checkdisk question

[Guest]

I ran checkdisk on my PC. The summary told me that some bad clusters have
been moved to the bad cluster file. This appears to have taken up a lot of
my memory on my hard drive. I used to have 80% free, now I only have 7%.

I don't have much free anymore and I don't have a lot on my PC to begin with
outside of a few applications and Microsoft Office. Is there a way to clear
out this bad cluster file and if so, how and where is it located?

Any advice for how I can free up some space on my hard drive? I have run
the disk cleanup and removed any programs that aren't being used. I only
have 7% free and the disk defragment says it needs 15% to run effectively.
Any advice? Thanks!

 

[Special Ed]

I ran checkdisk on my PC. The summary told me that some bad clusters have
been moved to the bad cluster file. This appears to have taken up a lot
of
my memory on my hard drive. I used to have 80% free, now I only have 7%.

I don't have much free anymore and I don't have a lot on my PC to begin
with
outside of a few applications and Microsoft Office. Is there a way to
clear
out this bad cluster file and if so, how and where is it located?

Any advice for how I can free up some space on my hard drive? I have run
the disk cleanup and removed any programs that aren't being used. I only
have 7% free and the disk defragment says it needs 15% to run effectively.
Any advice? Thanks!

Sounds like it's time for a new PC. If money is tight, a new low-ender can
be had for under $300. For $500, you can get something pretty good. Remember
that hard drives don't have "memory," they have storage space. Anything in
memory goes bye-bye when you power down.

Edw.

 

[GTS]

Bad clusters are areas of your hard drive that have physically failed. You
should do a backup and replace the drive as soon as possible. Note that it
may fail completely at any time.

 

[GTS]

Why on earth would you replace a PC in full for a failed hard drive?

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Special

Is that what you do?.. every time you have a problem, you go buy a new PC?..
that's the kind of advice I would expect to hear in a Yahoo chat room..
replies like yours should be kept in the chat rooms.. they have no place
here..

 

[Guest]

Do you have an opinion between an internal or external hard drive? Is one
better than the other? Thanks for your help! Lori

 

[GTS]

Unless you're talking about a secondary hard drive, you have to replace the
internal drive with an internal drive. Windows can't boot from an external
drive.
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