carolinel said:
my cd-rom shows no capacity space left for usage, i have
defragmented & compressed space, but it will still not read cd.
suggestions please
I am unsure what you are asking/trying to do..
A CD (especially a commercially stamped CD) cannot be added to. It will
show NO SPACE FREE - because you cannot write to it.
A finalized burned CD will also show no space free. As it has been
finalized - so there is no more room to write on it because of that.
A CD-RW can be erased and used again.
You must have the hardware (a CD/DVD writer) in order to write to any
CD/DVD.
You must have the media type that said writer supports in the drive at the
time.
Now - you mentioned you defragmented/compressed - but that has little to do
with your CD-ROM drive (since you cannot do either with Windows innately (or
otherwise)) unless you mean your hard drive is full.. In which case - you
need to free up space on it.. Usually to burn a CD/DVD - you should have
free at least the amount of an empty CD/DVD.
Here's some tips on freeing drive space:
Find out what is taking up the space..
Do you have hidden and system files visible?
How's your system restore settings?
Used Disk Cleanup?
Is hibernate turned on and do you use that feature?
Uninstalled unnecessary applications lately?
Other ways to free up space..
SequoiaView
http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/
DX Hog Hunt
http://www.dvxp.com/en/Downloads.aspx
JDiskReport
http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html
Those can help you visually discover where all the space is being used.
If you are comfortable with the stability of your system, you can delete the
uninstall files for the patches that Windows XP has installed..
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm
You can use an application that scans your system for log files and
temporary files and use that to get rid of those:
Ccleaner (Free!)
http://www.ccleaner.com/
You can run Disk Cleanup - built into Windows XP - to erase all but yuor
latest restore point and cleanup even more "loose files"..
How to use Disk Cleanup
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312
You can turn off hibernation if it is on and you don't use it..
When you hibernate your computer, Windows saves the contents of the system's
memory to the hiberfil.sys file. As a result, the size of the hiberfil.sys
file will always equal the amount of physical memory in your system. If you
don't use the hibernate feature and want to recapture the space that Windows
uses for the hiberfil.sys file, perform the following steps:
- Start the Control Panel Power Options applet (go to Start, Settings,
Control Panel, and click Power Options).
- Select the Hibernate tab, clear the "Enable hibernation" check box, then
click OK; although you might think otherwise, selecting Never under the
"System hibernates" option on the Power Schemes tab doesn't delete the
hiberfil.sys file.
- Windows will remove the "System hibernates" option from the Power Schemes
tab and delete the hiberfil.sys file.
You can control how much space your System Restore can use...
1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. Click the System Restore tab.
3. Highlight one of your drives (or C: if you only have one) and click on
the "Settings" button.
4. Change the percentage of disk space you wish to allow.. I suggest 5% or
higher.
5. Click OK.. Then Click OK again.
