Freeing Up Computer Space/making Computer Faster?
Nov 20, 2009
i want to free up space but dont know how, i tried disk clean-up, ccleaner and still not that many space was freeup up also i want my computer to be alot faster because lately its bein very slow.
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Sep 6, 2006
I'm really getting aggrevated with trying to get some more free space on my laptop. One day I was running at 80%+. Then I got DSL and my free space went to 57%. I've deleted numerous files through Add/Remove Software and Explorer. I've used WinCleaner One Click, Disk Cleaner, LCleaner. I've scanned for viruses using whatever virus protector Verizon uses and Avast. Both come up with nothing. I've cleaned my history, temp files, and cookies in Internet Options. Can anyone give me some tips on what else I can do without reformatting? My laptop doesn't run slow or act bogged down at all. It runs like normal. I'm just afraid that it's going to crash.
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Sep 25, 2008
I have an old computer that's running windows xp, and I want to know what I can delete from my add remove to make things run faster. I use disk cleanup and defrag often, as well as a free registry cleaner every now and again (which seems to pick up the same problems every time, i think mostly because error files are with programs that came preinstalled on my computer that are long gone, if anyone knows how to get rid of those let me know). I'm running on only 512 mb of memory. How do I view other specs? I can also provide a list of the things in add remove if you like so you guys can tell me what's unnessesary.
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Nov 17, 2006
What can I keep from starting up when I turn on my computer in order to make my computer faster starting up?
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Apr 16, 2007
Today I deleted some files totaling about 4 gigs in size (also emptying the recycling bin) and it did not free up any space on my hard drive (NTFS, SATA, 320GB, 16MB Cache, 7200 RPM, Western Digital WD3200KS). It reported the same free space as before I had deleted the files. When I select all the files and hit properties the size on disk is reported as 272 GB (292,118,638,592 bytes), but when I go to properties on the disk itself it reports used space as 276 GB (297,209,229,312 bytes). I was wondering if anyone knew a way to "reclaim" this space (I don't know if windows just didn't mark the space as free or what). This has happened to other drives of mine, reformatting fixes them
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Oct 7, 2007
My computer is really slow and want to know what I can do to make it faster. I ran virus and spyware scan and it's free from all that
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Oct 6, 2006
I just downloaded the latest version of Nikons Capture NX photo program so now I need a much faster PC.Nikon program recommends "Pentinum 4 2Ghz or better"
What would be better?Dual processor? if so, which one? Video card? RAM 1GB is too slow....Maybe 2GB? 3GB? 4GB What else should I look for?
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Dec 31, 2009
will a second hard drive make my computer faster
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Aug 8, 2008
I'm in need of finding out what services are enabled and what are not as the 'tech' that worked on my computer disabled many services to make my computer go faster. I didn't want it faster I wanted it usable and functional. If you could point me to a list or provide a list that would be awesome.
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Jun 19, 2008
I am a pc technican, I have noticed that over the years whenever i have a particular brand of pcs sometimes some pcs boot up much faster than others, sometimes even when the spec is better on some systems, i have a dell pc here i have been asked to replace a psu on, i am just wondering why exactly it boots up really fast, in comparison to some new builds i build sometimes, with the latest components faster ram etc, maybe it`s the hard drives some of these are using?
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Jun 29, 2007
my Computer Making noises and Questionable Processes for unknown reasons
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Feb 17, 2008
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Aug 28, 2007
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Apr 25, 2006
you know that noise a computer makes when you boot it up that beep noise? well my computer makes that noise at random when it's on,it just slows down for a second then makes the noise then goes back to normal is that bad?
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Jul 17, 2005
My computer has been running slower than usual lately.
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Apr 2, 2005
I purchased Windows XP Home and installed it on my computer, but sometimes, especially if I am playing a game , it will make beeping noises, very much like the old arcade game I don't know what it is doing this, but I get the same sounds on different games, it will also do this when I am just in Windows and not playing a game.This is internal and not from my speakers.
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Jan 26, 2005
When I start up my cpu, it makes a really loud whirring noise, but after I am logged into Windows and after about 2 minutes, the whirring sound subsides. I'm not sure if there is anything wrong with my computer.... I'm extremely worried about that weird whirring sound.
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May 24, 2005
I am having a really irritating problem with my computer. It happens when the computer is left on for awhile, and then suddenly the computer shuts off out of nowhere. After it shuts off, it makes a weird noise(like a high pitch then low pitch), it seems like its coming from the motherboard or something.I can't even turn it off or on using the power button so I have to pull the plug from the back of the tower and restart.
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Sep 28, 2005
I just bought this computer, and after only 3 months later, my compter started to make weird buzzing noises when its in the screensaver mode. Its no doubt a virus but norton cant detect it... I never knew viruses can affect sounds on a pc.
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Feb 1, 2006
When moving around on computer, not on net, the computer in general, everything has slowed down...making attachments, typing in Word, viewing programs list etc.I have done a clean up and defrag, have Norton, did all windows updates yesterday, what else should I do? Still have the problem.Could this be security related and maybe a bug, would that slow down whole computer not just internet? Should I run all scans and post a Log on security or here?
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Sep 1, 2009
Unusually slow system; unsure where to go from here.machine runs very slowly for the processor and for the amount of processes running.There is some degree of visual skipping/slowness,it is particularly apparent with audio and visual media. Even the startup sound is very drawn out and is characterized by a long, skipping echo. Music skips randomly and even alert noises, (such as the one heard when ending a process) has the same skipping/echo. This happens even when there are few apparent processes running and very little CPU usage (such as 5%), as well as when the system is overloaded (which happens remarkably quickly for the 20-30 processes running).
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Mar 25, 2006
When I go into the defrag screen, it says I have 51% of space available. How much space I can use because I heard once that if you get close to 50% your computer can crash is that true?
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Dec 18, 2006
I forgot where to look for how much free space I have on my computer. I use IE6 and XP for OS. My 81 year old mind blanks me once in a while.
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Dec 26, 2006
I am getting a msg that says low disk space on the hp recovery disk D and to free spacce on this drive by deleting old files or unnecessary files.the drive states that I have 48.2mb of free space,and the total size is 5.10 gb. When I click on the d drive to see what files are in there it shows a lock picture and I cant access the drive.
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Oct 9, 2008
I am working with a Dell 2400 running Windows XP Service Pack 3 with a Pentium 4 2.8 GHz processor and 1.2 gig of ram. It still seems particularly slow. I am not sure if it some of the applications that I am running like Norton 360 or some of my settings.
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Feb 27, 2007
I have 432MNz 192MB I have done disk clean I have done defragmented. and it said that I needed more space to do defragment properly. I was told that I had 5% free space. After defrag I did not gain any free space. I don't have much on computer to delete, Please help. I am not to computer literate.
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May 13, 2007
My computer has 66gb of space. a few days ago, when i checked,it had 33gb of free space.since then, i updated my adobe reader, and i also upgraded my antivirus to Norton Antivirus 2007. Now there appears to be only 22gb of free space.Is this normal? Now( i think As a result,of this upgrading), my computer now is really slow to startup,and just as slow when reloading from a hibernated state. is there anything i can do to speed up the computer startup,or is there something wrong?
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May 25, 2006
My computer seems to be getting slower and slower....I have a lot of hard drive space left, and have a decent amount of RAM. I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me figure out what's going on, and fix the problem?
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Jun 9, 2005
Just upgraded to XP Home. My 10GB disk was never over 5GB used with 98SE. Now the free space is jumping all over the place. Sometimes it shows 2.84GB free, and at other times as little as 200MB. Sometimes I get a Low Disk message. My disk is very clean and I keep it that way. What is eating up all this space? I was told this is a characteristic of XP. Could it be the Restore function? or what.
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Aug 4, 2005
I have a Dell server with a 400GB HD. After installing Windows 2000 Server, Disk Management only reads 10GB of disk space for Partition C: and 120GB for Partition D:. Between drives C: and D: the total disk space is about 130GB. I lost almost 270GB of space. I installed Acronis Disk Director to see if I can recover that 270GB of missing space. Well Acronis only sees the same amount that Windows does.Is there any other utility that I can use to regain that lost space.
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Jan 19, 2006
XP kept giving me pop ups saying that i have a danerously low disk space.. i deleted all extra files and music and etc and i was fine for a few weeks but lately its doing the same thing. there are 4 accounts on this computer and two of which refuse to log onto the internet (NetZero) one of them freezes whenever you click anything that isnt the start menu.. actually if you click something the whole screen blinks and only the backround is visible for a second and then all the icons return.i cant get into hijackthis to run it and i cant use ad aware because my definitions are a month old and it refuses to dowload new ones, the erro message says that the files cant be read. spybot works but then when it comes time to delete files i get this message " unexpected error in fixing problems (stream-schreibfehler)"
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