runescapeloser22 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 My C: drive is 30GB, and I want to install Guitar Hero III which takes up around 4.2GB, no problem right? Wrong. For some reason I only have 3.25GB remaining, and when I click on my C: drive under My Computer and look at the sizes of the folders there, the sizes don't come close at all to adding up to ~26GB. When I go to "add and remove programs", nothing is really big except for a 2GB Backup and Recovery thing that my dad put on (he works with computers, but can't figure out where my space is either lol). So if somebody could help me find a way to get more space, I would love you forever! (ClareJonsson I'm looking at you ;) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade995 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Well space could be going to system restore. Go to disk cleanup to remove old system restore points. Start> all programs> accessories> system tools> disk cleanup Then when you get there go to the "more options" tab and click cleanup under system restore. (path may not be exact under windows xp). System restore can take up to 6GB on a 40GB disk. You can also disable system restore entirely, but I don't recommend it. That's the only thing that I can think of that could be taking up storage that you don't know about. You can also use the program Spacemonger to see what is using all your storage. http://www.sixty-five.cc/sm/v1x.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamanarab Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Best thing to do for Sys restore is disable it, re-enable it, and then set yourself a new restore point, should free up 3-4 gig. Also. If you can, get the trial of "Iolo System Mechanic 7", and run the hard disk space tool. Iamanarab - 119/110 Combat - 1700+ Total - P2P for the momentDrops: [3] Dragon Legs [2] Shield Left Half [1] Draconic Visage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runescapeloser22 Posted June 21, 2008 Author Share Posted June 21, 2008 Best thing to do for Sys restore is disable it, re-enable it, and then set yourself a new restore point, should free up 3-4 gig. Also. If you can, get the trial of "Iolo System Mechanic 7", and run the hard disk space tool. THANK YOU SO MUCH! That system restore thing worked! I love you! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamanarab Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Thats what im here for. Iamanarab - 119/110 Combat - 1700+ Total - P2P for the momentDrops: [3] Dragon Legs [2] Shield Left Half [1] Draconic Visage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryomancer Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Your hard drive is 30gb? :shock: That's tiny, nowadays you can buy a 500gb hard drive for just under £100 (~$200). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracion1 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Have you considered the fact that he might be using a partitioned hard drive, where the C: partition might only be 30Gb? ;) "In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Your hard drive is 30gb? :shock: That's tiny, nowadays you can buy a 500gb hard drive for just under £100 (~$200). Newegg had a sale last week, 750Gb 7200RPM hard drive for $100 :thumbup: . Too bad I didn't have any cash to take up the offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikelP Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Another thing is the Hard Drives are calculated by 1000 to kilobytes to a Megabyte (and others), and it should be 1024x. My 500Gb Hard Drive is actually 465Gb. Dragon Drops: 2 x Dragon Legs, Dragon Spear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Your hard drive is 30gb? :shock: That's tiny, nowadays you can buy a 500gb hard drive for just under £100 (~$200). Newegg had a sale last week, 750Gb 7200RPM hard drive for $100 :thumbup: . Too bad I didn't have any cash to take up the offer. Holy :shock: ! I have an 100GB hard drive on my laptop, only used up 15GB. What could you possibly use 750GB for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade995 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Your hard drive is 30gb? :shock: That's tiny, nowadays you can buy a 500gb hard drive for just under £100 (~$200). Newegg had a sale last week, 750Gb 7200RPM hard drive for $100 :thumbup: . Too bad I didn't have any cash to take up the offer. Holy :shock: ! I have an 100GB hard drive on my laptop, only used up 15GB. What could you possibly use 750GB for? Hidef movies and video editing are what is using up a lot of my space. Then another 95GB in installed programs. Not counting virtual machines in Vmware and my music collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Yeah my 360GB filled up really quickly, I should have gotten the 750Gig. 70GB of music and then games taking up ~20-30GB these days to install hurts you. FYI PC's can easily get up to 4TB of hard drive space now, or even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runescapeloser22 Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 I could probably fill us a 750GB, or come close to it. I would buy all the games I can't buy now because of my tiny HD, then stop storing my ~20GB of music on my dad's computer :lol: I would also download a whole bunch of movies. I might get a 500GB external HD for my laptop for the next school year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinoking Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 PC Games now and days eat up HD. I am Teh_King[My dA][My Last.FM][My Twitter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im1knight Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 my laptop got 100GB..only 5GB left after 4 days.... My desktop got 720GB... 200GB left after a month >.> i think i have to look for 1TB hard drive x2 lol instead of 360x2 Quit runescape on Jan 6th of 2008, at level of 115 with around 150M worth of item in bank...however stats still remainsWorld 59, the world i loved~ Now 95% dedicated to playing Microsoft flight simulator http://www.youtube.com/user/im1knightmy youtube channel with many FSX videos i made. please leave a comment if you will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat666 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 30GB? It's 2008 man, 80GB is cheap as chips. I picke dup a 500GB one for £80. Trust the Gene Genie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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