill Daggett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I'm trying to free up space on my C partition--I have about 25% left
>>>>>(8.5
>>>>>gigs free out of 30). My Windows folder is taking up some 13 gigs, but
>>>>>none
>>>>>of the folders seem that large--System 32 and Explorer both have about
>>>>>2
>>>>>gigs. I have checked the folder options to display hidden system files,
>>>>>but
>>>>>still can't see anything. I have run Disk Cleanup a few times, as well
>>>>>as
>>>>>defragged. What can I do to see if any "hidden" files are taking up
>>>>>space,
>>>>>or to reduce the size? It seems like the folders in the C drive are not
>>>>>that
>>>>>large--Program Files is about 2 gigs also.
>>>>
>>>> How large is the hard drive that the partition is on? Can you
>>>> increase the size of the partition?
>>>
>>
>>
>