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Solve : Windows Drive way too much big? |
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Answer» Hello guys, back after a long time Use disc cleanup - "More Options" button - delete old restore points. That should free up a lot of space. If it does, you can reduce the space allotted to system restore or simply disable system restore and use disc imaging software instead. Also delete all temp files and reduce the space allotted to Temporary Internet Files. System restore is off, i'll use tree size & report back, thanx for your timeHere is the shot after using Tree size Seems like these 2 files are culprit, other all things look fine, Patio what would you suggest as these look system files due to their *.sys formatProblem solved ! with a lil bit help from google The two files CAN be deleted direcltly as administrator One is pagefile.sys , a file in which temporary data is stored when ram isnt available It can be deleted by My computer > properties > Advanced system settings > advanced (tab) > performance (settings button) > advanced > virtual memory > no paging file & press the set button followed by YES to all queries ...restart & windows will delete the pagefile.sys automatically Hiberfile.sys is related to hibernation Disable hibernation by running cmd prompt as admin & type Powercfg.exe -h off Restart & the file will be deleted Hope this will help future readersQuote from: JoeKkerr on May 10, 2015, 05:13:15 AM [...]pagefile.sys , a file in which temporary data is stored when ram isnt available You can delete the page file, sure, but running Windows without one can lead to weird crashes; even with large amounts of RAM a small page file is STILL a good idea. If you absolutely must have such a tiny system disk, you can simply move the page file to the other disk that has more space. There are plenty of places on the web showing how to do this; simply Google for "move Windows xx page file to another drive" where xx is your Windows version. Don't delete pagefile.sys (it will only be recreated at the next boot), just set the maximum size to a more realistic number (1 or 2 Gb) or set it to "windows managed". As for hiberfil.sys, just disable hibernation.Quote from: SALMON Trout on May 10, 2015, 06:35:42 AM You can delete the page file, sure, but running Windows without one can lead to weird crashes; even with large amounts of RAM a small page file is still a good idea. If you absolutely must have such a tiny system disk, you can simply move the page file to the other disk that has more space. There are plenty of places on the web showing how to do this; simply Google for "move Windows xx page file to another drive" where xx is your Windows version. Thank you sir,didnt knew that ! umm , even after disabling the paging ? will it be created again Yes....Quote from: patio on May 11, 2015, 06:10:30 AM Yes....If you go into your virtual memory settings and set the paging file to "none" for all drives then it won't be recreated. As I said before, you can get weird problems with no page file. When certain applications start, they allocate a huge amount of memory (hundreds of megabytes typically set aside in virtual memory) even though they might not use it. If no page file (i.e., virtual memory) is present, a memory-hogging application can quickly use a large chunk of RAM. Even worse, just a few such programs can bring a machine loaded with memory to a halt. Some applications (e.g., Adobe Photoshop) will display warnings on startup if no page file is present. For this reason, people with large amounts of RAM, like 16 GB or more, leave a small page file of 512 MB rather than TURN it off altogether. Best to leave it alone as "system managed" on the disk with most space. |
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