Windows updates have eaten all of my c: drive memory can someone help me?
Hi, I begin by saying that I am not a novice on computers. I have an Acer Aspire 5315 Windows Vista home basic 32 bit edition, total 80 GB hard drive, spit between drive c: & unit. Over the 3 years Ive had this computer Ive had to reset back to default settings 5 times now due to the performance of the computer questions and Ive realized now that the only problem could be Windows before installing important updates updates my drive c: ability goes down to about 8 GB of 19 GB that cause my computer run slower and more slowly until Finally I have to reset again. Is their any way I can stop taking so much space? Windows installs all old outdated updates, then it installs all the cant update new updates I jump all the old updates and just install the most recent updates? or can I choose to install updates on the unit and some on the c: drive? Can anyone offer help on this please. Thank you.
Hi, I begin by saying that I am not a novice on computers. I have an Acer Aspire 5315 Windows Vista home basic 32 bit edition, total 80 GB hard drive, spit between drive c: & unit. Over the 3 years Ive had this computer Ive had to reset back to default settings 5 times now due to the performance of the computer questions and Ive realized now that the only problem could be Windows before installing important updates updates my drive c: ability goes down to about 8 GB of 19 GB that cause my computer run slower and more slowly until Finally I have to reset again. Is their any way I can stop taking so much space? Windows installs all old outdated updates, then it installs all the cant update new updates I jump all the old updates and just install the most recent updates? or can I choose to install updates on the unit and some on the c: drive? Can anyone offer help on this please. Thank you.
Number of points:
1. first of all, the term 'memory' is used to designate the place where the computer contains the program and data, that it is working with at the moment. It is normally a memory (RAM), but which can be extended with the page or swap hard disk file. The word 'memory' is never used to refer to the space on a drive (if it is a hard drive, floppy disk, CD, DVD or thumb drive). Space on a hard disk is normally called "storage" or simply "disk space".
Call for 'memory' disk space is not so wrong that just unconventional. In a sense, the disk space is, of course, memory, but the important thing to realize is that the word is never used in this way, and if you do, you do so at the risk of seriously confuse your audience.
2 reset the computer to factory settings due to performance problems (or almost any other type of problem) is almost always a mistake. In addition to being a lot of work, if you know what you the origin of the problem, you are likely to repeat everything that you have done that has caused the problem and will soon find yourself in the same situation. And if you did it five times, that's apparently what happened to you.
3. normally a computer does not work more slowly because disk space decreases. There is probably another reason for your loss of speed (malware infection?)
4. you can not install Windowsu pdates elsewhere than on the drive where Windows is installed: C:.
5. a 80 GB hard drive is very low these days, and a 19 GB for Windows partition is also low. There are various things you can do to savesome of disk space, but they are all temporary measures, and will soon be in the same situation. The only real solution to your problem is to get a bigger drive. Fortiunately they are very cheap these days; You can buy a 500 GB drive for about US $50.
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