Computer question

GroovyCrimes · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:39 pm

Just been round my Dads & I looked at properties for his C drive & it says 44gb used.
Ive been into all folders & files & can I hell find 44gb of stuff,Im hard pushed to find 4.
Looked at hidden folders & files too with no joy.
Anyone got any ideas ??

thornleypoolie · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:10 pm **Posts:** 1101

Programs, music, videos etc???

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:45 pm

if you do a file search and when it asks you to type in the name of the file type in *.* (star, dot, star) it will list every file on the computer. Once finished click to sort into size order and see which of the big ones can be deleted (be careful)

DerbyshirePoolie · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:23 pm **Posts:** 90

Running a disk defragger might free up a fair bit of space if the machine is old and been running a while. You will find one in Computer Management.

aptid · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:49 pm **Posts:** 1506

They could be backup files created by system restore, I think you can decrease the frequency of backups or the amount of space allocated to them, depending what version of windows you are running.

GroovyCrimes · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:11 pm

File search brings up nothing I havent already found.Ill try defrag,but dont expect it to free up 40gig.
Where do I find system restore backup files to delete them ?(on XP)

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:14 pm

GroovyCrimes wrote:

File search brings up nothing I havent already found.

Has he hidden his secret porn where you can't find it? :shock:

yloop · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:24 pm

How much is in c:\temp and c:\windows\temp ?

What is the PC used for (if you don't mind me asking), a lot of disc burning software or video conversions add another image of the file to the hard drive when you run them

GroovyCrimes · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:41 pm

The computer is used for very little,which is why I was surprised to see 44gig taken up.He has copied a few DVDs in the past so my guess is that the copying programme has kept image files

BernardCribbensUSA · **Joined:** Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:48 pm **Posts:** 186

Go to start and run then in the box type %temp% click ok, every file you see is a temp file and can be deleted. Its not going to be system restore as even on its maximum setting it cant use more than 12% of the drive.
Also if your searching for files you need to make sure all files are visible, if these are system files gone bad they wont show when you search.
The DVD image files are definately what its going to be each file when you copy is 4gb, open the recording software and somewhere under settings you should have a temp location while recording.

mr plow · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:00 pm

Download the free version of Treesize from here
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

That'll show you where the bloat is.

CCleaner is good for removing crap too
http://www.ccleaner.com/download

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