Thoughts, ideas??? Thanks, Guys, savagcl. Part way home. Also, if you haven't already done so, you can free up more space on the drive by moving your pagefile to a different partition or drive. If you use or have ever used the hibernate feature there will be a large file I believe it's equal to the amount of ram you have in the root of your c: drive named hyberfil.
If you have one you can delete it assuming you don't use hibernate. If you do, turn it off and then delete the file. If you use OE you can save some more space by moving OE's store folder to a drive other than c.
Another thing that comes to mind is system restore. You can set it so it uses less of the drives space. Perhaps you've already eliminated it if you use Acronis though. If I think of more I'll post em here. The pagefile moving is the only one that applies. All the others are not used ever, if possible.
Christer ,. Thanks, Christer. I'll file that folder as "Hands Off! You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content. Share This Page Tweet. Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies. It helps fill in the blanks for what is or may be happening. Now, What about windows set up files. Are there parts of windows that can be archived the same way? Are there other setup files on a machine that might be archived as well. Keeping a machine organized seems really overwhelming sometimes. I remember my first computer loading dos up and then loading the program you would use, one at a time… No windows to switch programs with, at least not until Atari came out with a better unit and hard drives….
I guess what the original poster is asking for is a tl;tr geek speak for Too Long To Read — a short summary. Leo, Thanks for answering this question, particularly because I was who asked it. In fact, Leo, on the fifth birthday of my workhorse Studio, I owe you the biggest thanks of all that my favorite electronic child is still thriving.
I am a walking, talking recent example of why those install files are so precious. Among my reinstalls were Quicken 99 and Acrobat Pro 8. Both products are deprecated and no longer supported. The vendors, after all, have a vested interest in getting us to abandon our oldies but goodies. I will soon have to scrub or nuke my Windoze 7 instalation because of it. Also, is this the one that fills all available memory space with instances of COM Surrogate?
Is it not the case that sometimes the installation files are also the uninstall files? This is true. More often the setup process will install an uninstall program of some sort, or copy what needs to be saved to the install folder.
I actually deleted the setup files of a software and now the software is not working and i need the setup to reinstall. Is there any solution to my problem except downloading the whole thing again as it was pretty huge. I zipped all files that were downloaded by Canon when installing a printer. It is huge! The last time I deleted this file I had to reinstall the printer, thus creating all these duplicate files. I am not sure what is safe to remove.
Hi Leo , i always used to receive your newsletter and i think it was lost when a friend built the pc i am on now. It said email address blocked. Refer to? When you have time to look at this i would like to subscribe again.
Thank You , Don Barajas….. All I can suggest is subscribing using a different email address. Hi Leo, I was pleased to read your suggestion to save set-up files etc. Leo, was my choice to MOVE them to a flash drive a mistake? Cheers and Happy New Year. USB flash drive have a limited amount of writes before they start to fail.
My personal opinion of USB flash drives is that they are great for copying data from one computer to one computer or device to another. Developers claim that application of this function on quite powerful computers with large amount of RAM will not affect their performance in any way. It should be noted that using this function can free up to 2 Gb in bit systems or about 1. In addition, Windows 10 has an updated hibernation function.
At the same time, the opportunity for quick start of the operating system became inaccessible. Today, you can reduce the size of this file, and it will be used only for quick start of the system.
Windows 10 allows you not only to move applications in the Storage settings tab but also to uninstall them. This applies to integrated programs. It can be done manually or by using third-party utilities. For example, CCleaner can do it. These are all methods to free up the disk space that only Windows 10 can use. All other methods can be found in other versions of Windows operating systems. First of all, you should use the Windows integrated utility for disk cleanup.
This tool can clean system from temporary files and other useless elements that do not affect the system operability. Then click on Disk Cleanup in the tab General. It will start scanning when the system is looking for files which are not required for its work and then suggests you to select their type and delete them.
Such files can include temporary files, files in the recycle bin, system reports and so on. In this way, you can free up quite a bit of space. You should also pay attention to the programs which are no longer used or not required by the user. To do it, you should go to Control Panel and select Programs and Features , which will show the list of all utilities available on the PC, specifying their size in the «Size» column. If this column is not shown, then you should click on the settings button above the list and select Details.
It should be noted taht such information is not too accurate because some applications may not report their exact size to the operating system.
It may happen that a program takes up much space but the «size» column says nothing. Here, you can also delete applications which have not been used for a long time. These can be games you have forgotten to uninstall, utilities that you installed just to try them, and other software no longer needed.
To learn exactly what takes up the space of your hard disk, you can use specially designed software. This utility is freeware with an English-language interface. After checking the hard disk, the program will show all files which are located there, giving the exact size of each. If there are ISO images of applications or videos which will not be used in the future, you can delete them without doubt.
It is not worth keeping selections of films on your hard disk — they certainly take up a lot of space. Besides this software, there are many other similar applications. The Disk Cleanup option in Windows is quite useful, but it cannot delete temporary data created by various applications, rather than by the operating system.
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