Hard drives

yrenee · 02-06-2008, 09:36 PM

My PC runs Windows XP. The total space on my C:drive is 13GB. The total free space I have left is 256 MB. I use all of the programs that are currently on my PC. What is recommended in order to get more disk drive space? Also, my PC runs slow. I have Norton 360 installed on it. How can I get it to run faster?

thanks,
yrenee

**Deleted090308** · 02-07-2008, 02:58 AM

Hi

Seeing the hard drive size I guess your computer is pretty old (7 years?).
That is: the CPU is probably rather slow and there may not be enough RAM.
To run XP you should have at least 512MB RAM.
Another hard drive for storage and backup is always a good idea.
Or - is the C drive just a small partition?

Remove all startup programs - except your anti-malware and firewall (Norton 360).
To do that:
Click Start > Programs > Startup. Drag the "unwanted" programs out of that folder and drop them another place in the Programs menu.

Download and run CleanUp.
Please read the "warnings" first.

Download and run Auslogics Disk Defrag.

02-06-2008, 09:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
yrenee Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP	Hard drives My PC runs Windows XP. The total space on my C:drive is 13GB. The total free space I have left is 256 MB. I use all of the programs that are currently on my PC. What is recommended in order to get more disk drive space? Also, my PC runs slow. I have Norton 360 installed on it. How can I get it to run faster? thanks, yrenee

02-07-2008, 02:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,272 OS: Xp	Re: Hard drives Hi Seeing the hard drive size I guess your computer is pretty old (7 years?). That is: the CPU is probably rather slow and there may not be enough RAM. To run XP you should have at least 512MB RAM. Another hard drive for storage and backup is always a good idea. Or - is the C drive just a small partition? Remove all startup programs - except your anti-malware and firewall (Norton 360). To do that: Click Start > Programs > Startup. Drag the "unwanted" programs out of that folder and drop them another place in the Programs menu. Download and run CleanUp. Please read the "warnings" first. Download and run Auslogics Disk Defrag. Last edited by Deleted090308; 02-07-2008 at 03:37 AM.