thespecialon
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I run a similar setup on Windows 7, where I have a 60 gig drive for the OS and a large drive for files. Obviously the 60 gig drive needs to be lean.
Here's a few tips
Delete any users that are not in use - they're wasting space
Have a look trough your programs and see if any of them have sample files. They can be a bugger for stealing file space. Delete any that you can.
Delete all files in the PUBLIC folder.
If you can, replace Adobe products with something with a lighter footprint (e.g. Foxit reader for Adobe Reader)
Have a good look at your apps. XP has a tiny footprint on a fresh install, so there are loads of applications in there. Do you really need them all? Can some be uninstalled, but the zip file kept in case you need it.
Pick through your downloads folder. Move what you can (e.g zip files) off to the other drive. Remember that when you extract a zip file you get a folder AND the zip file on the drive.
Check where your apps are saving files, you could be surprised.
Edit: A couple of further ones
Do you use iTunes? It could be duplicating your media files into its library.
might be useful to show which folders are taking up space (never tried it myself though)
I've used jdiskreport and ccleaner, but I'm still left with some strange files on my Windows Vista Business laptop taking up lots of space - such as the following;
C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-449572327-334371909-1151025863-1000\$R82KUU4.msp 327.2 MB
C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-449572327-334371909-1151025863-1000\$R7JDX89.msp 219.2 MB
I can't find these files in Explorer, even with the view set to show hidden files. In fact, I can't see any directory of this name in Explorer. If I cut/paste the folder name into explorer, it converts to ; c:> $Recycle Bin > Recycle Bin with the folder empty.
I've checked the recycle bin for each of the user accounts on the machine, and they are all empty, including the main admin account. I've run ccleaner and Windows Disk Cleanup.
Any idea what these files are, and how I might delete them if it safe to do this?
Thanks for the suggestions Jimmy. I actually have 19 GB free out of 109 GB after some severe housekeeping, so it is not quite a basket case.
But these msp files are driving me crazy. JDiskReport flagged up the two files to me. But I can't find them or that particular folder in Explorer, or in a DOS cmd shell, or in xplorer2 (a 3rd party replacement for Explorer). I can find a series of other folders with almost identical names, just the last digit changes, but I can't open these folders unless I edit the properties to change permissions. And when I do open them, there are no msp files in there.
Any further suggestions for finding and eliminating these msp files that are hogging a few gigabytes of my hard driver would be most welcome.
Also, dont delete your MSP files - you'll need them for service pack upgrades etc
Delete all files in the PUBLIC folder.
If you can, replace Adobe products with something with a lighter footprint (e.g. Foxit reader for Adobe Reader)...
A defrag could free up quite a lot of space, along with a disc clean up, I got an extra 9 gig on Mr ACA's laptop.
Maybe your difficulty in locating them is related to Cash-Moneys post ? That they're hard to locate cos you should not delete them ?
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