drive to full for defrag

Gene9678 · 04-10-2007, 05:11 PM

Hi, I am new to the site.
I tried to defrag my D drive and I got the message that there is too much on the drive. Out of approx: 30 GB I only have 4 available.
How can I remove items from my D drive?

Thank you
bestofbest34736

**justpassingby** · 04-10-2007, 05:42 PM

Ok, I see we've been moved.

To make room on your disk, you have to move data to another disk if possible, or to delete unneeded files.

I guess your d: drive is your second drive, while windows is installed on the c: drive, can you confirm ?

You can also use XP disk cleanup utility (accessories => system tools). Choose d: drive and see how much space you can recover. Don't use file compression.

**linderman** · 04-12-2007, 03:42 PM

Gene:

I will try to save you alot of agony; been there done this tooooo many times

buy yourself a replacment hard drive, then clone the contents from the full drive over to the new drive

drives nowdays are cheap; for $50.00 you can easily buy a 120gig drive

no matter how much cleaning and shuffling you do, you will be back looking at this problem again soon!

04-10-2007, 05:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gene9678 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Pennsylvania/Florida Posts: 1 OS: WinXP	Re: haed drive problem! i think Hi, I am new to the site. I tried to defrag my D drive and I got the message that there is too much on the drive. Out of approx: 30 GB I only have 4 available. How can I remove items from my D drive? Thank you bestofbest34736

04-10-2007, 05:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
justpassingby Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 6,124 OS: XP Home SP3 / Ubuntu My System	Re: haed drive problem! i think Ok, I see we've been moved. To make room on your disk, you have to move data to another disk if possible, or to delete unneeded files. I guess your d: drive is your second drive, while windows is installed on the c: drive, can you confirm ? You can also use XP disk cleanup utility (accessories => system tools). Choose d: drive and see how much space you can recover. Don't use file compression. Last edited by justpassingby; 04-10-2007 at 05:52 PM.

04-12-2007, 03:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19,413 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: drive to full for defrag Gene: I will try to save you alot of agony; been there done this tooooo many times buy yourself a replacment hard drive, then clone the contents from the full drive over to the new drive drives nowdays are cheap; for $50.00 you can easily buy a 120gig drive no matter how much cleaning and shuffling you do, you will be back looking at this problem again soon! __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial