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09-08-2006, 09:51 PM | #2 |
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Start by moving the pagefile to the bigger drive, that will likely help to the tune of about a gig.
Next, remove any Restore Points that XP has been saving for you. That will take up copius disk space as well. |
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09-08-2006, 09:53 PM | #3 |
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Most Simple method is
Go to My Computer.. Go to the Old Hard Drive Right Click Choose PROPERTIES then Click on Disk Clean up that is if your running windows XP |
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What is pagefile? And where would I find those restore points? At first glance, the biggest space hog is the windows folder at about 3.5 gigs. Then almost 3 gigs in program files. Can I just move my Program files on the C drive to the program files folder on my F drive? Drag and drop?
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09-08-2006, 10:02 PM | #5 | |
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The pagefile is the space on the disk used by Windows for virtual memory. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307886 The restore points are typically created by Windows every time you install a driver or a piece of software. Each one takes mucho disk space, so punting them if you don't need them is a good plan: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...s/mcgill1.mspx |
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NOT RECCOMENDED... You will mess up major things doing that... check your my documents folder and the place where you download things for the big things... clear your browsers cache and un install any programs that you have not used in 6 months |
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09-08-2006, 10:26 PM | #7 |
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heh. Just found a video of the entire Chiefs/Falcons 8TD game.
Hate to let it go, but that was 3.5 GBs right there.
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If I had one, I could clear about 12 GBs of the crap on my computer.
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Everytime I've looked, they've listed system reqs higher than what I had. I just assumed it wouldn't work. (I've certainly tried games with higher reqs with no luck).
I keep telling myself I'll just get a new comp. I can get a dell for under $400 that exceeds what I have in most departments. There's just a comfort level with this old beast.
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09-08-2006, 10:46 PM | #12 |
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I moved the pagefile and delted all my restore points. That along with some more cleaning/moving has me in pretty good shape. I appreciate the help.
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