Any way to free up some room?

[Korea92]

Hey all, im trying to free some room here and i have a questoin: IS the
memory were i click My Computer then right click C: drive and then
properties? it says 18.3 out of 55 GB left, is this the actualy memory or is
it the RAM? i don get the difference(i have 448 mb of ram).

Also how would i free up some room? Im not talking about speeding it up, but
freeing some room. I delted some pictures and used CC cleaner any more ideas?
And i deleted software/programs i didnt need.
THANKS

 

[Gerry]

I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open Disk
Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it
is more informative. This will help us see how your disk space is being
used.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Gerry]

[GUIDE]: Making your windows folder smaller!

Misnomer -should be
[GUIDE]: How to destroy your system in 17 easy steps!


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Gerry
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Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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RE: "it says 18.3 out of 55 GB left, is this the actual memory or is
it the RAM?"
That 18.3 is Hard Drive space, not memory.

[GUIDE]: Making your windows folder smaller!
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?s=1de168d77b4b50d7d6252b7a51011aa6&showtopic=80511


ju.c

Hey all, im trying to free some room here and i have a questoin: IS
the memory were i click My Computer then right click C: drive and
then properties? it says 18.3 out of 55 GB left, is this the actualy
memory or is it the RAM? i don get the difference(i have 448 mb of
ram).

Also how would i free up some room? Im not talking about speeding it
up, but freeing some room. I delted some pictures and used CC
cleaner any more ideas? And i deleted software/programs i didnt need.
THANKS

 

[Korea92]

Here it is btw please tell me the diffrence bewteen RAM and the C: drive
memory.

 

[Lem]

I imagine that Gerry was asking for the output that you get when you
click the *report* button at the lower right of the image you posted,
but that report isn't particularly helpful in any case.

Download and run jdiskreport http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/

This will show you graphically what files are taking up the space on
your drive.

Here it is btw please tell me the diffrence bewteen RAM and the C: drive
memory.

I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open Disk
Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it
is more informative. This will help us see how your disk space is being
used.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

 

[Lem]

Here it is btw please tell me the diffrence bewteen RAM and the C: drive

Crudely,

RAM, or Random Access Memory, can be thought of as a temporary scratch
pad that may be used for calculations or temporarily holding images and
the like while you are working on your computer. Anything stored in RAM
disappears when power is removed.

The disk (C:\ drive; hard drive) is a semi-permanent storage area. This
is where your documents, emails, images, and so forth are kept. This
information remains even if the power is turned off, but it can be
erased (deleted).

Programs or applications, such as Internet Explorer, are also stored as
files on the hard drive. When you want to run a program, some or all of
it is copied from the hard drive to RAM because the CPU (the "brain" of
the computer) can get at information stored in RAM much faster than it
can get at information stored on the hard drive. When you exit the
program, or turn off the computer, the copy of the program in RAM goes
away, but the copy on the hard drive remains.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

 

[Gerry]

You have posted a graphics image, which my security arrangements do not
like and the image has been removed. I have no idea what the report
says. Please copy the text from the volume.txt file and paste it
directly as text into your reply.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here it is btw please tell me the diffrence bewteen RAM and the C:
drive memory.

I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open
Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as
it is more informative. This will help us see how your disk space is
being used.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Gerry]

Lem

I was asking for that output as I find a useful source of basic
information. Normally users copy / paste the text from volume.txt file
into their reply. Korea92 has posted a graphics image, which my security
arrangements do not like and the image is removed. I have no idea what
the report says.



~~~~


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I imagine that Gerry was asking for the output that you get when you
click the *report* button at the lower right of the image you posted,
but that report isn't particularly helpful in any case.

Download and run jdiskreport
http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/
This will show you graphically what files are taking up the space on
your drive.

Here it is btw please tell me the diffrence bewteen RAM and the
C: drive memory.

I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open
Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as
it is more informative. This will help us see how your disk space
is being used.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Korea92 wrote:
Hey all, im trying to free some room here and i have a questoin: IS
the memory were i click My Computer then right click C: drive and
then properties? it says 18.3 out of 55 GB left, is this the
actualy memory or is it the RAM? i don get the difference(i have
448 mb of ram).

Also how would i free up some room? Im not talking about speeding
it up, but freeing some room. I delted some pictures and used CC
cleaner any more ideas? And i deleted software/programs i didnt
need. THANKS

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hey all, im trying to free some room here and i have a questoin: IS the
memory were i click My Computer then right click C: drive and then
properties? it says 18.3 out of 55 GB left, is this the actualy memory....

No,that's hard drive storage capacity.

... or is
it the RAM? i don get the difference(i have 448 mb of ram).

Yes, RAM is memory; Random Access Memory, to be precise.

Also how would i free up some room? Im not talking about speeding it up, but
freeing some room. I delted some pictures and used CC cleaner any more ideas?
And i deleted software/programs i didnt need.
THANKS

A primary space waster within each user profile would be IE's
penchant for storing copies (or significant portions thereof) of nearly
every web page you've has ever visited. Try reducing the amount of
temporary Internet files cached, which is huge by default. I always
reduce it to a maximum of 50 Mb. In Internet Explorer, click Tools >
Internet Options > General, Temporary Files > Settings.

Same principle for the Java cache. Start > Control Panel > Java >
Temporary Internet Files > Settings.

The System Volume Information is the folder in which WinXP's System
Restore feature stores information used to recover from errors. By
default, WinXP sets aside a maximum of 12% of the partition's size for
storing System Volume Information, but the amount of space set aside for
this purpose can be adjusted by the user. Start > All Programs >
Accessories > System Tools > System Restore > System Restore Settings,
select the pertinent partition and click Settings. If you don't want to
use System Restore at all, and have another back-up/recovery measure in
place, simply turn off the System Restore feature (Start > All Programs

Accessories > System Tools > System Restore, System Restore Settings)

and reboot. This will delete all of your Restore Points, freeing up the
hard drive space.

Another great waster of space can be the Recycle Bin. By default,
this takes up to 10% of your hard drive capacity. On today's large hard
drives, this is tremendously wasteful. It can be set to a lower limit
by right-clicking the desktop Receycle Bin icon, selecting Properties,
and using the slider bar to lower the maximum size to something more
reasonable -- 1% to 2% should be more than enough space.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

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killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

[Korea92]

IM very sorry for the very late reply,, i was busy but here it is
Volume (C
Volume size = 74.50 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 18.82 GB
Free space = 55.69 GB
Percent free space = 74 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 0 %
File fragmentation = 0 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 69,609
Average file size = 520 KB
Total fragmented files = 42
Total excess fragments = 1,355
Average fragments per file = 1.01

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 672 MB
Total fragments = 1

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 4,985
Fragmented folders = 6
Excess folder fragments = 12

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 102 MB
MFT record count = 75,030
Percent MFT in use = 71 %
Total MFT fragments = 2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fragments File Size Most fragmented files
136 39 MB \Documents and Settings\admin\My
Documents\My Videos\the gunz_0001.wmv
44 43 MB \Documents and Settings\admin\Desktop\the
gunz_0004.wmv
29 25 MB \Documents and Settings\admin\My
Documents\My Videos\the gunz_0003.wmv
22 2 MB \WINDOWS\WindowsUpdate.log
9 42 MB \Documents and Settings\admin\My
Documents\My Videos\the gunz_0002.wmv
8 3 MB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\AOL OCP\AIM\Storage\All
Users\SUDS_BBC2683C\METRICS\Stic.log
6 80 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\My
Documents\My Videos\the gunz.MSWMM
5 148 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\_CACHE_003_
5 94 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\_CACHE_002_
5 16 MB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows
Defender\Support\MPLog-12122006-162219.log
5 53 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application Data\Sony\Vegas Pro\8.0\00000e98.autosave.veg
4 660 KB
\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.log
4 96 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat
4 61 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\_CACHE_001_
4 34 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\bookmarks.html
4 12 KB \WINDOWS\system32\config\software.LOG
4 16 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\TVAIIVVK
4 52 KB \System Volume
Information\_restore{EA1449DE-DCB9-49A0-ADE1-76B1C3B8F7A2}\RP1295
4 16 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\QPELSZIJ
3 14 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application Data\Sony\Vegas Pro\8.0\Vegas Pro Undo Buffer 15.tmp
3 477 KB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\Grisoft\Avg7Data\avg7log.log
3 11 KB \Documents and
Settings\admin\Desktop\Games\JkDefrag-3.16\JkDefrag.log
3 10 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application Data\Sony\Vegas Pro\8.0\Vegas Pro Undo Buffer 14.tmp
2 23 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\AC46642Bd01
2 37 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\45CE8DFFd01
2 42 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\338038D5d01
2 16 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\549AFCFAd01
2 25 KB \System Volume
Information\_restore{EA1449DE-DCB9-49A0-ADE1-76B1C3B8F7A2}\RP1295\change.log
2 27 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\3FC2ED79d01

You have posted a graphics image, which my security arrangements do not
like and the image has been removed. I have no idea what the report
says. Please copy the text from the volume.txt file and paste it
directly as text into your reply.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here it is btw please tell me the diffrence bewteen RAM and the C:
drive memory.

I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open
Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as
it is more informative. This will help us see how your disk space is
being used.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Korea92 wrote:
Hey all, im trying to free some room here and i have a questoin: IS
the memory were i click My Computer then right click C: drive and
then properties? it says 18.3 out of 55 GB left, is this the actualy
memory or is it the RAM? i don get the difference(i have 448 mb of
ram).

Also how would i free up some room? Im not talking about speeding it
up, but freeing some room. I delted some pictures and used CC
cleaner any more ideas? And i deleted software/programs i didnt
need.
THANKS

 

[Gerry]

Korea

I have you looked at the Disk Defragmenter Report in the context of your
original question. I cannot see why you need to free up more disk space.
You have ample free disk space. These are the relevant details from the
report:

Volume (C
Volume size = 74.50 GB
Used space = 18.82 GB
Free space = 55.69 GB
Percent free space = 74 %

You should start to be concerned when the percentage free space reduces
from 74% to 25% and you really only have to do something about it when
the percentage goes below 15%.

Free disk space is not an issue. System performance will be more of a
problem because you only have 448 mb RAM memory. However, you made a
point in your original post "Im not talking about speeding it up". If
you are still concerned please explain why.

The only other point from the Disk Defragmenter Report is an Average
File Size of 520 kb is high. The video files are the explanation. When
you get to below 15% free disk space it is likely to become difficult to
defragment all files and after you have defragmented further
fragmentation will quickly reoccur.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

IM very sorry for the very late reply,, i was busy but here it is
Volume (C
Volume size = 74.50 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 18.82 GB
Free space = 55.69 GB
Percent free space = 74 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 0 %
File fragmentation = 0 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 69,609
Average file size = 520 KB
Total fragmented files = 42
Total excess fragments = 1,355
Average fragments per file = 1.01

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 672 MB
Total fragments = 1

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 4,985
Fragmented folders = 6
Excess folder fragments = 12

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 102 MB
MFT record count = 75,030
Percent MFT in use = 71 %
Total MFT fragments = 2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fragments File Size Most fragmented files
136 39 MB \Documents and Settings\admin\My
Documents\My Videos\the gunz_0001.wmv
44 43 MB \Documents and
Settings\admin\Desktop\the gunz_0004.wmv
29 25 MB \Documents and Settings\admin\My
Documents\My Videos\the gunz_0003.wmv
22 2 MB \WINDOWS\WindowsUpdate.log
9 42 MB \Documents and Settings\admin\My
Documents\My Videos\the gunz_0002.wmv
8 3 MB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\AOL OCP\AIM\Storage\All
Users\SUDS_BBC2683C\METRICS\Stic.log
6 80 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\My
Documents\My Videos\the gunz.MSWMM
5 148 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\_CACHE_003_
5 94 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\_CACHE_002_
5 16 MB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows
Defender\Support\MPLog-12122006-162219.log
5 53 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application Data\Sony\Vegas Pro\8.0\00000e98.autosave.veg
4 660 KB
\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.log
4 96 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat
4 61 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\_CACHE_001_
4 34 KB \Documents and
Settings\admin\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\bookmarks.html 4
12 KB \WINDOWS\system32\config\software.LOG 4
16 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\TVAIIVVK 4
52 KB \System Volume
Information\_restore{EA1449DE-DCB9-49A0-ADE1-76B1C3B8F7A2}\RP1295 4
16 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\QPELSZIJ 3
14 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application Data\Sony\Vegas Pro\8.0\Vegas Pro Undo Buffer
15.tmp 3 477 KB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\Grisoft\Avg7Data\avg7log.log 3
11 KB \Documents and
Settings\admin\Desktop\Games\JkDefrag-3.16\JkDefrag.log 3
10 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application Data\Sony\Vegas Pro\8.0\Vegas Pro Undo Buffer
14.tmp 2 23 KB \Documents and
Settings\admin\Local Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\AC46642Bd01 2
37 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\45CE8DFFd01 2
42 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\338038D5d01 2
16 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\549AFCFAd01 2
25 KB \System Volume
Information\_restore{EA1449DE-DCB9-49A0-ADE1-76B1C3B8F7A2}\RP1295\change.log
2 27 KB \Documents and Settings\admin\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\w0u9uf4r.default\Cache\3FC2ED79d01

You have posted a graphics image, which my security arrangements do
not like and the image has been removed. I have no idea what the
report says. Please copy the text from the volume.txt file and paste
it directly as text into your reply.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here it is btw please tell me the diffrence bewteen RAM and the
C: drive memory.

:


I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open
Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My
Documents Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk
Defragmenter as it is more informative. This will help us see how
your disk space is being used.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Korea92 wrote:
Hey all, im trying to free some room here and i have a questoin:
IS the memory were i click My Computer then right click C: drive
and then properties? it says 18.3 out of 55 GB left, is this the
actualy memory or is it the RAM? i don get the difference(i have
448 mb of ram).

Also how would i free up some room? Im not talking about speeding
it up, but freeing some room. I delted some pictures and used CC
cleaner any more ideas? And i deleted software/programs i didnt
need.
THANKS