When I installed my OS, XP Pro retail, I set up a 20gb C partion just for the OS, a 44gb D partition just for programmes and the rest of the space as an E partion for documents, photos and music all on a 160gb drive. Now I find I am running out of space. I have installed another 300gb HD so can transfer photos and music from E to new drive releasing space on the 160gb drive. The C partition with the OS on only has 600mb of free space left and the D partition only has 4gb left. What is the easiest way to utilise the free space. I have done a search on partitions and it all looks a bit risky moving partitions etc. Any suggestions?
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- Thread starter joroma
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disable system restore
this will free up a lot on C: and maybe D:
install ccleaner slim http://majorgeeks.com/CCleaner_Slim_d4191.html, this will remove temp files (will delete saved passwords etc in IE by default, so uncheck the options if you want to keep them)
^that can remove a lot of space on some machines
a good tool for finding where big files are is jdiskreport http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/ -you'll need to install java for it, but you may have that already.
personally, I just make two partitions
10Gb for XP, the rest for the docs/programs
40gb for Vista/7, the rest for docs/programs
this will free up a lot on C: and maybe D:
install ccleaner slim http://majorgeeks.com/CCleaner_Slim_d4191.html, this will remove temp files (will delete saved passwords etc in IE by default, so uncheck the options if you want to keep them)
^that can remove a lot of space on some machines
a good tool for finding where big files are is jdiskreport http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/ -you'll need to install java for it, but you may have that already.
personally, I just make two partitions
10Gb for XP, the rest for the docs/programs
40gb for Vista/7, the rest for docs/programs