After disk cleanup, having many problems with Windows 7


  1. k8tmama
    Posts : 1
    64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium
       New #1

    After disk cleanup, having many problems with Windows 7


    I ran the disk cleanup and it freed up several GB of space on my C drive (I have a Dell laptop with a C drive with about 62 GB of space and a D drive with 426 GB. I let it run overnight because it said it was going to take 6 hours (no idea how long it actually took).

    It had either shut down or hibernated, so I turned it back on the next morning. Windows booted up, but has not been working--I can't use the shortcuts, and even if I click on something from the start menu it won't run. (Firefox, for example, or other programs). It gives me an error message about the data not being found with an I/O error.

    I am able to use the internet and some programs in Safe Mode, which is what I'm doing now. I can't use my audio system in Safe Mode.

    I have the upgrade CD for Windows 7--they sent it after I had bought the computer. Do I need to reinstall Windows 7? Can I do it from the update CD? Do I need to back up all of my files (photos, etc) before I reinstall it?

    Thanks,
    Kate
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. Brink
    Posts : 72,037
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       New #2

    Hello Kate, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    I have not seen or heard of this happening in Windows 7 yet, but when you ran Disk Cleanup, did it look like it does in the tutorial below with the large GB sizes?

    Disk Cleanup Windows Error Reporting Bug Fix - Vista Forums


    For now, see if downloading and merging the lnk (LNK) and exe options in the tutorial below may be able to help. They will restore the default associations of these file typs.

    Default File Type Associations - Restore

    If not, then try doing a system restore at boot using a restore point (if available) dated before you ran Disk Cleanup to see if it may.

    Hope this helps for now,
    Shawn
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
I performed a clean up on the system files and after restarting the computer to finish the process Windows found a critical update KB2813347 which looks to be from 2013. Is it possible it got stuck somewhere while I was doing a clean install of windows 7 a couple of months back?
Disk Cleanup claims it can remove about 9.5 GB of old system update files, but upon running it, nothing happens (and I don't free up any space). This may or may not be related, but I ran SFC and it found problems it couldn't fix. I've attached the logs.
How Use the Windows 7 SP1 Disk Cleanup Tool This will show you how to run the Windows 7 SP1 cleanup tool to permanently remove the backed up files created during the installation of the Windows 7 SP1 to gain back more hard drive space, and remove the Service Pack for Microsoft Windows (KB976932)...
I don't know if it's a file error, or what. But every time I click on the Disk Cleaner, my mouse says something's loading but nothing ever comes up. I've tried running the Disk Cleanup location (C:\Windows\System32\cleanmgr.exe) and other ways to try and open it. Yet, it's the same thing every time...
I have used the Disk Cleanup facility for the first time for OS(c). There are two items listed amongst the possibilites for deletion, each with 189Mb listed as capable of being deleted but which, in practice, refuse to delete. I select these items, press OK and then instruct to delete when the...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:46.
Find Us