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Your system is getting to the point where the available hard disk space on C is approaching 15%. Going below 15% will result in Disk Defragmenter not being able to run. The report highlights a number of ways you might improve on the amount of available free
space.
You are storing too many files in your Outlook Express inbox. This could lead to folder corruption and loss of messages. Also regular manual compaction will increase free disk space.
Your Inbox and Sent Items folders should only hold messages awaiting relocation until you move them on. Do not have any sub-folders of the Inbox. In the next paragraph I describe a way to help to reduce the retention of messages in the two system created
folders, which are so prone to folder corruption and loss of messages.
In Outlook Express place the cursor on Local Folders and select File, Folder, New and name your new Folder. AAInbox and AASent may suit your requirements. Move any messages from your Inbox and your Sent Items folders to the newly created Local Folders.
Repeat the process if you have created any sub-folders of either folder.
You will still need to watch the overall size of individual folders, as too large a folder results in the system struggling to handle the folder. File corruption occurs most often when the compaction process is interrupted or if any read or write to
file is taking place when Outlook Express is closed abruptly. This tends to happen more often with over large files. Others define a maximum file size by specifying a size e.g. 300mb as part of their recommendation. In my view this can be misleading as the
size can be significantly less. It all depends on the capacity of the system to handle large files.
You can control the Compacting process by doing it at a time that suits you at any time before the count reaches 100.
In Outlook Express place the cursor on Local Folders and select File, Work Offline followed by File, Folder, Compact All. Do not attempt to interrupt or stop the process until it has completed. Close Outlook Express when it has completed but do not
rush closure as changes will still be being made for a period after the compaction process appears to have completed.
After compacting, check your Outlook Express folders are as they should be. Then select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Run Disk Defragmenter.
You have a lot of restore points and if the computer is not generating errors, it may be running slowly, you can reduce the numbers held. cCleaner (freeware) is a good tools to use to achieve this.
Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to empty your Recycle Bin, remove Temporary Internet Files and other selected options. I also recommend you click on the More Options tab, System Restore and remove all but the latest
System Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.
Using the System restore option is most appropriate when your system is running slow and you need to increase free disk space on your C partition. If you have errors which might be resolved using System Restore to put your system settings back to before
the error first occurred do not use this option.
If more than one person uses the computer and they have their own user Log on you need to run Disk CleanUp in each user profile to remove all unwanted files.
A better programme than Disk CleanUp is cCleaner. Removing System Restore points can be important if you have limited free disk space. The ability to remove them is one of the Tools options. You can selectively remove those created at less important
times.
cCleaner comes with a Registry tool. Do not use this tool as like any registry cleaner it can lead to the creation of very difficult to resolve system errors.
http://www.ccleaner.com/download
You may well still be using some default settings. Here are some more ways you can increase the amount of available free disk space
You can create more free space in C by carrying out any of the measures suggested below.
The default allocation to System Restore is 12% on your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore. Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but
this time find the slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.
A default setting which could be wasteful is that for temporary internet files, especially if you do not store offline copies on disk. The default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to offline copies you could reduce this to 1% or
2%. In Internet Explorer select Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings to make the change. At the same time look at the number of days history is held.
The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. Change to 5%, which should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor on your Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and move the slider from 10% to 5%. However,
try to avoid letting it get too full as if it is full and you delete a file by mistake it will bypass the Recycle Bin and be gone for ever.
If your drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with your operating system on your C drive. In the Windows Directory of your C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windows folder typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$
and $NtUninstallKB282010$ etc. These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressed the text of the folder name appears in blue characters. If these files are not compressed you can compress them. Right click on each folder and select Properties,
General, Advanced and check the box before Compress contents to save Disk Space. On the General Tab you can see the amount gained by deducting the size on disk from the size. Folder compression is only an option on a NTFS formatted drive / partition.
Your other response has picked on whether you have programmes loading unnecessarily so I have not commented on that way to improve system performance. There are enough tasks above to keep you busy.
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