Lost Disk Space

[richard badger]

Would greatly appreciate any suggestions on the following.
Have a hard disk of 20Gb. For about the last year the free space has been
around
12Gb. Recently, with the same installed programmes, apart from 2 or 3 small
ones of 1 to 3mb, the free space has suddenly dropped to 4.5 Gb.? Is there
an easy way to find out what is suddenly taking all this free
space...Thanks...RichardB

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi Richard,

It might be the System Restore snapshots.

Refer section "Hard Disk - Cleaning" here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_h.htm

Use DiskPie2 utility to see which folder in the hard disk is taking up the space. Goto that folder and delete the unwanted files. BTW, DiskPie2 is not a freeware. There is another utility TreeView which has the same features and it's a freeware I believe.

To clear the System Restore points except the newest pint, use Disk Cleanup.
Click Start/Run/Cleanmgr / More Options / system restore /cleanup.

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Would greatly appreciate any suggestions on the following.
Have a hard disk of 20Gb. For about the last year the free space has been
around
12Gb. Recently, with the same installed programmes, apart from 2 or 3 small
ones of 1 to 3mb, the free space has suddenly dropped to 4.5 Gb.? Is there
an easy way to find out what is suddenly taking all this free
space...Thanks...RichardB