My hard disk has been partitioned in c, d, e, f &. no space on my c drive

original title: Partitions

My hard disk has been partitioned in c, d, e, f &.  I ran out of space on my c drive, although I do not install anything there and can not see anything I can delete to free up space.  How can I solve this problem

Hello

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

You may want to transfer some data, images or documents on removable media such
as the USB keys, USB (my choice) or even CD/DVD drives (make multiple copies if
the use of these). Of course the data can also be moved for other partitions. You can uninstall
Some programs on C: and the re - install on one of the other partitions. Be sure not to do
anything on your recovery Partition (if it is visible).

Good 3rd party free utilities to help:

CCleaner - free
http://www.CCleaner.com/

Forums for CCleaner
http://Forum.Piriform.com/

Wise Disk Cleaner - free
http://free-disk-cleaner.WiseCleaner.com/disk-cleaner.htm

Also check this thread:

Performance and maintenance tips
http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7performance/thread/19e5d6c3-BF07-49ac-a2fa-6718c988f125

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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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