My Hard drive is full ?

[The Silver Unicorn]

IF IT STARTS ??????? aaarrggghghhh do you any idea how much technology hates me ???


LP

Considering electricity wasn't invented until you were 45 years old, i think you've done well!

[Lucky_Phill]

well, I rebooted and it turned back on....after a while. seems I gained .03GB by doing so.... mmmmm

[Funchy]

Harvey Norman has 48 months interest free? :-P

[groverwa]

Go to control panel > internet options and delete temporary internet files as this can make a PC constipated.

Do a search for all files on the PC and see what happens but b4 you do that go to control panel and set file types to view hidden files.

Mike

[TheRealAndy]

Honestly, install windirstat, it will take all the guesswork out of it.

IT also give you a bunch of tools to clean up unwanted files.

[Lucky_Phill]

Thanks guys, but I would really like to know why I deleted over 10 GB of shit and didn't gain any HD space. ????

[Andy H]

I bet you copied all the information to a different folder on your hdd instead of onto the usb drive.

[Lucky_Phill]

OK, I went to windirstat and it reidrected me to spiceworks.

I have downloaded it and what now ???????????????

[The Black Unicorn]

I haven't turned this PC off since early September 2013.

I hope it will re-start. if that's what you mean by re-boot ?


LP

I've heard of a bloke that did that with a Honda Outboard. Still running...........

[Lucky_Phill]

I bet you copied all the information to a different folder on your hdd instead of onto the usb drive.

well I....... > " send to "...... Lexar ( which was the USB stick ), and I didn't copy anything. It made it to the stick, I then uploaded that info to my Laptop...

[The Silver Unicorn]

I've heard of a bloke that did that with a Honda Outboard. Still running...........

Do you mean he leaves it running whilst at anchor? Nobody is that silly.

[rosco1974]

give it a couple of handshakes phill and it will be done

[The Black Unicorn]

Do you mean he leaves it running whilst at anchor? Nobody is that silly.

Yep that's him. Do you know him? Apparently he even leaves it running at home. Just leaves the hose attached. His water bill is expensive but the Honda is reliable. It only has 729,356,234.7 hrs on it!

[TheRealAndy]

OK, I went to windirstat and it reidrected me to spiceworks.

I have downloaded it and what now ???????????????

That aint windirstat, this is: https://windirstat.info/ and this is the (still free) download: http://www.fosshub.com/download/wind..._1_2_setup.exe

Its just a treeview, and it has a indicators to show you how much each directory is taking up. drill down into that directory to find out whats using up all you diskpace.

It look like this:

Left side shows you folders/directories, right sid shows you what file types are taking up all the space. Bottom is some shit that is pointless, but dont let that distract you from the real power off that application. Once insalled, it takes a few minutes to chug over you hard drive and discover eveything.

[groverwa]

well I....... > " send to "...... Lexar ( which was the USB stick ), and I didn't copy anything. It made it to the stick, I then uploaded that info to my Laptop...

Phil - As stated in your quote you used send to but send to does not delete files from the source as it merely copies the files to the destination drive as ordered by the operator. In other words all the files are where they started an you will still have to delete them.

I have tried this action on my PC and it is as I have indicated.

Have a look at the original folder and I reckon that they are still there.

Mike