Repeated low disk message.

I get the message low disk all the time. I run Disk Cleanup daily and he returned. I don't want to receive notifications, I want the problem to stop. I run Disk Cleanup daily and it does not help. Is it possible to solve the problem? I can't run system restore, enough of space. Can I restart the computer to how it was at the beginning? Without data, again? Someone please help!

I'm guessing that you have a single disk with a single partition and it has XP installed on it. You use all the space on the disk? I'm guessing that since you know how to use disk cleanup, you can say that the properties of the disk and the answer is no. What is the size of the disk and the amount of free space you have on it?

The disc may be hitting errors, or it could be so fragmented sanitation that there is not enough contiguous space so he can meet the test of free space. I recommend defragement player then error check. You can find both of them by right-clicking on the drive and selecting Properties. On the general tab, you will see the used and free space and a button named disk cleanup, do not click it. Go to the Tools tab, and then click Defragment now. It will open the GUI defragmenter. Click analyze. You should see a bar in the middle of the window fill in red, blue, green and white. If there are no large areas of white space while this could have caused the problem. Whatever the result, click the defragment (Note: this will probably take a lot of time so don't plan your computer for a few hours, especially if your disk space is low). Once full defragmentation to go back to the property page and click the button under error checking marked check now. Make sure that both options are checked, and then click Start. Once more, this could take a while, but I hope that after all this is over you will not see the alert more.

If your use of the disk is high (less than 5% free space), then you may need to delete the files and applications on the computer. A good target is 15% or more of space.

You can also check to make sure that you has not changed somehow pagefile size to be a very large number. Do right click Desktop and select the Advanced tab, click the button settings running and select the Advanced tab again. Under virtual memory, make sure it is set to 2 048 MB or less. Also, make sure that the number is less than 50% of the total free space you have on your drive.

If all else fails, use the XP CD to repair the installation of the OS.

If you still see the error, after that you have enough free space, you can reformat the hard drive and reinstall windows if you wish. Make sure you save all your important data because it will be lost when reformatting the drive. To reinstall XP, just boot from the XP CD and go through the installation steps.

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