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#1 2011-06-24 13:24:37

Berry122
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Help please!!

My hard drive is extremely full with only 150MB space and I have no idea why..  I have run 10 disk cleanups and do not have very many programs that would take up too much space... Except the Sims but that cant take up to much space can it?  Everyday there is less and less space and its making my laptop really slow and laggy I dont know how many times Firefox has froze and crashed when Ive used it today and Ive only been for 15 mins.

Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to fix this? Do you think I have a virus? I hope not because I have anti virus software and ad block!!

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#2 2011-06-24 13:34:47

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Re: Help please!!

delete your justin bieber stuff
waste of space


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#3 2011-06-24 13:35:54

Berry122
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Re: Help please!!

08jackt wrote:

delete your justin bieber stuff
waste of space

Bahaha I accually dont have that much because I delete them after I have set them as profile pics and signatures etc...


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#4 2011-06-24 13:38:59

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Re: Help please!!

It would be more clear if you'd list the initial capacity of your hard drive.

First of all, do you know what a "temp" folder is and what cookies are? You should google them and help on how to clear them out a bit. If it's getting more filled every day, the case is probably because you're browsing the internet and temporary files are being saved to your computer. Also, you can't just give disk-cleaning software all the work; take a look around your folders, your download folder, your music folder - clear some of that (if it's not too obvious already). Also, run a disk checkup with your antivirus software, just in case. Sometimes viruses/keyloggers/trojans sit around for months on the computer unnoticed.

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#5 2011-06-24 13:42:11

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Re: Help please!!

Vurb wrote:

It would be more clear if you'd list the initial capacity of your hard drive.

First of all, do you know what a "temp" folder is and what cookies are? You should google them and help on how to clear them out a bit. If it's getting more filled every day, the case is probably because you're browsing the internet and temporary files are being saved to your computer. Also, you can't just give disk-cleaning software all the work; take a look around your folders, your download folder, your music folder - clear some of that (if it's not too obvious already). Also, run a disk checkup with your antivirus software, just in case. Sometimes viruses/keyloggers/trojans sit around for months on the computer unnoticed.

It can hold 46.5GB.  Thank you so much Im going to try do that right now and Ill tell you how much space it cleared!  smile   Thanks again!


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#6 2011-06-24 13:55:06

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Re: Help please!!

Berry122 wrote:

Vurb wrote:

It would be more clear if you'd list the initial capacity of your hard drive.

First of all, do you know what a "temp" folder is and what cookies are? You should google them and help on how to clear them out a bit. If it's getting more filled every day, the case is probably because you're browsing the internet and temporary files are being saved to your computer. Also, you can't just give disk-cleaning software all the work; take a look around your folders, your download folder, your music folder - clear some of that (if it's not too obvious already). Also, run a disk checkup with your antivirus software, just in case. Sometimes viruses/keyloggers/trojans sit around for months on the computer unnoticed.

It can hold 46.5GB.  Thank you so much Im going to try do that right now and Ill tell you how much space it cleared!  smile   Thanks again!

Well no wonder it's full. That's tiny! And yes, games can take up a lot of space. A modern full-size game can easily be 5-10 GB in size. Media can take up a lot of space too though, especially video. If you have a lot of songs, it can take up a fair amount. (I have about 500 songs which is about 7 GB. That's not significant with my hard drive, but it would be with yours.)

I'm glad I don't have your hard drive though - I have 63 GB of videos. XD


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#7 2011-06-24 14:02:11

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Re: Help please!!

Harakou wrote:

Berry122 wrote:

Vurb wrote:

It would be more clear if you'd list the initial capacity of your hard drive.

First of all, do you know what a "temp" folder is and what cookies are? You should google them and help on how to clear them out a bit. If it's getting more filled every day, the case is probably because you're browsing the internet and temporary files are being saved to your computer. Also, you can't just give disk-cleaning software all the work; take a look around your folders, your download folder, your music folder - clear some of that (if it's not too obvious already). Also, run a disk checkup with your antivirus software, just in case. Sometimes viruses/keyloggers/trojans sit around for months on the computer unnoticed.

It can hold 46.5GB.  Thank you so much Im going to try do that right now and Ill tell you how much space it cleared!  smile   Thanks again!

Well no wonder it's full. That's tiny! And yes, games can take up a lot of space. A modern full-size game can easily be 5-10 GB in size. Media can take up a lot of space too though, especially video. If you have a lot of songs, it can take up a fair amount. (I have about 500 songs which is about 7 GB. That's not significant with my hard drive, but it would be with yours.)

I'm glad I don't have your hard drive though - I have 63 GB of videos. XD

Ok yeah I do have a lot of music I better check my Itunes!!  tongue   I think thats how much my main hard drive can hold I have three... C, D and F.. Maybe I should move some of the stuff into them... Because in total D and F can hold 29GB... My laptop is quite old so there isnt that much space on it  tongue  lol


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#8 2011-06-24 14:08:52

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EMPTY TEH RECYCLE BINZ.

Yep.  smile


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#9 2011-06-24 14:10:38

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Re: Help please!!

The Sims 2 is like 5 GB


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#10 2011-06-24 14:13:02

Berry122
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Re: Help please!!

waveOSBeta wrote:

EMPTY TEH RECYCLE BINZ.

Yep.  smile

Did that so far I now have 2GB free!  big_smile


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#11 2011-06-24 14:15:17

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Re: Help please!!

veggieman001 wrote:

The Sims 2 is like 5 GB

Oh right so the sims 3 should be the same, ok so I know thats probably taking up a lot  tongue


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#12 2011-06-24 14:19:03

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Re: Help please!!

Berry122 wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

The Sims 2 is like 5 GB

Oh right so the sims 3 should be the same, ok so I know thats probably taking up a lot  tongue

Sims 3 would probably be more, actually. Also, the music would be really huge.


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#13 2011-06-24 14:23:44

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Re: Help please!!

veggieman001 wrote:

Berry122 wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

The Sims 2 is like 5 GB

Oh right so the sims 3 should be the same, ok so I know thats probably taking up a lot  tongue

Sims 3 would probably be more, actually. Also, the music would be really huge.

Great.....  tongue  Oh well Im defo not deleting the Sims out of all the stuff!!  Ive deleted quite a lot now and still only have 2GB free space  sad


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#14 2011-06-24 15:11:28

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Re: Help please!!

TRY USING THIS I USED IT FREED UP 300GB on my 2TB disk
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

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#15 2011-06-24 15:13:42

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Re: Help please!!

It may be that you play on too many sites for gaming, like Andkon, which at the tp says  "1000+ Free Flash Games!" It may be taking up all your cookies, killing your computer.

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#16 2011-06-24 17:37:00

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Re: Help please!!

08jackt wrote:

delete your justin bieber stuff
waste of space

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#17 2011-06-24 18:25:54

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Re: Help please!!

If you are on Windows, go to:
Start>Run

In Run, type in "%temp%" (without quotes), and press Enter.

A folder will pop up. Delete all the files in there!

It got rid of 2+ GB on my 80GB drive.


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