Low Disk Space?

[-shiNe!]

Recently I keep having these low disk space messages pop up. I thought/think It's a virus, so I ran my full anti-virus scan. Got some stuff out of my system, but still the messages continue. They're complete lies too, because when I was Installing Halo CE It tells you how much room you have left on each drive. I have over 1000 on D and about 500 on C.
The error messages are always on C. Everything I have downloaded recently has gone to D, so that's odd. I deleted some programs that were not In use on C, got the room It wanted to free up. Then later on It takes away what I had just free'd up and says I have 17 MB left 

[Còól]

Mxy will post soon but he will need some info. First off what operating system are you using? Second I assume from your message that you have 2 hard drives? If you do which one is the main drive? Also when you said 1000 and 500 is that MegaBytes or GigaBytes?

[-shiNe!]

Will post when I get back from church.

[BFM_Exodus]

Sounds like a recipe for hard drive failure. Could be worth doing a hard drive disk check if you have software either on windows on that came with pieces of your computer (ie Motherboard drivers on mine). Clarify what Cool has asked for and Mxy should be able to give a more definitive answer. To add to Cool's question if there is a second drive is that currently problem free, or problems occuring there as well?

[-shiNe!]

what operating system are you using? Second I assume from your message that you have 2 hard drives? If you do which one is the main drive? Also when you said 1000 and 500 is that MegaBytes or GigaBytes?

Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209-1647).....2 drives, C & D....C Is the main drive....MegaBytes

To add to Cool's question if there is a second drive is that currently problem free, or problems occuring there as well?

D Is problem free.

[OBOLeader]

well no wonder youre getting low disc space on c. 500 Megabytes on c is very low and you barely have anough for some small, low graphics game. also since you have 100 mega on d, you have 1 gig left.

[Còól]

Yeah you have got both drives almost full. A thumb drive has more than a Gig these days. 1 gigabyte = 1024 megabytes. So on 1 drive you have less than half 1 gig and on the other you have just under 1 gig. Your getting a low disc space error because you have low disc space.

[-shiNe!]

So...gotta get ride of some programs eh?

[Vincitore]

Use CCleaner for starters. Should free up quite a bit, depending if you have used it before.

[-shiNe!]

Oh, I didn't even know I had It till I looked.
Got rid of 442 MB

[Còól]

Yes you need to get rid of some stuff. What is up to you but honestly I think the best thing to do would be to upgrade. Do you know what your total Hard disk space is?

[-shiNe!]

I think 1GB...

[Trael]

Maybe you mean 10 or 100?

[Còól]

Well I am sure it is more than a GIG. Find me on vent and we will figure it out

[MrMxyzptlk]

Ya, you need to free up or procure more disk space.

First off, it won't hurt to do a "check up" on what's there now, so open My Computer, and for each of your two drives: 1) RIGHT-click the drive and select "Properties" from the pop-up. 2) Select the "Tools" tab and then the "Check Now..." button; then the "Start" button.  Dismiss via "OK" button when scan COMPLETES SUCCESSFULLY.  3) If scan DID NOT COMPLETE SUCCESSFULLY AND WITHOUT ERRORS, DO THE SCAN AGAIN UNTIL IT DOES.  4) Do this for each drive.

Now that all drives are "okay" you can move on to doing cleanup.

Use suggestions given here and things like Window's Disk Cleanup (if you're sure about the stuff that it's going to delete!) that will do things like empty your Recycle Bin. You should have AT LEAST 15% FREE ON EACH DRIVE just to run Windows successfully/well.  If you can't clean it up to get to 15% free or above, then it's time to consider getting a new/bigger/another drive.

Finally, once you've cleaned it up and have > 15% free space, you'll want to "defrag" it all for better performance overall.  Once again, open My Computer, and for each of your two drives: 1) RIGHT-click the drive and select "Properties" from the pop-up. 2) Select the "Tools" tab and then the "Defragment Now..." button; 3) Select the "Defragment" button in the popup.  4) Dismiss the informational popup after the pass completes, and RERUN THE DEFRAG THREE MORE TIMES. (Yes, I said that.)  5) When the last pass is finished dismiss all created windows via "OK" button or upper-right-corner red X.

GL!



P.S. A computer today really needs AT LEAST 4GB of C drive space to run reasonably....