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[.998TANGO.]

hello

currently experiening some problems with my laptop(running vista)

my c drive is completely full which is stoping me installing new programs.ive tried disc clean up and defrag and also deleted unused programs.
98% of the drive is taken up by winsxs folder which is needed to run windows but it just keeps getting bigger.
also it wont let me make the drive bigger so i dont know what try now

anyone have any ideas??

thanks elliot

[MiniBonkerz]

do you have a second partion on your laptop ie C: is full do you have D:?

[The_Mistro]

i cant remember any winsx folder when i had vista, are you sure this isnt where your back up folders are stored?

[taffy1967]

Yes my PC has a Local Disk (D:) drive and I move all my documents, images and videos etc to that.

My wife and daughter do the same with their laptops. It's also a good idea because I believe that if you have to format your PC or laptop and re-boot from start up discs, the D: drive isn't affected and so all the files should still be there.

[.998TANGO.]

do you have a second partion on your laptop ie C: is full do you have D:?

i cant remember any winsx folder when i had vista, are you sure this isnt where your back up folders are stored?

i have got a d drive which has over 100gb free(music, photos etc are stored there) but programs install to c . (itunes for example or new drivers) and cant seem to change it..

i think they are some sort of back up files but have read that the system wont work without them..

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Turn system restore of.

[Twincam]

Mine is 12.6GB... Not sure if C Cleaner would remove the "crap" as I have folders in there from 2006!

[shorty]

we have our own it specialist now his name is deathrow

maybe he can shed some more light on the situation

[miniQ]

download CCleaner removed 150mb of random files off my computer and use it every month XD also if you have a shitty virus scanner get something like hitman pro 3.5 which uses cloud computing and scans in less then 20 minutes (uploads suspicious files to its server and scans it with 5 different anti virus progs).

[lemmingzappa]

Like Mini-Mad-Craig has already said, my guess is Cache'd stuff.

Get rid of system restore, clear all caches or anything temporary that isnt needed and i'm sure you'll see a drop.

[.998TANGO.]

arrghhh! tried to install c cleaner and it wouldnt let me
and tried uninstalling more things now its saying it cant uninstall because theres not enough room on the disk...

i think it might be time to start from scratch..

thanks for all the feedback

[MiniBonkerz]

sorry had to pop out quickly right if you have a D: drive when you install a programme it automaticaly uses C: drive so when it comes up and says install yes or cancel you will see it has a path i.e C:windows/cpanel/install/office.exe just remove the C: and replace with a D; and it will install to the D: drive try it

[.998TANGO.]

sorry had to pop out quickly right if you have a D: drive when you install a programme it automaticaly uses C: drive so when it comes up and says install yes or cancel you will see it has a path i.e C:windows/cpanel/install/office.exe just remove the C: and replace with a D; and it will install to the D: drive try it

but before i even get that far its giving me the not enough space on disk message. . im trying to install itunes at the moment and as soon as i click on the installation setup it throws that message up same happened with c cleaner.

[MiniBonkerz]

do a virus check let me know what happens

[.998TANGO.]

right.. tried to do a windows defender scan but that failed said i needed to update it. which is impossible as we're still on dial up internet! because bt wont upgrade the phone lines.

downloaded a virus scaning program but it didnt install.. not enough space on the disc message again.. >