Local disk (C:) is almost full, local disk (D:) is completely empty?
When downloading something and it asks you where to save it, choose the D: partition. No it will not automatically select that drive when the C: partition is full. You can save them and access them on the D: partition though. Click my computer ... or computer in the start menu ... find the icon for the D: drive/partition and double click on it. Find the file you want to run and click on it ... it will start normally. Couple things you can do to possibly free up space on the C: partiion. Put your pointer on the recyclebin icon and RIGHT click it and select properties ... click on the global tab along the top and you will see something that looks like a sliding scale, by default a lot of windows Oper sys set that at 10% of your primary partition ( C: drive ) ... click on it and drag it down to like 2%. You can also reduce the amount reserved for system restore. Which is also usually 10% of the primary drive ... you dont need that much. Google "reduce system restore" +your operating system and combinations of ... to find instructions on how to do it. Also go to my computer ( XP ) .. or computer ( Vista ) or etc in the start menu click it ... then RIGHT click on the C: partition ... select the check box that says compress files to save disk space ... and wait while it compresses the files on the drive. There ya go ... you follow these instructions. You've just freed up a good % of your C: drive for more files. And by telling it to save new files/downloads to your D: partition/drive when saving a new file. You can use all that unused space on it to store new files. There's a lot more you could do. But sheesh man this is yahoo answers, not geek squad. :D
What is "Local Disk C" and what is "Local Disk D"?
You tell me what's stored in them - I don't have access to *your* hard drives. (But typically, Windows is in the C drive, as well as your program files) Local Disk C/D are the default names for the physical hard drives (or partions) in your computer. Delete some shiat to free up space. Movies, music, pictures, programs you don't use anymore - whatever. Then try the defrag again. Also, rename your drives - only losers leave them on the defaults.
C Drive almost full, D drive is empty- How to manage memory?
You mean manage storage, not memory. Anyway, feel free to move personal files (things like vids and music) from C to D. You cannot move already installed programs from C to D, but you can install new programs or reinstall old programs to D if the programs give you the option of choosing a location. Personally, I would install programs to C. I would put my personal files like pics, vids, music on D. The benefit to that is that if you have to reinstall your OS, you don't have to worry about losing your files since they are not on the C drive where Windows would be reinstalled.
My local (c) disk is almost full ( 5 GIGABYTE left), and i have very few software installed. Any advice?
Special Note: A few years back, I downloaded a bunch of rar files and kept them for a few weeks. When it came time to delete them, I had about 10 gigs in rar files. I used CCleaner to delete the Recycle Bin, but it got hung up. I finally had to turn off the computer. When I turned it back on, the files were gone, so I thought. I hovered my mouse pointer over My Computer, Local Disk (C:) and it showed 2 gigs available space. It should have been about 13 gigs. But, I couldn't find the deleted rar files, until I went to Program Files. I hovered my mouse pointer over each folder, until I found one folder that was 11 gigs in size. I opened the folder and there were the rar files. It was an unrelated folder to one of my other programs. I don't know how they ended up there. I then deleted them again, but instead of using CCleaner, I just emptied the Recycle Bin. I got my space back. Update 2: When's the last time you ran a chkdsk? If you can't remember, run one to see if something's wrong with the disk. Update: I found this utility that you may want to try to see how your disk is being utilized. It's called Disk Space Fan. Check out link and see if it can help you. Do you have a security suite like McAfee that could be creating daily disk backups in addition to the Windows System Restore Backups? You've got something taking all of your disk space. I've only heard of this on some sites, but some folks have had their computers used for storage by other people. I'm sure it's not the case, but do you have a firewall? http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/disk-space-fan-is-awesome-eye-candy-disk-analysis-tool/ Original Post - One thing that I do, mainly because I have a small hard drive, 20 gigs, is only keep one system restore backup. Every few days I delete all but the last one. Try that using Disk Cleanup and see what you get back. I also use the Disk Cleanup utility from the Safe Mode once a week. What do you have checked on Disk Cleanup? Do you compress old files? Are you saving what you stream? Videos and photos take up a lot of space, as does music. Do you have a lot of programs on your computer? Something is taking up a lot of space. You might also try wiping your free space with CCleaner. Download it from Filehippo.com. http://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
My laptop keeps notifying me that my local disk E is full but when I open it, it's empty, and when I clean it, it says I've gained 0 bytes. What am I doing wrong?
Mode_Humor_OnThe drive is probably not actually empty - We as mortal human beings just cannot see the bits, bytes, sectors, and cylinders. We can, however see the heads if you look closely. The heads are typically at the end of the metal lever looking thing which is sitting on a disk-looking thing. That disk is where the bits, bytes, and such are stored. To clean the stuff of of the disk, some people have in the past actually used a product called BleachBit. Just use a few drops of lemon or lime juice instead. (Be careful as to not get the juice elsewhere in the PC.)Mode_Humor_OffSeriously. don’t mess with it. If the PC is working otherwise, you could mess things up, big time. You should not be seeing the message, someone just messed up when they displayed the message.
Why is my local disk C full even though the content inside is occupying very less space?
When you enter the C:\ drive you will only see non hidden files.Folders such as System Volume Information can easily have 100GB+ inside of it.Each root directory of a hard disk/SSD has a folder called $Recycle.BinThis is the folder where all contents that have been sent to the recycle bin on this drive go.Delete a file out of Documents, since documents is on C:\ that file will go into this $Recylce.Bin folder.Here is a Tree /A +H command of my C:\ Drive.
Can I install sims 2 on my local disc D ?
Yeah! all my games are currently were on Local Disc D, cuz i don't want to use alot of space for my Local Disc C, i have complete sims 1,sims2, and most of sims 3 games installed on (D) and it's work perfectly....:D
How do I stop hard disk from getting full for no reason?
Sounds like the hands of a ZIP BOMB! (Zip of Death or Zip of decompression).It is a malicious archive file, which is actually small in size, but decompression leads to consumption of huge (& illogical) memory.It is said that a zip bomb will have about 5 layers of compression. But your case is a bit (or shall I say 1/8th byte) different. Once I had a ZIP BOMB in my drive and it consumed a lot , a hell lot of memory.But anti-virus scans, reveal such files, but then, some do escape such scans.So my advice is to search for such archive file and delete it forever.Perform a decent full system scan with Norton or Avast.Then scan for potential malware using MalwareBytes.PS:Search every folder and search its properties to detect unusual memory consumption.(The world would have been a better place if there was a defusal kit to defuse those Zip or Fork bombs :p)
Wats the difference between local disk c and just disk d?
Strange, most people dont know how to use the extra memory in disk d, which is just an extension of disk c in some computers and removeable memory in others. You can get to it either through command prompt or via explorer by typing cd.. [x2] then searching for D:\ in command prompt, or simply going to the addy bar in explorer and dyping D:\ . Below is a reverse example of your situation, hope it helps.