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[_r.u.s.s.]

try start->run Restore/rstrui.exe .. check if it's enabled, probably yes. it takes quite a space

[Playbahnosh]

Thanks! The system restore function I need, saved my life a few times so it stays. Other than that I killed everything that takes up space, so I'm good for the time being.

Again, thx for the tipz!

[The Fifth Horseman]

Originally Posted by Playbahnosh

The system restore function I need, saved my life a few times so it stays.

Not arguing about it.
Do you know, however, that Windows keeps a LOT of OLD restore points?
You might want to leave only the few most recent ones and axe the rest.
Saves a lot of HDD space, that.

[AlumiuN]

I have none in my laptop. I can't afford it on only 27 gB on HDD space.

[gregor]

Amazing!!! I have the exact same problem lately. i used to have plenty of disk space now it's 200-300MB. WTF?!

just last week i cleared up some space by uninstalling some programme i never used and it read 800MB free. seem ok bu tnow it's back to 200MB-300mb what is going on?

i moved restore points to other disk and reduced them. the recycle bin i already small.

windows take up 3.6 GB of space of which pagefile.sys takes up 1 gb? How do i move the pagefile.sys to another disk? and even if i move that 1gb would this space be filled up ? just like the 500 MB that somehow dissapeared. would defragging help? can it even be done with such low disk space? Honestly i dont' know what the hell MS is doing. before that disk always had a little over 1GB free space. now suddenly withouth any new programmes installed it has only 200 or 340. depends how long you wait for it when it starts up.

I have other disks with plenty of space but this system disk has a sudden problem of running out of memorry. but i am not sure if adding a partition from another disk would be possible or even a good thing to do (since they would be phisically separated).

[The Fifth Horseman]

Originally Posted by gregor

windows take up 3.6 GB of space of which pagefile.sys takes up 1 gb? How do i move the pagefile.sys to another disk? and even if i move that 1gb would this space be filled up ?

System properties - advanced - virtual memory. You can change the size of the pagefile and the disk it resides on.

just like the 500 MB that somehow dissapeared. would defragging help?

Defragging wouldn't.

can it even be done with such low disk space?

Not with M$hit defragger. But with a different program? Sure. The only difference would be how fast and efficient the process will be.

Honestly i dont' know what the hell MS is doing. before that disk always had a little over 1GB free space. now suddenly withouth any new programmes installed it has only 200 or 340. depends how long you wait for it when it starts up.

Manually clear contents of the Temp and Temporary Internet Files directories.

I think there's also some uninstallation information stored with some of the system patches, and deleting that can save you even more space. Never done it, though.

I have other disks with plenty of space but this system disk has a sudden problem of running out of memorry. but i am not sure if adding a partition from another disk would be possible or even a good thing to do (since they would be phisically separated).

You could perhaps move your entire "My Documents" directory to a different drive? It requires editing the registry keys, but works if you provide the correct paths.

[gregor]

i'll try to move page file. i dont' think i can resize it much unless i want it to affect the WinXP (apparently there are some consequences).

edit: i still can not find where to change the location of the pagefile. i can see only the size can be changed. but i also see other disks there and they do not have any pagefile on them. do i simply reduce the C one to 0 and increase it on one of the disks?

While my documents take up only 20 MB so that's not it.

[jg007]

try this -

http://windirstat.info/