Hi, all the folders ("Documents %26amp; Setting", "Windows" and "Program Files" %26amp; hidden files in my C drive partition only use 7 GB space, why my 19GB C drive shows only 4 GB left? (I turned off System restore, clean up temp files, no files in Recycle Bin, virtual memory use 2GB) Where are the other space go?
Hard disk space?
Dominic P has a valid point. Depending upon the volume of files you have added, then deleted over the time you have owned your PC, you could just have 'dead space' on your hard drive. Try this.......
Sounds as though you need to do some basic maintenance on your PC. This should help you out. there are multiple processes, so read it all before attempting. This should free up some space for you. I it helps and GOOD LUCK!!!!
Click on START
Click on MY COMPUTER
RIGHT Click on LOCAL DRIVE or 'C' DRIVE
Click on PROPERTIES
Click on DISK CLEANUP
Choose what you want to delete or keep
If you don't understand, click on the line and a description of what is involved.
Back to the window....
Click on TOOLS
Click on CHECK NOW under ERROR-CHECKING
Another window will open
check the 2 boxes (automatically fix, recover bad sectors)
You should get a message that basically the program will start the next time you reboot or start your computer. Depending upon the size of your hard drive, the speed of your hard drive and the errors encountered, it can take some time to complete. On a PC with severe problems and a huge hard drive, it took about 3 hours. There are 5 phases to this check and your PC will go through each one automatically. Once it finishes, it will go back into the sequence of booting up your PC. If you allow it to run while you do something else around the office/home, once you see the LOGIN screen, this part is complete.
The next step is to complete what is called defrag....or defragmenting your hard drive. As you add and remove data from your PC, when you remove data, it leaves holes or open space where the data was placed on the drive. Ok, as you add data, you create a bigger and bigger block of cheddar cheese. As you remove data, holes are left, like in a block of Swiss cheese. Defrag will take that Swiss cheese and turn it back to a solid block of Cheddar. Your PC performance will be faster, and this recovers the space lost in 'holes' of the Swiss cheese. (Ok, get rid of the 'deer in the headlights look'
Click on START
Click on MY COMPUTER
RIGHTclick on LOCAL DRIVE or 'C' Drive
Click on PROPERTIES
Click on TOOLS
Click on DEFRAGMENT NOW under DEFRAGMENTATION
Click on ANALYZE
This will check your drive (if you have multiple hard drives in your PC, you can check them all from this window)
Once the check is complete, your PC will tell you if you need to Defrag at this time.
If it recommends defragging, click on DEFRAGMENT, and your PC will do the rest. This can take some time as well, depending upon the severity of the fragmenting, size of the hard drive, and speed of the hard drive. Just find something else to do and check on it periodically. Your PC will let you know when it finishes the task.
You can also purchase a program package that will do it all for you. I think McAfee and Norton (and possible some others) make a software bundle that encompasses these tasks, and you can schedule these tasks to take place at regular intervals. The software bundle will also include anti-virus protection, and other features that will optimize your PC's performance and protect it at the same time. Check your local stores that sell software and PCs (Office Depot, Best Buy, Comp USA, HH Greggs, etc) they will run sales on the software with rebates that will take the cost down to little, and even FREE.
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Reply:well the space shown isn't just the c drive. the c drive has other drives on it and certain bugs may be on their. try a setting called defrag. look it up in search. it takes a while but combs the computer finding dead unused files that would not show on display and delete them. good luck and if it continues seek help from your pc provider.
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