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Comment from Mac-Limey on 2009-11-18

2009-11-18T11:18:43Z

Hi this may help, I have just recovered 8 gb. of space just by removing older System Restore points.I had 15 restore points which I delated.[beware-you must create a good up to date point prior to cleaning out procedure]

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Comment from suz on 2009-09-28

2009-09-28T16:38:21Z

in reference to:

"thank you, thank you, thank you!
i've had a good nosey around most of the site, and your information is always fantastic.
i'm nothing short of useless with computers. i can just about manage to switch the things on, and watch as it capitulates infront of my very eyes... oh the joy!
i'm currently working on speeding things up, and this tool (along with the task manager on steriods (too true, btw)) has worked a treat. very easy to use, clear, precise. couldnt ask for much more! i've managed to find year-old obsolete software that was hogging up all my disk space!

again, thank you. great work :D

Posted by: Matt at December 7, 2008 11:50 PM"

could you please state which tool you are refering to? I too am trying to speed things up & am not computer smart. Also,I don't understand your comment "task mgr. on steroids".

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Comment from Bob on 2009-08-26

2009-08-26T14:36:37Z

I have noticed some programs squirrel away files within the 'documents and settings' directory tree. One program I used to use archived files within the 'application data' folder under my log-in - a place which regularly goes unnoticed because it's not part of 'My Documents' or the original program's directory. After deleting over 2Gb of backed-up files, I kept an eye on it...

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Comment from jim gassner on 2009-07-07

2009-07-07T17:08:27Z

If you use system restore delete all restore points except the latest one. This released 6 per-cent on my 20 gig C: partition.

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Comment from Kushagra Udai on 2009-02-20

2009-02-21T05:40:20Z

I really recommend WinDirStat for this kind of work - its a port of KDirStat for KDE. Anyone who's used it will fall head over heels for the program - its fantastic.

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Comment from Matt on 2008-12-07

2008-12-08T07:50:08Z

thank you, thank you, thank you!
i've had a good nosey around most of the site, and your information is always fantastic.
i'm nothing short of useless with computers. i can just about manage to switch the things on, and watch as it capitulates infront of my very eyes... oh the joy!
i'm currently working on speeding things up, and this tool (along with the task manager on steriods (too true, btw)) has worked a treat. very easy to use, clear, precise. couldnt ask for much more! i've managed to find year-old obsolete software that was hogging up all my disk space!

again, thank you. great work :D

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Comment from Zap Coffey-Brittain on 2008-11-02

2008-11-02T10:36:36Z

I too recommend the free version of TreeSize by Jam Software, particularly for its Windows Explorer column function.

Open a folder, select View, Details, then right-click an existing column & tick the TreeSize column option which displays the sizes of any contained files or subfolders. (Why Microsoft never thought to display sizes next to subfolders I've never known.)

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Comment from Allan on 2008-10-30

2008-10-30T18:46:40Z

The link to SpaceMonger v1.4 DOES work, but it might not be obvious how to actually get it.

First, click on the SpaceMonger v1.4 link.
About 1/3 of the way down the page, there is another link that says "Download spcmn140.zip - Version 1.4.0 - Win95/98/NT/2K/XP". Click on that.

This brings up a page titled "Download", but at first all you see are buttons to download either version 2.1 or version 2.1.1.

But now click on the "Free Software" tab. This brings up a much larger list, but at the top of the list all you see is SpaceMonger PHP Scanner: version 1.5, 1.4, and so on.

Scroll almost all the way down to the bottom of the page. Aha! At last there is a button to download spcmn140.zip.

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Comment from bABETTE on 2008-10-28

2008-10-28T20:15:25Z

The link for SpaceMonger 1.4 no longer downloads the old free version...only the new one. Is there somewhere else I can get it?

The link still goes to the old space monger for me. Page is titled "Old SpaceMonger Version 1.4.0" - while they encourage you to get the newer version, the old one is still right there.

- Leo
29-Oct-2008

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Comment from Roberts Smithem on 2008-10-28

2008-10-28T16:45:37Z

Try going into your email program, and from one of the drop-down menus, select 'compress folders'.
If this works, then go into 'options' in your email program, and look for a place where you can set a size to 'compress folders when it will save ___ kb on your hard drive'.

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Comment from David Sorge on 2008-08-27

2008-08-27T09:10:42Z

Space Monger is no longer free, but you can try it for 30 days. At this time the web site says $24.95 to buy.

The old version of Space Monger, as discussed and linked to in the article, remains free.

-Leo

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Comment from Skyforum on 2008-08-21

2008-08-22T06:35:31Z

Man, I have been working on this for weeks. I have been to just about every tech site on the net and I couldn't find an answer. Where the heck was all my space going on my C partition on my Windows 2003? At one point, I was down to less than 30 megabytes! I deleted all the KB files, I searched and removed all the IIS files etc etc and the space just kept disappearing.....

I finally gave up trying to find someone else that could tell me what to do and went looking for myself.

The answer is so SIMPLE that only a tow truck driver could figure it out!!!! I am sure you will agree it would be very useful here.

Go to search / advanced options / select "files larger than 1 meg" leave all the other boxes blank and hit the start button.

Sort by size and there they were. WOOHOO! I had two, very old and no longer in use databases that had exceeded 6 gigs in size! They were backing up like clockwork every night even though they were no longer in use!

If you want to know where your space has gone too, go look at the files that are burning it up. Simple, to the point, to heck with all these other complicated fixes. Once you see what they are, you can easily solve the problem.

Big Bill aka "Skyforum"

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Comment from DeeJ on 2008-06-11

2008-06-11T15:51:58Z

I like your "tip jar" (very clever). However, I cannot tip because I have not yet found an answer to my question.

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Comment from Michael Adams on 2007-10-27

2007-10-27T21:43:04Z

I have seen more than once (today for example) in running the JKDefrag utility actually reclaim free space on a gunked up server. I suspect its rebuilding stale directory tables that allocate space no longer in use.

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Comment from JohnE on 2007-10-15

2007-10-15T07:34:16Z

One thing that can steadily consume disk space is cached Internet pages - easily cleared via the tools menu of your browser.

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Comment from Philip Tyson on 2007-10-13

2007-10-13T23:23:09Z

I HIGHLY recommend Treesize.
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml
It simply does not get any easier than this program. There is a free version and a paid version. I use the free version. It also integrates a right click context menu entry while in explorer that allows you to easily view the disk space used for a selected folder. I have tried SpaceMonger and found its' interface to be far too confusing.

Philip

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Comment from Chris on 2007-10-13

2007-10-13T17:22:13Z

It's called "System Restore" on both Windows XP and on Vista. You can access the options to modify or disable it by right clicking "My Computer" and hitting properties or scrolling over to "System" in Control Panel.

for Vista: "System protection" should be on the list on the left (this opens the "System Protection" tab where System Restore resides).

XP: "System Restore" is also located as a tab.

I do recommend that you leave it enabled IF you dont have another backup solution (I recommend you get one), but it might be useful to you to lower the disk space reserved for System Restore properties.

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Comment from Lynn on 2007-10-13

2007-10-13T15:33:44Z

How about changing the amount of disk space the Recycle Bin uses? It's default is 10% of your hard drive space. I change mine to about 2% because I rarely delete anything that I want to retrive.
On a small drive the extra space really helps.

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Comment from David H on 2007-10-12

2007-10-13T03:16:03Z

Gowest,

Vista's default is actually 15% and can be changed by using VSSADMIN command from a command line.
http://www.davescomputertips.com/Newsletters/20070801.php#4

I bet the original question was an XP installation. I would also bet there are quite a few MS Update files in the c:\windows folder he could delete.

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Comment from gowest on 2007-10-10

2007-10-11T00:50:05Z

Hi guys,
Each time you install a new software oor uninstall or make changes to the computer, WINDOWS save all the modifications, so if something wrong happens later, you can be able to restore your system.
This option is called "SYSTEM RESTORE" (at least on VISTA).
And as default it can occupyed 10% of the HD. The only way to make this not happen is to delete these files stored by WINDOWS or just to deactivate the "SYSTEM RESTORE" .
If you want more informations just ask.

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Comment from Ken B on 2007-10-09

2007-10-09T15:18:09Z

Wow. Over 19GB in the C:\BACKUPS folder I created 2-1/2 years ago and forgot all about, over 16GB of stuff I downloaded from MSDN and didn't put on DVDs yet, and 49GB for all the .iso files on my system.

I guess it's time for a little cleanup.

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Comment from Chris Buechler on 2007-10-08

2007-10-09T02:20:13Z

JDiskReport is a similar free tool that I've had great luck with over the years, on machines ranging from PC's to enterprise file servers.
http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/

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