Help with Disk Cleanup

[Elaine]

I can not get Disk Cleanup to work. It went about 1/8th of the way on the
bar and then stops, tells me it may take awhile. I left it over an hour and
it had not moved. The hard drive is acting like it is doing something. How
long should a disk cleanup take. I have XP Pro

tks
elaine

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

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"Elaine" <pepk@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:ex76dInwHHA.2076@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I can not get Disk Cleanup to work. It went about 1/8th of the way on the
> bar and then stops, tells me it may take awhile. I left it over an hour
> and
> it had not moved. The hard drive is acting like it is doing something.
> How
> long should a disk cleanup take. I have XP Pro
>
> tks
> elaine
>
>

 

[Gerry]

Elaine

What stage is taking the time? Assessing how much space can be saved
or the cleaning up process?

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Hope this helps.

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"Elaine" <pepk@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:ex76dInwHHA.2076@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I can not get Disk Cleanup to work. It went about 1/8th of the way on
>the
> bar and then stops, tells me it may take awhile. I left it over an
> hour and
> it had not moved. The hard drive is acting like it is doing
> something. How
> long should a disk cleanup take. I have XP Pro
>
> tks
> elaine
>
>

 

[WTC]

Elaine wrote:

> I can not get Disk Cleanup to work. It went about 1/8th of the way
> on the bar and then stops, tells me it may take awhile. I left it
> over an hour and it had not moved. The hard drive is acting like it
> is doing something. How long should a disk cleanup take. I have XP
> Pro


Hi Elaine,

Try this KB article if the Disk Clenaup is not respoding while
compressing the old files.

Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812248

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William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

 

[Elaine]

Thanks William, worked like a charm, this is a great group. Now can I
delete the volumecaches from my desktop?

elaine

Elaine wrote:

> I can not get Disk Cleanup to work. It went about 1/8th of the way
> on the bar and then stops, tells me it may take awhile. I left it
> over an hour and it had not moved. The hard drive is acting like it
> is doing something. How long should a disk cleanup take. I have XP
> Pro


Hi Elaine,

Try this KB article if the Disk Clenaup is not respoding while
compressing the old files.

Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812248

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

 

[WTC]

>
> Elaine wrote:
>
> > I can not get Disk Cleanup to work. It went about 1/8th of the way
> > on the bar and then stops, tells me it may take awhile. I left it
> > over an hour and it had not moved. The hard drive is acting like it
> > is doing something. How long should a disk cleanup take. I have XP
> > Pro
>
>
> Hi Elaine,
>
> Try this KB article if the Disk Clenaup is not respoding while
> compressing the old files.
>
> Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812248

Elaine wrote:

> Thanks William, worked like a charm, this is a great group. Now can I
> delete the volumecaches from my desktop?
>
> elaine

Hi Elaine,

I am assuming the "volumecaches from my desktop" is the Registry branch
you backup to your desktop before deleting the *compress* *old* *file*
registry key. If it is then you _may_ safely delete the "volumecaches"
registration file from your Desktop.

I am glad the solution I provide has solved your problem with the Disk
Cleanup tool for Windows XP.

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User