|I...use a p2p
| ello
|
Around here we recommend against P2P.
The clients are loaded with spyware.

|can any1 tell me how to free up more space ?
|
First, do a standard cleanup:
cache of http://www.micromagic.org/95-98tip39.html
+Start-Programs-Accessories-System-Tools-Disk-Cleanup+Temp

Crap Cleaner http://www.ccleaner.com
and/or DELINDEX.BAT http://burzurq.com/forum/delindex.html
can do even more.


Now, understand that if you have done a normal cleanup
and your hard disk is still THAT full,
anything you do is just a stop-gap measure
and will only delay having to deal with the real problem
**UNLESS you PERMANANTLY move some of your files off your hard drive 
and onto removeable media.**

If you already have a backup strategy, this should be painless.
** You DO back up your files to CD-R.  Right? **

If you have a data file on your HDD that you haven't used in a while,
and it is also on a CD, DELETE it from your hard disk.
Prime candidates:
1) Video files (MPG, AVI, MOV, WMV, etc.)
2) Audio files (MP3, AU, etc.)  WAV is another; see CAUTION below.
3) Downloaded page-layout-type documents (PDF, PS, etc.) See CAUTION.
4) Clip art, drawings, etc. (BMP, JPG, GIF, DXF, etc.)

CAUTION:
There is a lot of stuff associated with programs that carry these extensions.
If it is in C:\WINDOWS  or in  C:\Program Files, best leave it alone.

NOTE: This does not hold for C:/WINDOWS/My Documents.
(I don't have a C:/WINDOWS/My Documents directory.
I moved it out of C:/WINDOWS, removed the stupid space in the name,
and gave it a name with fewer than 9 characters to make it 8.3-compatible).


Other useless junk:
1) Fonts that you never use. 
Just because some program loaded them on your hard disk
doesn't mean you have to keep them. 
Windows Fonts That Should Not Be Deleted

2) Cookies in your (Internet Explorer) Cookies folder.
If you had to actually fill out a form to use a site
and you plan to return to that site, keep that cookie.
Delete cookies that you made no effort to get.


The easiest way for most folks to make more HDD space available
is to change the size of the Recycle Bin.
It's 10% ! by default.
With the size of the HDDs we have today, that's just ridiculous.

Right-click Recycle Bin; Properties
Slide that sucker down to 1%.


Now let's get serious.

Uninstall 3rd-party programs that you never use.
Have 2 programs that do the same task?  Dump one.


Now let's REALLY get serious.

Uninstall Windows components that you never use.
The default install of Windoze puts a huge amount of unnecessary junk on your HDD.

Dump whatever you don't use:
Control Panel; Add/Remove Programs; Windows Setup.

Ever use NetMeeting?  I didn't think so. Kill it.
Planning to have a Virtual Private Network any time soon?  Same deal.
Online Services?  Total waste of space.
Desktop Themes?  I never use them.
Internet Tools?  I dumped it all.
Multilanguage Support?   I'm American; I only speak 1 language.
Address Book?  You couldn't punch me hard enough to force to to use Outbreak Express.

If you have the Windows CD or the install files on your hard disk
(now THERE'S something that will eat up HDD space),
you can put any of these optional components back at any time.

Hat tip to Bob:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1054949259
One further thing that Bob recommends
is that you clean up a bloated INDEX.DAT file using Ward van Wanrooij's Spider.
Ward's pages are now 404, as is the download.  8-(

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