XP Hard Drive Space Question

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On Windows XP Home or (NT), does anyone know how to free up about 3 gigs of space that seemed to be taken up from a Restore Point?

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Are you shure that windows is not taking it up cause xp is a fat cow that likes to take alot of space only way i think of doing it would lose everything you have and have to reinstall

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*Originally posted by Ryan_team710 *
**Are you shure that windows is not taking it up cause xp is a fat cow that likes to take alot of space only way i think of doing it would lose everything you have and have to reinstall **

The computer came pre-installed w/ XP.

I just did that a month ago (if that)…and I don’t think my parents would to pleased to hear “Mom, can I wipe out the system again?” sigh]

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well i have xp prof and i have my 2 hard drives on raid and they are partitioned. ANd i have one partitoin just for windows and it takes up about 3 gigs on my computer

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you could try defragging, i know l used to miss space, and defrag, and find it again.

i can’t say much more though, cause i’m slowly purging all windows knowledge from my brain, linux is so much more fun :p.

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well i passed my A+ and N+ earlier this year and I am currently working on my MCSE and from the knowledge i know thats about all i can think about

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My thread:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21232&highlight=windows+partition

I’m missing 14 GIGABYTES on my 55.8gb main drive… my second drive is fine, but rather than having 93gb space total, I have 79gb… I’m still got 38gb free total and I’m burning off 10gb in the next few days - BUT IT IS STILL ANNOYING to not know where the space is gone.

I think I have an idea now though. When I reinstalled XP into the C:\windows directory, it locked up my old username and created a new one with a .000 after it… the old username is still probably retaining about 14gb of files. however, when I click the folder’s properties, it says 0kb but it’s locked and I can’t get into…ah well… my soon to be 40+ gb will be fine… though if anyone can help, PM me or post here.

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*Originally posted by monsieurcoffee *
**My thread:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21232&highlight=windows+partition

I’m missing 14 GIGABYTES on my 55.8gb main drive… my second drive is fine, but rather than having 93gb space total, I have 79gb… I’m still got 38gb free total and I’m burning off 10gb in the next few days - BUT IT IS STILL ANNOYING to not know where the space is gone.

I think I have an idea now though. When I reinstalled XP into the C:\windows directory, it locked up my old username and created a new one with a .000 after it… the old username is still probably retaining about 14gb of files. however, when I click the folder’s properties, it says 0kb but it’s locked and I can’t get into…ah well… my soon to be 40+ gb will be fine… though if anyone can help, PM me or post here. **

Did you install xp over a old OS or did you delete xp and install from dos mode on start up

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Oh, here is the almighty answer: You have to turn off System Restore.

To turn off Windows XP System Restore:

Note: These instructions assume that you are using the default Windows XP Start Menu and have not changed to the Classic Start menu. To re-enable the default menu, right-click Start, click Properties, click Start menu (not Classic) and then click OK.

  1. Click Start.
  2. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
  3. Click the System Restore tab.
  4. Select “Turn off System Restore” or “Turn off System Restore on all drives” check box as shown in this illustration:
  5. Click Apply. The following message appears:
  6. As noted in the message, this will delete all existing restore points. Click Yes to do this.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Proceed with what you need to do. For example, removing viruses. Restart the computer and follow the instructions in the next section to turn on System Restore.

I love finding stuff. :stuck_out_tongue:

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*Originally posted by Ricky Q. *
**Oh, here is the almighty answer: You have to turn off System Restore.

To turn off Windows XP System Restore:

Note: These instructions assume that you are using the default Windows XP Start Menu and have not changed to the Classic Start menu. To re-enable the default menu, right-click Start, click Properties, click Start menu (not Classic) and then click OK.

  1. Click Start.
  2. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
  3. Click the System Restore tab.
  4. Select “Turn off System Restore” or “Turn off System Restore on all drives” check box as shown in this illustration:
  5. Click Apply. The following message appears:
  6. As noted in the message, this will delete all existing restore points. Click Yes to do this.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Proceed with what you need to do. For example, removing viruses. Restart the computer and follow the instructions in the next section to turn on System Restore.

I love finding stuff. :stuck_out_tongue: **

Thank you Ricky…that should recover the 4 gigs of space I lost.

I’ll also defrag (thanks to who said that)…boy, being on a computer for about 5-7 years, and didn’t even think about the System Restore (the defrag is a pain IMHO).

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hmmm i forgot abvout that i turned that off awhile ago so i didnt even think aobut that

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That got back about 500mb… still need to get back 13.5gb :slight_smile:

But I’ve got 40.8gb free so I can wait a while for a response/answer :slight_smile:

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*Originally posted by monsieurcoffee *
**That got back about 500mb… still need to get back 13.5gb :slight_smile:

But I’ve got 40.8gb free so I can wait a while for a response/answer :slight_smile: **

Try searching for a program called “CM DiskCleaner”, it’s really good program to free space (freeware).

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I wish I could worry about only having 40+ gigs free, I only have a TOTAL of 15.5…

And I still worship windows 98…1st edition!