How do I make more room on my hard drive

[Kamrn]

it won't paste when I use Ctrl V. I don't think the prnt scrn button is working and I can't figure out how else to copy

 

[Kamrn]

 

[SIW2]

open a command prompt and type:

powercfg -h off

then press enter.

That will get rid of your hibernation file

Hopefully that will release enough space to use program to find out what is hogging your windows partition.

 

[Kamrn]

are there spaces or do these all go together. I tried copying and pasting and its telling me it is no recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file. if I enter a space then type it nothing happens except the prompt comes back

 

[SIW2]

nothing happens except the prompt comes back

Yes, After you press enter, the prompt comes back. That is normal. if you had a hibernation file, it should be gone. hibernation files can be 2 gb or more.

Check and see if you have any more space on your drive.

 

[Kamrn]

1.67 gb free now, but far from 203. I ran everything all of you have suggested. What else can I do now? I appreciate your help

 

[Kamrn]

this is now what I have

 

[SIW2]

You should now have enough space to run a little program which will tell what is hogging your drive.

I use Glaryutilities it has a lot of functions, including disk space analysis. The free version will be fine for this

Glary Utilities - Free System Utilities to Clean Registry, Fix PC Errors, Protect Privacy | Glarysoft

 

[Kamrn]

Yay! I freed up 133 GB. thanks everyone.

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Kamrn,

You should now have enough space to run a little program which will tell what is hogging your drive.

I use Glaryutilities it has a lot of functions, including disk space analysis. The free version will be fine for this

Glary Utilities - Free System Utilities to Clean Registry, Fix PC Errors, Protect Privacy | Glarysoft

Glary Utilities is perfect for these sort of tasks. I have used it for years. I usually do a weekly cleanup which includes running Glary Utilities & CCleaner [both WITHOUT the registry cleaner]!

 

[SIW2]

Yay! I freed up 133 GB. thanks everyone.

 

[SIW2]

I recommend you make an image of your system. If something goes horribly wrong, e.g. if the hard drive dies ( which it will, eventually) you can restore the image and be up and running with all your programs, data etc exactly as they are now.

There are several programs with free versions that will do it. You need somewhere to store the image - preferably an external hard drive - though it could also be stored on a very large usb stick.

You could use Aomei backupper - free (standard) version. Or macrium free version. Or you can get O&O Diskimage - they are giving away their diskimage Pro v12 at the moment.

Best Windows Backup and Restore Software | AOMEI Backupper

O&O diskImage 12 has a more functions and options than the other two - so some people might find it a little less simple to use.
Register: (the registration page is in German - don't worry about that)

Registrieren Sie sich hier fur Ihre kostenlose Vollversion von O&O DiskImage 12

They send an email. Click the link in the email they sent you and you will receive another email with your license key

Download English version of the program:
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