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Freeing up space on my computer

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Gavajabra
Posts: 723 - Karma: 14
Alright, this is what I've got:

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(Could be too small to see)

But anyways, I need to clear space up for WoW besides doing Disk Cleanup is there anything else I can do? I really have went through program files and deleted mostly everything unnessasary but I still dont have much space
Dec 16 2007 11:26AM
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Gavajabra
Posts: 723 - Karma: 14

Now it's saying it wont let me defrag because I only have 8% space left and it needs 15%

Dec 16 2007 11:30AM
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Ericpbp
Posts: 3161 - Karma: 24
that isnt really much space to begin with.  You should check certain folders, like my documents or programs and see whats in there that you dont use.  Right click and properties on each, including the C drive to see how much is in each and clean stuff up a bit.
Otherwise you could possible get an external hard drive. or another hard drive if it isnt a notebook.
Dec 16 2007 11:32AM
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Shorton
Posts: 2889 - Karma: 13
3 gig isnt bad, ive got 178 mb left on my computer
Dec 16 2007 11:37AM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59

properties of the disk > clean up disk --then you can start cleaning out old/unusedfiles and programs.

then next option is to get a external hd

Dec 16 2007 11:38AM
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2+2=5
Posts: 3676 - Karma: 18
burn all the shit u absolutely need. reinstall windows. and there u go
Dec 16 2007 11:39AM
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sbark
Posts: 300 - Karma: 11
delete anything you don't use, or old reports. or put all of this stuff into an external hard drive,
Dec 16 2007 11:44AM
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Gavajabra
Posts: 723 - Karma: 14
Alright I have 3.24GB's free now and Disk Cleanup is in the process, anybody have a clue how much space WoW takes up?
Dec 16 2007 11:50AM
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Gavajabra
Posts: 723 - Karma: 14
Oh and Disk Cleanup says it can clear 3,735,485KBs (is that alot?)
Dec 16 2007 11:51AM
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2+2=5
Posts: 3676 - Karma: 18
thats 3.7 gigs
Dec 16 2007 12:15PM
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Gavajabra
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Dec 16 2007 1:39PM
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Elijah.
Posts: 9322 - Karma: 76
I'm warning you, don't play WoW unless you like being addicted to meaningless games.

That being said, delete all your porn.
Dec 16 2007 2:51PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
Stop using AOL explorer.

Run a search for files bigger than like 20mb and delete anything you dont need.
Dec 16 2007 3:01PM
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Gavajabra
Posts: 723 - Karma: 14
I used to play Final Fantasy 11 so I'm no stranger to addicting MMORPGs.

Anyway, why should I stop using AOL explorer? I'm deleting shit now I needed 4.8gigs and I have 4.9 available lol. Porn is gone, almost everything is gone I've stripped my computer to load this shit.
Dec 16 2007 3:08PM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59
remeber you can't just throw .exe into the recylce bin, you've got to do add remove programs
Dec 16 2007 3:36PM
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Gavajabra
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I cleared like 2 gigs erasing cookies

Dec 16 2007 4:08PM
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R-Bertsch
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damn dude buy a bigger hard drive or if you're on a laptop buy an external 40 gigs is nothing.

on another note, i was down to 2 free gigs of space on my laptop (of 120 gigs) so i deleted all of the porn i could find on it, then i had 20 free gigs. i realized i had a bit of an addiction.
Dec 16 2007 4:14PM
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uni-corn
Posts: 13846 - Karma: 651
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Around 8GBs with all the add-ons i have
Dec 16 2007 4:15PM
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Gavajabra
Posts: 723 - Karma: 14
Does Burning Crusade take more than 1.5 gigs?
Dec 16 2007 4:42PM
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mmallender.
Posts: 5805 - Karma: 936
i would like to add that just because you have JUST enough room to have WoW or whatever else you plan on playing doesnt mean its going to run fast, the more free space you have the better. make sure you have some breathing room in your hard drive
Dec 16 2007 4:48PM
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uni-corn
Posts: 13846 - Karma: 651
The 8GB something is with BC and the most recent patch and all my add-ons.
Dec 16 2007 4:52PM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
agreed get a external hd, there way cheap now
Dec 16 2007 5:03PM
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peterriley2
Posts: 176 - Karma: 10
if you have a lot of hi res photos resize them with the picture resizer powertoy from microsoft, takes very little time. i changed about 4gigs of photos to about 1 gig, still keeping quite a lot in hi res, which i will blow up. also delete any programs you dont use as they take up a lot of space.
Dec 17 2007 3:39AM
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reggyboy
Posts: 1608 - Karma: 13
halve ur porn stash that allways clears it up a bit ;)
Dec 17 2007 10:39AM
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shibby
Posts: 7088 - Karma: -19
Unless you can play with a couple of buddies do not play WoW.
Dec 17 2007 12:07PM
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brenker
Posts: 3188 - Karma: 71
your a homo
Dec 17 2007 3:57PM
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