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Answer» I found out that my computer is low on space on the hard drive (6.03GB) , I have recently installed some browser, to try them out, but this doesn't account for the sudden INCREASE in space usage. After some looking and deleting some folders in my C drive, I discover that one of my folders-Restore- (which is hidden) is using most of my hard drive. It is using over 3 GB of space. How can I go about cleaning this file or part of it from my hard drive, so I can free up some space? It won't let me delete it or part of it, because it has a hidden attribute. I know that some of the files in the folder are totally unnecessary, because Avast did a scan over the folder. Thanks for any ideas.What kind of files are in the Restore folder? System, data, etc...What make/model of computer and what operating system. Do you have a Windows CD or a restore CD if you ever need to reinstall?It is a laptop that only has 6.03GB on the hard drive. That file that is hidden is labeled 'Restore'. It say in the proberties that it has a size of 3.30GB, containing 14,913 files, 5 folders. The five folders are labeled 'Discfg, Srdiskid, VxDon.cfg, VxDon. When I open them up it tells me if I want to open a DAT file. I am not sure what these mean. Could they refer to my System Restore? SOMEONE told me how I can adjust my System Restore. This may help, if that is the problem. Because I can not restore using my System Restore. Why? I don't know. But could this be the beast of the problem? If it is, I got to get into it so I can adjust the settings. Any ideas. I am using the Windows ME operation system. I am in the process of doing another Scan Disk and Defragmenting. Thanks again.If you have a bootable Windows CD AND you are sure these files are not necessary or usable, then you can delete the partition and creat one 6 gig partition, and make it ACTIVE to hold your new Windows installation.Quote It is a laptop that only has 6.03GB on the hard drive. That file that is hidden is labeled '_RESTORE'. Windows ME You can delete the entire folder from an ME bootdiskette. Boot on the diskette and get to the DOS prompt and then type... A:\>DELTREE C:\_RESTORE and press Enter. Answer Yes to deleting all subfolders. Your _RESTORE folder may well have been corrupted by a virus, a common occurance with Windows ME. If you go to www.burzurq.com and download Delindex.bat directly to your ME bootdiskette you can also run... A:\>delindex run , which will remove a lot of old junk files and renew the index.dat files. If you then follow up by running... A:\>scandisk /all /surface just to check that all is alright you can then rundefrag in safe mode. When you re-boot to the desktop the entire system should be running better. Then take a look in msconfig to see if System Restore is actually running and, if it is, make a new Restore point manually. When I used ME I finally disabled System Restore and relied on a drive image which was a lot more successful. It meant that the system had more freely available system resources and ran as well as Windows '98, especially after fitting 512 MB of RAM.I am THINKING about getting an external hard drive. Will that solve the problem. What are your ideas/opinions on using an external hard drive?go to the control panel......click add/remove icon......now scroll down the list......and click details......do you need themes......saving 31mbs.......do you need games....and so on......disable system restore.....saves space......go to disk cleanup.......visit majorgeeks for some clean up programs......1.1 gig i use........? |
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