Is it possible for a 60GB Hard drive to be full within 3wks? I'm suprised to hear my pc tell me i got barely 400MB of space left on my c:\ disk. Any1 there to giv me answer? I'm so,so upset,

first, it depends on the kindda files and programs u got on it. if u have files like movie files and stuff, it sure will take up memory space. secondly, are u sure it is 60gigs or u were told 60 gigs. u should check to see if it is actually 60 gigs. if it is, check the kindda files u got on it and delete unnecessary files. clean your temp folder and defragment your disk.

@diddy4 :actually its a 80GB Drive about 13GB is for sum recovery stuff that i cant tamper wit,i think 7GB is for the installed memory, And the remainig 60GB is for my use;I only hav music files-2GB(all in mp3 format) about 25musical videos no movies of any sort! etc thats all i've got.What do u say

@diddy4 : or do u know of a way i can check for the actuall size of the disk myself ? Let me know

my man, recheck dat computer again cuzz if what u said above is right, i really dont think u have 400mb left. check it again. do some checks. go to ma computer and click properties, check the memory stuff and do disk defragmenting. go to start-all programs--accessories--system tools--disk defragemter and run it. it should tell u how much memory u got left.

open "My Computer", right-click on the hard drive and select properties.
it'll show the size being used and the free space left.

there's the probability that the motherboard BIOS settings for the hard drive is not reporting the actual disk size.
u might need to check that too.

cheers.

Kindly let me know if you are using a PC or a MAC, then i'll know where to start from. Cos if 7GB is for memory and 13GB is for recovery, i wonder how much space your OS and programs will consume.

I'll recommend that you unhide all files on your hard disk. Click on Tools, folder options, click on view, click on show hidden files and folders and also uncheck hide protected operating system files.

Download and install this software, Tree size professional, it will reveal how much space EACH folder on your hard drive is using, then you'll see who the culprit really is. I've been using it since 99 and it sure works well.

the link is http://www.download.com/TreeSize-Professional/3000-2248_4-10545909.html

I suspect you probably have an offline downloaders. Infact if you have teleport or http weazel, these guys can download an average of 2GB to 10GB daily depending on the speed of your link.

Let's know how you went about it. Hope this helps.

@wormd up :I av done dat several times and it keeps givin me d same figure and how do i get to the motherboard BIO settings u mentiond,

@Christino I'm usin a Windows PC not MAC,I av unhidden all folders and files on my pc,where do i go frm there? What r these offline downloaders, ?

To get into your BIOS, During bootup, press F8, F12 or F10 as your PC dictates(this depends on your configuration).

Before you do that I suggest you go to properties for C:, click on 'tools', go to error checking, click 'check now' and select the check disk options.

what figures do u get ?
if it's reproting approxmately 80GB then there's no need for u to go to BIOS.
that'd mean something's playin pranks with ur windows.
what's ur BIOS version ? u can get that from system information.

Hi Prof,
If your PC is as densely populated as mine (with folders) then you'll be writing ICAN trying to find out which folder has issues. Try to download the software i told you about. (tree size pro)

http://www.download.com/TreeSize-Professional/3000-2248_4-10545909.html

install it and run it, it will list your folders and their sizes. You can see how much each folder consumes at a glance (windows only does that for files and not folders)

From here you can see which folder is storing those criminals. If the folder shows you "chinese codes" then you may need to back up important documents on another disk and format your HDD.

In the interim, you can do a disk clean up and defragmentation.

Click on start > Accessories > system tools > disk cleanup

for defragmenting,

Click on start> Accessories >system tools > Disk Defragmenter.

go back to check your free space and revert to us.

delete everything u can from the folder.
it contains temporary files ranging from installed programs to unzipped/unpacked intallation files. word, excel, powerpoint and all. some windowsreplaced files too.

the only files u can't delete from the temp folder are being used, so just skip over the files and delete the rest.
they are all temp files generated during boot up, installation or working in windows so they are junks !

nice find bro, u should try keeping the folder as empty as possible.

don't forget to check ur recycle bin after deleting.

cheers