Free Up Space On Hard Drive ?

Wolfgang · Apr 19, 2020

I have an old Lenovo Thinkpad running Windows XP.
I would like to free up some hard drive, 40GB, space on it.
All photos, music files unused programs removed but the C drive is still full.
What is still clogging the hard drive & how do I remove it ?

This will be a travelling laptop for web browsing only, I prefer the full size keyboard to a tablet.
Will use Opera or something as the browser.

dubster · Apr 19, 2020

Have you emptied the recycle bin?

There is a free program called ccleaner that will identify the other crap that is safe to delete.... as you are using XP, you will need this older version. Just unzip to a folder on your desktop and run.

https://ccleaner-portable.en.uptodown.com/windows/download/190549

theoneandonly · Apr 19, 2020

there is a drive wiper in tools.

or reset to new ?

Wolfgang · Apr 19, 2020

theoneandonly said:
there is a drive wiper in tools.

or reset to new ?

Looked in admin tools for these, don't see ??

Santa-2512 · Apr 19, 2020

Thats just the average windows users answers

visit this site and download space sniffer

http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/

you'll be amazed at what crap you've downloaded over the years and stashed away

start with the biggest block and go from there

word of caution though.

if its programs using up space and yo no longer want it, use it's or windows uninstall option.

otherwise you get left with loads of shite everywhere

Wolfgang · Apr 19, 2020

Space Sniffer does n't download from the link.

Santa-2512 · Apr 19, 2020

Wolfgang said:
Space Sniffer does n't download from the link.

it does you need to go to the download hub fosslink

and on the next screen, look for the line of text that says

Download - spacesniffer windows portable, it gives a link to the zip file

Two wheels good · Apr 19, 2020

I use CCleaner regularly. I find it essential for cleaning out browser cache and old log files. You'll need to config some options to get max cleaning.
Also
- have a look for old restore points data that can be deleted
- look through your list of installed programs; bound to be some you no longer need. When uninstalled check all the files have actually been deleted.

Wolfgang · Apr 19, 2020

Santa-2512 said:
it does you need to go to the download hub fosslink

and on the next screen, look for the line of text that says

Download - spacesniffer windows portable, it gives a link to the zip file

Brilliant ! Many thanks, sorted.

dubster · Apr 19, 2020

Santa-2512 said:
Thats just the average windows users answers

Anyway, you'll surely have hours of fun answering the OP's questions on which folders are safe to delete

john-g · Apr 19, 2020

It did for me

Wolfgang · Apr 19, 2020

No more questions thanks, deleted all the files I wanted & now have 75% HD space.
It's recycled this old laptop.

theoneandonly · Apr 19, 2020

Wolfgang said:
Looked in admin tools for these, don't see ??

no no no , in piriform cleaner.

stolzy · Apr 19, 2020

I haven't used Windows for a donkey's age, but IIRC deleting files merely puts them in the bin where they take up the same amount of space as before. Empty the Trash or Bin or whatever it's called and your disk space will be restored.

sanufans · Jun 12, 2020

I recommend WinDirStat, a great free app out there. it lists all the files and folders within a window and display the size for each. So you can see at the first glance what kind of files eating up the disk most. And delete them as needed

UturnTony · Jun 12, 2020

Santa-2512 said:
Thats just the average windows users answers

visit this site and download space sniffer

http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/

you'll be amazed at what crap you've downloaded over the years and stashed away

start with the biggest block and go from there

word of caution though.

if its programs using up space and yo no longer want it, use it's or windows uninstall option.

otherwise you get left with loads of shite everywhere

I'm having a play with that :thumb2

Santa-2512 · Jun 12, 2020

UturnTony said:
I'm having a play with that

Amazing what you find, i had over 4GB in Nexus7 Roms and tools just sitting in a folder i'd renamed at some stage MP3's are another !

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