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Hard Drive FULL?

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MadSteezin
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Okay so I got the hard drive running low on memory pop up the other day... So I checked it out and saw that I had almost used all the memory up, I did a "Disk Cleanup" and I now have...

Capacity: 111 GB
Used Space: 108 GB
Free Space: 3.00 GB

I thought to my self WTF?! Then I checked folders in the Local Disk (C:) and found out the following...

WINDOWS - 3.77 GB
Program Files - 2.33 GB
Documents and Settings 24.2 GB
NVIDIA - 0 bytes
TEMP - 38.9 KB

That's only about 30 GB of my 111 GB hard drive!!!

Maybe I am making a noob error here or something, but I just don't know so help me out if you can. Thanks!
Aug 27 2009 3:34PM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
i don't see what your problem is...

you can never completely empty your harddisc if you stil want windows and the programfiles running....
just get a 1TB external harddisc to store all your porn and you should be fine!
Aug 27 2009 3:38PM
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Billek
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Don't try to fix it. Just know that you have 3gb left to store/install things.

On a different note, it looks like your programs file should be taking up more space, I would poke around there and see what's up.
Aug 27 2009 3:41PM
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MadSteezin
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My problem is that I don't know where the hell the rest of the 81 GB are at!
Aug 27 2009 3:42PM
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Franny
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You could possibly have more drives other than C.
Aug 27 2009 3:46PM
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I_Am_Mod
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oh, i tought that was after you cleaned your harddrive....
sorry then....

and to reply on your original question: i have no idea.....
Aug 27 2009 3:58PM
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MadSteezin
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No just C.
Aug 27 2009 4:02PM
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Steeze-On-Toast
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wow, thats a weird one.

you could always back up what you know you need and format it
Aug 27 2009 4:50PM
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Slinger1x1
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http://w3.win.tue.nl/nl/onderzoek/onderzoek_informatica/visualization/sequoiaview//

download this. its amazing, it maps out your hard drive and show you how much space is being taken up by what. saved my ass a couple times
Aug 27 2009 4:59PM
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SteezyOhio
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buddy i have a 30gb hard drive, its been full since the day i bought this dopey computer used, stupid pre-used computers of large business, cant even burn cd's

delete some of your shit, literally i have 300mb free
Aug 27 2009 5:01PM
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Paulage
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Aug 27 2009 5:10PM
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thegreyarea
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Try running a disk first aid utility. It sounds like there's an error on your hard drive that's causing you to misplace space. Also, run a disk cataloger to tell you what directories are taking up the most room. I bet your previous program missed something.
Aug 27 2009 5:16PM
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mammothpunks
Posts: 5724 - Karma: 372
disk cleanup just clears out temp / unused files. it does not delete all the extra files such as videos/music/programs.
Aug 27 2009 5:54PM
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teleTay
Posts: 2320 - Karma: 186
buy parts

and upgrade
Aug 27 2009 5:57PM
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Phantom
Posts: 908 - Karma: 180
just delete system 32, it doesn't really do anything, and takes up a ton of space. i deleted it, and i'm a better person.
Aug 27 2009 6:14PM
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AlexGaynor
Posts: 947 - Karma: 148
No, you my friend are a dick.....
a funny dick...
sorry for ruining the joke... but save that shit for 4chan
Aug 27 2009 6:20PM
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DrZoidberg
Posts: 5675 - Karma: 4,268
1: download CCleaner

2: run CCleaner

3: buy an external hard drive.
Aug 27 2009 6:20PM
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Franny
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Aug 27 2009 6:22PM
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panojibber
Posts: 3382 - Karma: 216
Defragment, and perhaps PM K-Rob, as I'm pretty sure he knows his shit for computer. I think.
Aug 27 2009 6:55PM
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Lanceasaurus
Posts: 925 - Karma: 109
Don't delete system32 its a trick >.
Aug 27 2009 7:00PM
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SteezyOhio
Posts: 6044 - Karma: 60
college next fall, i have a old broken 30gb ipod, that ive made into a large external hard drive, just go to my computer then added a folder, all my music files are on the ipod, so if it crashs....fml
Aug 27 2009 7:08PM
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chapz
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yes. ccleaner is a very good program. there are others as well. it removes a lot of old setup files which are useless, and pretty much anything else you want.
Aug 27 2009 9:38PM
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