When my laptop is running out of disc space, how do I go about to get more disc space?

Run a disc cleanup also run a program called ccleaner that will free up room. Also delete old files or move them to a backup device. Another option is to get a bigger hard drive clone it using Acronis and put the larger drive in.

Hi Brandon, You can try cleaning the temp files Click Start >> Run, then type %temp% Enter, then delete everything in that folder.
Please download CCleaner to clean up your registry

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please do defragmentation

Hi liciasol,
I see that you system is running low on memory, This can be that you have files in the Hard Drive that almost reach your Hard Drive maximum capacity.
to check you concern we will need to find out what files you have first in your Machine.

• Check to see if you have programs that you have installed on the machine that you do no use anymore and uninstall it.
• If there are no files on the machine that need to be remove and you Hard Drive space it taken up by something then we can try and free space from you Hard Drive by doing a Disc Cleanup on your system.
• To do a Disc Cleanup, click on Start then All Programs, click on Accessories, under Accessories click on System tools then click on Disc Cleanup.
• A screen should pop up asking you to select a drive letter that you want Disc Cleanup to free space on select the drive letter where windows is installed normally that should be Local Disc C:
• Once you've selected the drive to free up space on you will see a window Disc Cleanup for (C:) and in the list will be system services or files to delete that take up space on your Hard Drive on the right of each will be Increments of disc space being consumed by each put a check on them except for those that have 0 on it then click on next or OK then a box should pop up Disc Cleanup asking you if you are sure that you want to do Disc Cleanup just click on YES it will start doing Disc Cleanup on your system.
• If this did not correct fix your concern then I assume the you possibly have Windows Vista on you system.
• We can try decrease the space the Shadowstorage of VISTA system restore from your machine this is known to take up disc space on the Hard Drive.
• To perform the said procedure above follow steps below .
• Click on Start then All Programs, Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and select run as administrator.
• The Command Prompt window will appear, a black screen with a blinking cursor.
• Once in the Command Prompt type in vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize 1gb then press enter once you should get confirmation that the Shadow storage has been resized.

After Resizing the Shadowstorage type exit then enter this will close the Command Prompt window.
Restart your Computer then check your Hard Disc space again to see if any of the disc space has been recovered or free'd on your Hard Drive.
Note: also check if there are backed up files that possible you may have created that you have not burned on a dvd yet, and uninstall unnecessary documents and files from the machine or back up any pictures and videos that you may have on the machine.
I hope that this will be of help regarding you concern, have a nice day.
mvincentc

I would download and run the registry utility from iobit.com
It is freeware and works then run CHKDSK/F.

Within iobits programme are useful utilities that empty the temporary directories and can remove unwanted old files.
Hope that helps.

Virtual memory is the space the laptop uses on the hard drive to write to and read from. It usually is caused by running too many applications at once, thereby putting a greater demand on the free disc space you have,

Firstly, you need to check how much free disc space you have. Less than say 1 GB will flag up the issue ( depending how much virtual memory the computer is allocating). You need to remove some data from the hard drive and back it up to free some disc space

Then consider upgrading your ram to help you run more programmes at once if needed

Finally, consider getting an external usb drive to store data on, or upgrade your hard drive

Hi,

Please make sure you have enough space available on your disc.Please switch to a new empty disc and let me know if you get the same error.Before trying with a new disc restart your laptop and then burn with the new disc.

Thank you.

Here's a few things to check:

1. make sure you have at least 15% free space on your c: drive. If free space is too low, windows has very little hard drive space to use as virtual memory and windows can just barf sometimes.
2. make sure you don't have a bunch of other programs running when you are burning discs, especially limewire and any other peer to peer or torrent downloading software. Close all programs you are not using, including programs in the system tray (by the clock).
3. Try burning discs at slower speeds. Also good to check for malware. download these 3 free programs and run all of them. do full scans and delete any problems they find.
   

also, there are some known hardware issues with this series of laptop. I'm not sure if this is one of them, but in many cases, HP will repair your laptop past the warranty period....free of charge. Seriously.

It is possible that the dvd burner itself is defective.
try this if the steps above don't get things working for you.

Contact HP support, explain the issue, and ask them this question:

"does this problem qualify my laptop for a one time warranty enhancement"?

Hope this helps!

no you cant modify a disk partition. you can format it but that will delete the content and then you will have extra space but deleting the content means you wont be able to use the feature of recovery again.

I suggest you leave it as it is, and buy an external hard drive to store into it.

try running ccleaner from ccleaner.com