XP Hardrive Cleanup

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I have an 18GB hard drive but am running out of memory. I have stripped
virtually everything out with no success. I have used defrag, disk cleanup,
and went through all my files and programs deleting and uninstalling
everything of little value--again with little success. Any suggestions?
 
Sebastian999 said:
I have an 18GB hard drive but am running out of memory. I have
stripped virtually everything out with no success. I have used
defrag, disk cleanup, and went through all my files and programs
deleting and uninstalling everything of little value--again with
little success. Any suggestions?
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The size of the hard d4rive has nothing to do with memory. What makes you
say you are running out of memory? Please quote any error messages exactly.

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Sebastian999 said:
I have an 18GB hard drive but am running out of memory. I have
stripped virtually everything out with no success. I have used
defrag, disk cleanup, and went through all my files and programs
deleting and uninstalling everything of little value--again with
little success. Any suggestions?
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First, don't mix up the terms "memory" and "disk space" or "storage." Memory
refers to the amount of RAM in your computer--the thing you probably have
256 or 512MB of. It's disk space you're running out of, not memory.


Her are a couple of things to do:

1. Check your Page File settings. Right-click on My Computer, choose
Properties, and go to the Advanced tab. Under Performance, click Settings.
Go to the Advanced tab there and change the virtual memory settings to
reduce the initial size to 200MB (leave the maximum size large so it can
expand if it needs to).

If your Page File settings are larger than they need to be (they usually
are), you can save some disk space this way,

2. If hibernation is turned on, and you don't use it, turn it off.

But you need to realize that an 18GB drive is very small for most people
these days. Sooner or later (probably sooner rather than later) you're going
to have to bite the bullet anmd buy a larger drive.
 
=?Utf-8?B?U2ViYXN0aWFuOTk5?= said:
I have an 18GB hard drive but am running out of memory. I have stripped
virtually everything out with no success. I have used defrag, disk cleanup,
and went through all my files and programs deleting and uninstalling
everything of little value--again with little success. Any suggestions?
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YOu really need a way larger hard disk for XP. You want at least 10 gig
free at all times.
 
Frank said:
The size of the hard d4rive has nothing to do with memory. What makes you
say you are running out of memory? Please quote any error messages exactly.
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Microsoft Windows error messages often report "out of memory" messages
when it really means "out of hard drive space".
 
=?Utf-8?B?U2ViYXN0aWFuOTk5?= said:
I have an 18GB hard drive but am running out of memory. I have stripped
virtually everything out with no success. I have used defrag, disk cleanup,
and went through all my files and programs deleting and uninstalling
everything of little value--again with little success. Any suggestions?
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Buy a 180GB hard drive.
 
Don Taylor said:
Buy a 180GB hard drive.
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I'll drink to that. As cheap as drives are these days, it is hardly worth
struggling with an inadequate disk. I use a 120 GB drive mainly because
they aren't that much more expensive that the smaller 80 GB drives. The OP
will be hard pressed to find a drive that isn't way bigger than his current
18 GB.
And while he is doing this he should certainly get one with an 8 MB buffer.
Jim
 
Martynz said:
Where did you get that info?
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I read the Microsoft KB articles. I figure if the Author of the OS says
it's so, then there must be a reason they recommend it.
 
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