re: Trying to free up hard disk space the least practical way Monday, June 11, 2007 at 12:17 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Wanda (7 messages posted) I had been cleaning out temp. files, documents, recycle bin, disk cleanup, and the defrag never seemed to work...I'd leave it on all day, and, yet, it would only register a 1% completion and the screen to view it, would never come up. I've been given the impression that computers just get "used up"..my AOL would send a message that they couldn't connect me because I had no disk space left. Oh well, I do have the new one, but, I had intended to give my old one to a 12 yr. old boy in my neighborhood IF the recovery disk had brought back some space. It's a chore for me to hook it all up again to check it out, that's why I put the question to you, folks, on here. Thanks for your in-put. Wanda On Sunday, June 10, 2007 at 9:23 pm, gewg_ wrote: >was: using IBM Recovery disk > >|if it wipes off the hard drive, >|does that mean that all the disk space has been recovered? >|In other words, I didn't need a new computer? >| Wanda > >It would be interesting to know how these ideas got into your head. >The *new computer* thing reminds me of Daddy's story >about how Uncle Vince sold his new car when the tires wore out. > >Doing a FORMAT on your drive >followed by a re-install of Windows and a re-install of all your programs[1] >is the **LEAST** desirable way to achieve what you want. >There are MUCH better ways to free up hard disk space. >It sounds like a little housecleaning is all you need. > >If you don't purposely save a lot of files to your hard drive, >I'll bet you can get your Free Space back to a nice number >with a couple of easy steps: > >Look in your Recycle Bin and make sure there isn't anything valuable there. > >In MyComputer, right-click C: and select Properties. >Click the Disk Cleanup button. >Make sure all 4 categories are ticked. >Click OK. > >Right-click on your Recycle Bin and select Properties. >Grab the slider and move it down to 1%. >Click OK. > >There. That was easy--and you didn't have to nuke the whole thing. >Now go back to MyComputer; C:; Properties >and see if the Free Space is a number you like. > >This would be a good time to DEFRAG your hard disk. >Select the Tools tab then Defragment Now. >(This step is going to take quite a while to complete.) > > >[1] That is what the Recovery Disk does >--and this assumes you haven't *added* programs since receiving your computer-- >and (like I said before) any nice tweaks you have made >to the way your programs look/handle would get nuked. Written in response to: Trying to free up hard disk space the least practical way (gewg_: Sunday, June 10, 2007 at 9:23 pm) Responses to this message: Using the Recovery Disk to prep this computer before giving it to someone else (gewg_: Monday, June 11, 2007 at 2:08 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] using IBM Recovery disk (Wanda: Sat, Jun 9, 2007, 5:21 pm) re: using IBM Recovery disk (gewg_: Sat, Jun 9, 2007, 7:24 pm) re: using IBM Recovery disk (Wanda: Sun, Jun 10, 2007, 7:23 pm) Trying to free up hard disk space the least practical way (gewg_: Sun, Jun 10, 2007, 9:23 pm) re: Trying to free up hard disk space the least practical way (Wanda: Mon, Jun 11, 2007, 12:17 pm) Using the Recovery Disk to prep this computer before giving it to someone else (gewg_: Mon, Jun 11, 2007, 2:08 pm) re: Using the Recovery Disk to prep this computer before giving it to someone else (Wanda: Tue, Jun 12, 2007, 11:52 am) re: Using the Recovery Disk to prep this computer before giving it to someone else (gewg_: Tue, Jun 12, 2007, 1:36 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum