I need to help, freeing up space on the hard drive

All my hard drive is full vista isx only using about 4gigs or so how can I free up a lot of room? b how can I know which files and programs I didn't need

Hello

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

You may want to transfer some data, images or documents on removable media
as the key USB, USB external drives (my choice) or even CD/DVD (to several
If the use of these copies).

Programs that are not part of Windows can be uninstalled and then reinstalled in other players
or partitions such as office, games and others. Of course, you can have some programs
installed that you don't need at all. If you are unsure about the programs ask in a separate
the message in these forums.

Make sure you have the product or any other information of activation keys so that you can properly
Re-install all programs before uninstalling them. If you need additional help check with
program support and/or forums.

Uninstall or change a program
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/uninstall-or-change-a-program

Troubleshoot installing or uninstalling programs
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/Troubleshoot-installing-or-uninstalling-programs

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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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It 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/

-Free - TreeSize tells you where precious space has gone to
http://www.Jam-software.com/treesize_free/

JDiskReport
http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/JDiskReport/index.html

Also run Disk Cleanup:

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

Use the WinDirStat or TreeSize and these other tools.

DiskMon - free - an application that logs and displays all the activity of the hard disk on a Windows System.
You can also reduce DiskMon in your system tray, where it acts as a disk light, presenting a green
icon when there is disk-read activity and a red icon when there is a writing activity.
http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896646.aspx

Process Monitor - free - a monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system,
The process/thread activity and the register.
http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

Manage - free - a utility that displays information about the handles opened for any process in the system.
You can use it to see the programs that have an open folder, or to see the types of objects and the names of all
the handles of a program.
http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896655.aspx

-Free - Process Explorer shows you information about the handles and DLLs processes have
opened or loaded.
http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

Sysinternals - many free tools
http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/default.aspx

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OpenedFilesView - Free displays the list of all the open files on your system. For each file opened,
additional information is displayed: handle value, read/write/delete access, position in the file, the
process that has the file open and more...
http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/opened_files_view.html

I hope this helps.

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