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For the last few days, I have deleted loads of files from my email, files on my usb’s and files on my laptop. I have also deleted loads of photos from these avenues aswell. The only area I have not touched yet is music and I am hoping that when I do start shifting some of this tonight, I will see some real hard disc space becoming available.

In addition to this I have gone through with a fine toothcomb and deleted a good dozen programmes I had downloaded and rarely used in the last five years.

So far I’m a little disappointed that so little space has cleared and I am also wondering whether I would be best with an extra storage hard disc. I have looked already and it appears you can get external disc drives with storage holding anything up to 320gb.

What would you suggest is the best thing to do?

I started a defragmentation of my AcerC hard disk last night and because it had never been done before it took some time to finish today.

So I have a question will a registry clean solve the problem of creating space on my Acer hard disk?

Or will it take away any remaining files and programmes I would have liked to keep?

Also What else can I get rid of from this list that is not imperative to the running of the computer…

Set Programmes Access and Defaults….windows Catalog…..Windows Update….microsoft update…
accessories…ACer System…Cyberlink Power DVD…Games…NTI Backup Now!3…NTI CD & DVD Maker..Printime Internet Printing…Realtek sound Manager…Start Up… Adobe Reader…Internet Explorer..Windows Media Player…Outlook Espress…Remote Assistance…Windows Messenger…Windows Movie Maker…Acer ePM .. Launch manager…Communications….Lexmark 2300 series…Lexmark fax solutions…Ulead Photos Express 5SE…*Voyager 105 Adsl Modem (Not in use but won’t shift) greenstreet…audio player…Photo viewer…Open Office.3…..Advanced windows C and Uniblue. The last one here completed my defragmentation.

I’m at a loss as to how many of these I can shift without coming to a standstill.

I have noticed one or two programmes which insist on an Administrator to uninstall, which confuses me, as I’m the bill payer and there is only two of us with user accounts on my pc. To the best of my knowledge neither of us is the administrator although I’m the one always on the net and paying the bills.

Now tired out and fed up. My last look at the current hard disc space was 2.15 top figure and bottom figure 17.5

Must find the answer soon.
Hello Trish, It was windows xp. There is an acerdata d disc but I don’t think you are meant to use it, that stands as always at 17.7 for the top figure and 17.7 for the bottom figure.

A few files have refused to move, I presume that these are ones I’ve sent to people and if they were moved, than they would suddenly not be accessible.

Will have to continue moving things I think and then have a go with a registry cleaner.
Just worried in case I uninstall too much and have a problem of detecting the drivers.

I always find defragmenting a complete waste of time.

You say you have an Acer, do you have a restore partition?

Do you have a D drive?

Are you on Xp Vista Or 7?

How many GB is C drive.
It`s not just the programs and files you put there yourself that slow you down, it`s all the windows files, which are being added to all the time you are using your computer, that build up over time.

I restore factory settings about every 6 months to keep my computers running like new.

If possible I would copy any pesonal folders you have left to cd/dvd/external, then either restore to factory or format and reinstall from disc.

EDIT.
Just reread your question and I noticed it was 5 years old, so doubt if it has a restore partition, do you have your original discs?
After 5 years it could definitely do with a format and reinstall, it would run like new.
I have a 6 year old desktop and it runs brilliantly.

REPLY TO ADDITIONAL.
It`s very possible that you can restore factory settings as Acerdata D drive is normally where your restore files are kept.
If this is the case it`s very easy to do.
how much do you have in the laptop that you really need to keep, if it`s just stuff like documents and music, send the files to cd/dvd/usb drive, ready for sending back to your computer after the restore is done.

If you decide to try a restore, just turn off computer – turn back on and immediately start pressing Alt and F10 together – continue until the options screen comes up.
Choose factory settings or factory image.

You can also normally do it from within Windows.
Try start – all programs – Acer – Acer empowering technology – Acer erecovery management.