Can I free up hard disk space by removing old updates?

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• How to: recover disk space by removing the updates of windows installation files

  Original title : Software updates to XP Pro do take the disk space that can be reclaimed by removing downloaded files?

  I want to recover disk space which can have useless files.  Once an update is installed, the downloaded file can be deleted and if so, where they are on my drive?

  Please note this is only for Windows XP and is not on Vista or Windows 7

  Folders that have uninstall as part of the name (for example $NtUninstallKB282010$ who reside in C:\windows (hidden files) are window Hot difficulty updating folders/files) can be removed safely (providing ever, you wish to uninstall the updates). I recommend you leave these records for a period of at least one month to make sure that the update works correctly.

  These updates can be removed individually or together. To learn more about the update/s go on:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/xxxxxx
  NB: XXXXXX = the actual number, not to mention the "Q" or "Ko."

  Once you have removed the uninstall folders/files, then go to control panel, add/remove programs. Select the title of the corresponding Windows fix on the folder/file of the patch you just deleted, and select Delete. You will get a Windows error. This is because you deleted the uninstall folder/files. Simply choose OK and the entry will be removed from the Add/Remove Programs list.

  Don't NOT delete the folder $ $hf_mig

  Cleaning after installation of SP2
  http://aumha.org/win5/a/sp2faq.php#after

  and/or

  XP SP3: Post Installation Cleanup
  http://aumha.NET/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=33827

  How to recover disk space on a computer running Windows XP with a hard disk of 4 GB or less
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/956324

• Creative cloud installation runs. No error, but it does not install. 19gigs of free hard disk space. What is the question?

  The title says it all.

  Creative cloud installation runs. No error, but it does not install. 19gigs of free hard disk space. What is the question?

  Uninstall anything cc which can be installed.

  clean cc by the use of the Adobe Creative Cloud cleaning tool to solve installation problems

  Restart your computer

  Restart the cc desktop application installation, https://creative.adobe.com/products/creative-cloud

• Hard disk space is down on its own without adding files or programs.

  original title: reduction of disk space

  My hard disk space is down without my add files or programs. I deleted the files, and after a while, I get the message that I'm out of space disk yet. I ran the windows disk cleaner, but the question is not what I need more disk space - is my drive space decreases continuously. For example, yesterday I got 4.89 GB free, today, I 4.80 - without adding anything to my computer. Any suggestion for what can happen and how to fix this?

  Another minor issue I have is that sometimes windows does not start correctly and I can't open any programs after implementation - in this case, I just restart and it works usually then. Don't know which is related to the question of good memory, but maybe it is?

  I am running Windows Vista Business SP2 on a Lenovo Thinkpad X 61.

  Thank you!

  Sounds like you have * something * create journals. Try a number of things, first off this program to see if you can find out where your space is being taken.

  http://www.Jam-software.com/treesize_free/

  Once you find out where to try and understand what is the cause. You can consider that you have some kind of virus/malware on your computer. Try to run Malwarebytes in safe mode and see what he says.

  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/

  I hope this helps.

• Hard disk space in Vista too

  my vista from top (2 years) Office Guard takeing hard drive each week, about 2 to 3 GB. even when its an off week, he sweats 7 GB and ny the computer was switched off all week, last week, it took 6 GB of my hard disk, why is he doing this and how can I stop it... Hector chula vista

  hard drive

  Hello

  Run DiskCleanup - start - all programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Cleanup

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  Info:

  System restore usually holds 15% of disk space and updates that are necessary for running computer
  consume even more. Backup - Options of recovery and even MS updates and those of HP, Dell
  or similar manufacturers use the space if your charging system. There are also overhead for the readers are not
  format to their maximum capacity.

  Where all my disk space? (Vista) - good writeup
  http://Forum.NotebookReview.com/showthread.php?t=167983

  Hard disk space Vista shrinking and reducing anomaly
  http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/07/04/Vista-hard-disk-space-shrinking-and-reducing-anomaly/

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  This will show you how disk space is being used.

  WinDirStat - free - use to make sure you know what is too much space.
  http://WinDirStat.info/

  Also run Disk Cleanup:

  Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Cleanup.

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  If you need search malware here's my recommendations - they will allow you to
  scrutiny and the withdrawal without ending up with a load of spyware programs running
  resident who can cause as many questions as the malware and may be more difficult to detect as the
  cause.

  No one program cannot be used to detect and remove any malware. Added that often easy
  to detect malicious software often comes with a much harder to detect and remove the payload. Then
  its best to be thorough than paying the high price later now too. Check with them to one
  extreme overkill point and then run the cleaning only when you are sure that the system is clean.

  It can be made repeatedly in Mode safe - F8 tap that you start, however, you must also run
  the regular windows when you can.

  Download malwarebytes and scan with it, run MRT and add Prevx to be sure that he is gone.
  (If Rootkits run UnHackMe)

  Download - SAVE - go to where you put it-right on - click RUN AS ADMIN

  Malwarebytes - free
  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/

  Run the malware removal tool from Microsoft

  Start - type in the search box-> find MRT top - right on - click RUN AS ADMIN.

  You should get this tool and its updates via Windows updates - if necessary, you can
  Download it here.

  Download - SAVE - go to where you put it-right on - click RUN AS ADMIN
  (Then run MRT as shown above.)

  Microsoft Malicious - 32-bit removal tool
  http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD724AE0-E72D-4F54-9AB3-75B8EB148356&displaylang=en

  Microsoft Malicious removal tool - 64 bit
  http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=585D2BDE-367F-495e-94E7-6349F4EFFC74&displaylang=en

  also install Prevx to be sure that it is all gone.

  Download - SAVE - go to where you put it-right on - click RUN AS ADMIN

  Prevx - Home - free - small, fast, exceptional CLOUD protection, working with others
  security programs. It is a single scanner, VERY EFFICIENT, if it finds something to come back
  here or use Google to see how to remove.
  http://www.prevx.com/   <-->
  http://info.prevx.com/downloadcsi.asp  <-->

  Choice of PCmag editor - Prevx-
  http://www.PCMag.com/Article2/0, 2817,2346862,00.asp

  Try the demo version of Hitman Pro:

  Hitman Pro is a second scanner reviews, designed to save your computer from malicious software
  (viruses, Trojans, rootkits, etc.). who infected your computer despite safe
  what you have done (such as antivirus, firewall, etc.).
  http://www.SurfRight.nl/en/hitmanpro

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  If necessary here are some free online scanners to help the

  http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/

  http://OneCare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm

  http://www.Kaspersky.com/virusscanner

  Other tests free online
  http://www.Google.com/search?hl=en&source=HP&q=antivirus+free+online+scan&AQ=f&OQ=&AQI=G1

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  Also follow these steps for the General corruption of cleaning and repair/replace damaged/missing
  system files.

  Run DiskCleanup - start - all programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Cleanup

  Start - type this into the search-> find COMMAND to top box and RIGHT CLICK-
  RUN AS ADMIN

  Enter this at the command prompt - sfc/scannow

  How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker
  (SFC.exe) program generates in Windows Vista cbs.log
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/928228

  Run checkdisk - schedule it to run at the next startup, then apply OK then restart your way.

  How to run the check disk at startup in Vista
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-check-disk-Chkdsk.html

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  If we find Rootkits use this thread and other suggestions. (Run UnHackMe)

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/InternetExplorer/thread/a8f665f0-C793-441A-a5b9-54b7e1e7a5a4/

  I hope this helps.

  Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Bike - Mark Twain said it right.

• A few questions about the defrag and hard space as I get a notification saying my hard disk space became full of drive

  I have problems with my hard drive. I got a notification saying that my hard disk space became full. So I cleaned a lot of programs and files of the irrational. I've freed almost half of it. Then I had another notification a few days later and realized that I had less than 1 GB of free space on my hard drive 600 g. I cleaned more and went to defragment my disk. It is set on a calendar, but I don't think that he has never been defragmented. He ran for about 2.5 days until the cord is unplugged and the battery is dead at 91% consolidated. Do I have to start again and wait again 2.5 days before I little hard drive space open? Or progress in the early days of 2.5 will remain défragmentée? In addition, defrag and do a disk cleanup will stop my hard drive to fill almost instantly after deleting and uninstalling programs? I'm running out of things to remove and I am a full-time student full and really need a computer in operation, please help!

  Defragmentation is complete, will continue from the left point last time. Therefore, if you raise, he will continue that 91 percent (of course, it will start from 0%, but the scan will go up that 91% and continue with the rest of the space on the hard disk, that 91% of surface of the hard drive has been defragmented already).

  Yes, you can delete all the files inside the Temp folder. TEMP folder is a temporary storage place used by some programs to temporarily store the files/folders. Some programs remove the files/folders after working, but some retain them, causing space problems.

  You can use disk cleanup, on occasion, to delete unnecessary files from the hard drive.

• Why Lightroom uses hard disk space if my catalog is in dropbox?

  I am new to Lightroom and love it so far. In addition to some external hard drives backup, I keep all my photos on Dropbox and am currently trying to build my library in Lightroom by importing my photos. Because I'll be editing my photos from multiple computers, I decided to move my Lightroom Catalog to Dropbox as well. This way I can continue to ensure coherence between several machines in my library.

  My question, however, is that whenever I have import photos, I seem to be consumes hard disk space on my computer. I'm confused because my photos and catalog are in Dropbox, so this is actually too much space on my hard drive? I just imported approximately 1.63 GB of photos and afterword noticed that 1.46 GB has been written to my hard drive. I know that I am using the correct catalog (also the catalog only I have for Lightroom) because use space has increased after my import on my dropbox catalog file.

  I don't know there's a logical reason - as I said, I'm new to Lightroom so always understand the ins and outs. But if someone could help me out here I would appreciate it a lot!

  Thank you

  I'm confused because my photos and catalog are in Dropbox, so this is actually too much space on my hard drive? I just imported approximately 1.63 GB of photos and afterword noticed that 1.46 GB has been written to my hard drive.

  By default copy of Dropbox (and synchronizes forever) all in your remote Dropbox folder on each device that you have connected to your Dropbox account.

  1 GB of files in your remote Dropbox folder will also chew up to 1 GB of space on each hard disk attached to the Dropbox account.

  The power of the box lies in its timing in order to always have the latest file available on any device connected to your Dropbox account. The compromise is that 5 appliances also each stores its own copy of the same file. Any changes made to any file on any device is synchronized by Dropbox.

  You can save space locally by allowing a selective sync in Dropbox and saying Dropbox folders to synchronize and copy it to the local disk and which ignores.

  Are you using the selective sync Dropbox?

  How to save space on my computer with selective sync? (Dropbox Help Center)

  However, I am not convinced that selective sync will give you the workflow that you are trying to reach.

• ESXi 4.0 initial installation 208167 used 80G of hard disk space

  Hello

  I'll put up an old HP Proliant DL360 G5 server with two hard drives, managed by the HP Smart Array P400i controller 146SAS.  With RAID 1 + 0, the LogicalDisk is about 136G.  After you have installed the server ESXi 4.0, vSphere client reported that 51G is available for virtual machines.   See attached snapshot.  Back in 2009, on a new DL360 G6 server, I used the same software to ESXi 4.0 and installing used only 2 GB of space.  Which could use the 80G of hard disk space? 

  I noticed a difference in how vSphere client reported the DTX200:

  The DL360 G5, the customer reported the storage as "local disk VMWare..." »

  The DL360 G6, the customer reported the storage as "Home HP series SCSI Disk... »

  Any idea what happened to the 80G?  Thank you.

  -Jim

  If I understand you correctly, there is nothing on the data store yet (i.e. no VMs)? In this case, you can try to remove the data store and recreate to see if it reports the correct size after that.

  André

• Is it normal that Firefox consumes hard disk space open?

  Last week, I noticed the following 'strange' behavior of Firefox on my iMac (under Snow Leopard 10.6.8): while I have the browser open (usually on Facebook) my hard drive space appears to reduce (for example, 265,14 GB 265,01 GB). When I close Firefox and restart my computer, the amount of hard disk space increases again. He don't know if that happened in the past or if it's something normal. I have not installed extensions or themes, my plugins are all updated and I do not have a lot of navigation (the FB open Startpage and cat enough). Firefox doesn't seem to have performance problems, but I just want to know if there is a problem and if I could solve it somehow.

  Firefox uses more a GB of space on my hard drive regularly (sometimes 2GB). This seems excessive - especially since I put the cache size to 500 MB.

• Satallite 4100XCDT: where can I find the HARD disk?

  Hello

  I bought a Toshiba Satallite 4100XCDT Notebook in ebay. Now, I have to change my drive HARD, but where can I find the HARD disk?
  Please, I need the laptop in 2 days.

  I downloaded the manual, but I Didna´t there find hdd.

  Thanks for help

  see you soon,
  Dominik

  Hello

  The HARD drive should be placed on the left side of the laptop.
  I think that it of one near the port of slot and PCMCIA modem.
  At the bottom of the unit, you should find a screw holding the cover of the HARD drive.
  Remove the two black screws and lift the cover of the HARD drive location.
  Remove the two black screws, secure the HARD drive into the HARD drive slot.
  Grasp the HARD-drive carrier handle and pull forward to disconnect and remove the
  HARD DRIVE.
  Remove the four screws flat head of the HARD-drive bracket and lift the HARD drive.

  That s all ;)

• How can you recover disk space occupied by the updates of Windows XP, leading up to the installation of Windows XP SP3? __

  How can you recover disk space occupied by the updates of Windows XP, leading up to the installation of Windows XP SP3?

  SP3 after Installation Cleanup - http://www.aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=33827 MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - Don ' t Panic!

• Reinstall vista again HARD drive now PC don't can not boot from the DVD drive I can copy vista external hard disk drive, and then install on the laptop

  Duplicate info wire - running kill disk, vista disappeared and my laptop does not see my dvd/cd drive and I can't reinstall vista OS because of this problem

  Have to reinstall vista on a new HARD drive now PC can not boot from the DVD drive I can copy vista external hard disk drive, and then install on the laptop?

  The DVD player worked before HARD drive went bad now, it won't work.

  And I just replaced the HARD drive, but now cannot load an operating system that he...

  Help, please...

  Hi dynamitenews

   

  1. are you able to boot to the desktop?
  2. what happens when you try to start the computer?

   

  You must have the DVD drive to start the computer using the disk, you cannot use the external hard drive to do the same thing.

  Also I suggest you to make sure you have defined the start as CD/DVD-Rom as the first choice option in the BIOS. See below the help link-
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/BIOS-frequently-asked-questions

  If nothing is done, then you can contact the manufacturer support for assistance on setting up the correct boot sequence and check.
  
  BIOS WARNING-
  Change (CMOS) BIOS/complementary metal oxide semiconductor settings can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the configuration of the BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved. Changes to settings are at your own risk.

   

  I hope this helps.

• Had to reinstall my CS3 because of faulty hard drive. It does not accept my serial number as it says it is already used the maximum number of activations and says I should turn off. I can't as the hard disk failed! Please help.

  Had to reinstall my CS3 because of faulty hard drive. It does not accept my serial number as it says it is already used the maximum number of activations and says I should turn off. I can't as the hard disk failed! Please help.

  Have already tried to contact Adobe and they told me to reinstall the program. I did this and the same issue. It's crazy. I can not turn off something that I did not more...

  Thank you.

  No - I had, of course, tried all these things. Finally, I had someone (after several days) on the personal chat group that could fix and it did it in a few minutes. Too bad that nobody else seemed to be able to do. Adobe is very soft.

  I can't thank enough the other person - it was amazing.

• How can I remove old updates from windows to prevent their fill my hard drive?

  How can I remove old updates from windows to prevent their fill my hard drive?

  You don't want to. Otherwise, why would have installed their in the first place? They are updated for security. Thema alone.

• Can I delete old updates to save hard disk space?

  updates Windows stores these files on my drive hard ex: a29c773a897052e697775d
  each has about 59 files in the folder and to take disk space. These can be deleted?

  some of the files have hotfixinstaller? Installer fixes hotiron?

  Thanks for the help.

  Yes, feel free to remove them. ~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft