Deleting files to recover disk space?

Similar Questions

• Virtualized temporary Internet Files eat up disk space. How can I stop this?

  Have encountered a problem of memory on my C drive and the holding of all recommendations usual cleaning only manages to free a few hundred MB. My hard drive is partitioned into a C and an E drive (each with 116 GB). I use Vista and Internet Explorer. (As far as I know, this is not a problem of RAM and my computer to not walk slowly.)

  The number of programs and files on my C drive not could represent almost 116 GB of memory, but I could find no other possible reason for my low disk space... until...

  I went to the guest orders and managed to do list all in the C drive. Then I spotted a directory which seems to contain a HUGE 94 GB of memory on the C drive. The exact name/address was as follows: C:\users\Kevin\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Virtualized\C\Users\Kevin\Appdata\Local\FLVService. The list of files in this directory have been mainly youtube and almost all the other videos I've seen last year! (This folder does not appear in Windows Explorer.)

  Then, these videos are stored in virtual memory? They take place that much space? (The term 'virtual' throws me a bit). I can delete this file safely and how? And, finally, how to stop what is happening yet?

  So, thank you for reading this far and I would be really grateful for any help on this matter.

  Kevin.

  What problem you encounter when you try to delete the files?  FreeCorder has some options, you can use to purge or otherwise control the cache / repository it uses? That seems to be the easiest way to get rid of files and recover disk space.  Otherwise, uninstall (and reinstall maybe later) may present you with an option to clear the cache, the program uses.

• 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

• 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!

• What does not compress files to save disk space?

  Original title: compress the disc

  Hi, I'm not very good with computers. in any case, I see in 'Properties' to the local c drive, there is an option to "compress files to save disk space", or something like that. I want to create more space on my disk, so io should do? It will have harmful effects on what it is? can it be undone? anything else I should know about it?

  Thank you very much

  brand

  He was never a good idea to compress a drive.

  Some system files and folders don't like it, and if there is a problem with the drive, it will be more difficult to work on the problem. If you have a problem with a compressed drive, after he went on half capacity, it becomes incredibly difficult as the first, must unpack the drive, and if there is not enough space on the disk, decompression does not.

  In my opinion? Do not...

• Help return to iPhoto + delete Photos library to recover disk space

  When the Photos were initially introduced, I didn't know what I would get in when I just clicked "convert to Photos" or whatever the wording was.

  A week in the new application I realized that it wasn't for me (lack of some key tools like iPhoto), so just started using iPhoto again instead

  -but only now I realize the new Photos app seems to be "hogging" lots of disk space:

  When I look under the images, I see my iPhotos current library clocking in at about 64GM.

  While the Photos library clocks (now are more used) in a 66GB even higher.

  My question: How do I clear all (assuming that duplicate) photos in Photos and get much needed storage space of hard drive?

  Is it save to just delete the folder from the library of Photos in my pictures folder or I have to delete all the photos in the Photos app?

  If you don't use Photos and has no pictures in you need to trash just the photo library - it will not save a lot of space because of the hard links that are used, but if you use any Photos, then there is no reason to keep the library autour and when you are ready to migrate again (you will need since iPhoto is not supported and an upgrade it) break)

  LN

• How can I stop OE 'compress files to free disk space,'

  How can I prevent the notice OE ("compression of files to free up disk space"), constantly arise. I moved the cd, deleted files, shortcuts to files, etc., and I still get this pop up to compress files.  very annoying.   Help

  Have let you compact? Disk space is not recovered until you do. Let compact, you should not see the prompt again for 100 closures of OE. If you see more often, after the return. If not, read this.

  *******************

  Why OE insists on compacting folders when I close it? :
  http://www.insideoe.com/FAQs/why.htm#compact

  About file Corruption:
  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

  Compacting your folders periodically is a must to keep OE works fine and at some point, you may lose all your saved messages if you do not. When you delete or move messages, the space they used remains until you compact.

  Never touch anything until the compression is finished.* *.

  See:
  www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2

  With SP2, Automatic compaction in the background has been removed because of problems he has caused. Now, you will get a prompt to compact after 100 closures of OE, you need to do, and do not touch anything until it's finished. If you compact manually, at your convenience, this will also set the counter to zero. See this for more information:
  http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact

  If you are fully patched, you will now see a copy of your dbx files copied to the Recycle Bin as BAK files. If something goes wrong when compacting, the messages can be easily restored from this backup. A compact manual resets also the counter in the back of the registry to zero now.

  For more information, see the information framed in red here:
  www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2

  To keep things running smooth and harden faster:

  Do not archive mail in default OE folders. It will eventually become corrupt and you may lose mail. Create your own folders defined by the user for mail storage and move your mail to them. Empty the deleted items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 300 MB, and also empty as is possible to default folders.

  And backup often.

  Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB Freeware)
  http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/default.aspx

• How to recover disk space?

  Delete the files in the Windows\winsxs folder? Seems to be filling with a large number of records and take too much disk space?

  The short answer is no.

  http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/archive/2010/08/06/should-you-delete-files-in-the-WinSxS-directory-and-what-s-the-deal-with-VSS.aspx

  The ways to recover from space are mentioned here

  http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/archive/2010/06/12/General-guidance-on-disk-provisioning-for-WinSxS-growth.aspx

  For the Vista SP2, compcln program is located in Windows\System32. Right click and run as administrator. The equivalent program if you're still on SP1 is vsp1cln.

• I'm on windows vista, the review said that I have a file that uses disk space

  I 'm on windows vista the healthcheck says I have a file using disk space, the file name is windows.old, if I just delete this, then it will hurt my laptop, I looked at the file and there are thousands of articles, my laptop is slow, what I'm doing. My system is 32 bit. Will someone please advise me in laymans terms I'm not exactly a pro with laptops.

  
  

  The Windows.old subfolder contains all of the files from a previous installation of Windows. If you copied all your personal data of the user subfolder of windows.old. Then, it is safe to delete.
  And, since it is the Windows Update forum, which focuses on the update of the issues, this question must be validated in a more appropriate forum. Such as the
  Maintenance forum and performance of Vista.

  If you don't know exactly where to post a question, start here - Vista Assistant forum

  MowGreen Services update - consumer safety

• When is it safe to remove the old updates and patches recover disk space?

  I have a LONG list of updates from windows to windows xp, Media Player, microsoft, etc. in a way at the time where I got first computer and set on automatic updates. I'm sure that they consume valuable disk space but how do I know which ones can be deleted without problem?

  Never. If you remove them, it defeats the purpose of the patch/security updates. Your calculation returns to a previous state vulnerable.

  If you need space, get an external hard drive for all of your data.

• How long does take to Clean Up Virtual Machine and recover disk space?  Take a long time.

  I just upgraded from Fusion 4 to 6.  Before converting my GB 131 VM version 6 I did a Clean Up because he says I have 9 GB of usable space.  I don't know how long it takes to run.  He has worked for more than 20 minutes, but there seems to be no way to determine if something is happening.  It simply shows a window 'Reclaiming Disk Space... "with no way to cancel out.  The size of the file and the date/time of the VM file does not change.  Activity monitor shows between 3% and 5% of the CPU with 13 to 15 of son used.

  I saved the file to the virtual machine.

  When you become concerned that nothing happens?  How to stop the process?

  Thank you.

  Thanks WoodyZ.  No additional help is needed.  I now have the answer.  It took about an hour and a half to reclaim the space.  All right and that patience is a virtue.  (Windows 7-64) virtual machine starts very well.  I hope this helps other post to know that it can take some time.  It would be nice if there was a progress meter or something to indicate something constructive.

• What is Microsoft Sync Framework... «"native runtime" v1.0 (x 86)... and the 'native services' list in my add/remove program.» Can I delete to free up disk space?

  That one was already posted... and he does not know how he got there in the first place

  Try to keep installed executives that Microsoft puts on your machine - they tend to be required for other stuff, you probably do.  To free disk space, here is an excellent article on a few tactics you can take to free additional space - if it's for a little technically experienced - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc750370.aspx?ppud=4

  I hope this helps!

• Recover disk space

  Hello everyone,

  I am all new to this community and very happy to be here.

  I just started a new job looking after a new IT infrastructure, my experience has been Hyper-V, but now I'm looking after a 5.1 ESXi VMWare environment. So far I'm in love, then its great together!

  I've been after help, we have a virtual machine that has 4 VHD thin provisioned, HD1 (disk0 in the server disk management) currently only has 1 TB of unallocated space that is there is no active partition assigned to this area of space. My question is: what is the best practice to deduct all or maybe some of this space back so I can supply more VM.

  I have done some calculations and I have more than enough space on the server with the TB unallocated so that the space is really just wasted already.

  I can't wait to receive some answers and responses.

  Thank you very much

  Lee

  As you can see, the first virtual disk ' CDI-coFW - SQL.vmdk ' occupies ~ 115 GB of physical disk space, which is very probably the space required by the 3 active partitions. It is certainly possible to use e.g. the converter to get rid of the empty partition, but it's probably more than release of disk space for internal purposes. I probably wouldn't change anyting, except that I had a lot of free time.

  André

• Recovering disk space on thin discs

  A client needs to recover unused space on thin vdisks belonging to virtual machines hosted by the ESXi hosts.

  I read a lot of posts suggesting to use Storage vMotion.

  If a customer is using vSphere Standard and Storage vMotion is not included, how can they reclaim the unused space?

  Concerning

  Marius

  
  

  If you can accept interruptions of service, you can use the vmkfstools command line utility (with 'k' or '-punchzero ') after reset of the unused space in the guest OS.

  André

• Deleting files is not releasing space

  A few weeks ago I noticed that my Macbook pro (mid-2010) has been slow.  I took a quick glance to the disk utility and I saw that I had only 6 GB of free space!  Oops!  So, I backed up everything on my hard drive external and put to work.  I started going through my music (about 12 000 songs) and the removal of what I do really need or listen to and things that are doubled for some reason any.  I deleted about 2 000 so far.  I started to load my pictures on my photo site and then remove them immediately.  I deleted about 500.  I deleted about 5 000 unnecessary documents (teachers save everything!). I emptied all the caches.  And somehow, I have LESS space than when I started.   What should I do next?

  Hate to ask what is obvious... you you empty the trash?