My C drive is full

A month ago I restored my laptop using the recovery disk provided by HP. All right - I had to update an hour things Microsoft - the laptop is four years. Everything seemed fine. A few weeks ago, I started downloading the videos on the computer and found that I have not enough space on my drive C. I have checked and found that it maxed out at about 55 GB (hard disk of 60Go). I was shocked. When at last I checked (I think before the restoration), I was only at about 27 GB of capacity. Is there softwear operating or duplicates. Can someone advise?

KPeters2

Hi kpeters2,

Thank you for using answers Forum.

How big are the files your download video?
They tend to run quite high.

Have you made a backup of Vista that might be too much space?

I suggest searching for information that can be deleted to make room running Disk Cleanup.

You can open Disk Cleanup by clicking Start and then typing "Disk Cleanup".
Right click on the entry that appears near the top, click on "Run as Administrator".
Your password can be asked to you.

Please let us know if that helps.

Chris
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