Let's see. Hidden ... you can change to see all folders and files through
Tools | Folder Options... | View. Other locations to look for excess files
is in C:\Windows where you can see update files which d/l to your machine
from Microsoft. If you are d/l updates from Microsoft you can check in
C:\Windows for files ending enu.exe. Just enter that in Search. If found
and you are not going to install the update you can get rid of them but they
should be in a folder whose name looks to be associated with Microsoft
updates. You can also check in C:\Program Files as well. 2 GB is not
unusal for C:\Program Files depending on how many applications you install
but 3.8 GB in C:\Windows is very unusual. Don't delete C:\Windows\Temp just
empty its contents. You might want to search in C:\Windows for files bigger
than say 100MB and see what you get but if found ask here if it is OK to
delete them by letting us know the subfolder they are in. Finally the other
Temp folder to look at is in C:\Documents and Settings\%PROFILE%\Local
Settings\Temp. You can also remove any files in there. But note when you
delete files in the Temp folders you should not have any applications
running to make sure you can get tid of most of them.
--
George Hester
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"Ramesh" <ramesh2020@gmaildotcom> wrote in message
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> Thanks George for your response.
>
> I have already deleted the temp folder in Windows. I have kept doing
that.
> Where else could space be lost. I dont have any data on this partition.
> The bulk of space is taken by Program files and Windows folder. Some
3.8Gig
> by
> Windows and 2Gig by Program files. And 600MB by Documents and Settings.
> Are there any hidden locations in Windows where some old files are
> accumulating?
>
> Thanks again
> Ramesh
>
> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O8jNkigzHHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > The folders that begin with a $ are Windows Update folders that contain
> > information of your previous settings prior to updating the system. It
is
> > not recommended that you remove them. A Gig of space for folders of
that
> > type is unusual but I would not say it is not necessary. You might want
> > to
> > check C:\Windows\Temp and see if you have any large files in there. The
> > Low
> > Diskspace prompt can be turned off if you want. The link is here
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285107/en-us
> >
> > Finally as for having the Virtual Memory not on the same partition as
> > Windows can lead to a multitude of trouble. It is not recommended
> > althought
> > many do do it. Normally the only time you would not have the Virtual
> > Memory
> > pagefile.sys is when you are defragmenting the partition Windows is on
> > since
> > it is hard near impossible to defragment that file. What is done is you
> > move pagefile.sys to a different partition the same way you got it off
the
> > root partition before; defragment the root partition; move it back. It
> > will
> > be defragmented when it goes back to the root partition.
> >
> > --
> > George Hester
> > ________________________________
> > "Ramesh" <ramesh2020@gmaildotcom> wrote in message
> > news:#4gFINgzHHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> HI,
> >>
> >> I have a 7GB partition for Drive C on XP Prof system. No matter what
> > space
> >> i keep creating, just disappears and i get Low on disk space message.
> > Where
> >> does the space go? Is there a way i could free them somewhere? My
> > virtual
> >> memory is not on this drive. In the Windows, there are a whole lot of
> >> folders starting with $ at the top (seem to be windows update files)
> >> which
> >> occupies over a Gb of space. Can i delete these folders?
> >>
> >> Could someone help sort this space issue?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Ramesh
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>