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Hi there
I have a Fujitsu Biblo Lifebook FMV-6500 MF6/X with a c drive capacity of 5.58Gb.
I have a problem with my local disk. It is saying that there is NO free space, there is 928kb of space free. I have tried deleting anything not essential but it is not working. When i look at the programs on the machine they do not add up to anywhere near the capacity so i am not sure what is taking up the space?
Any ideas?
Please help.

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A few focused checks and fixes that haven't been spelled out yet for 's small 5.58 GB drive. Replies from , and are on point about limited space, but there are a few hidden system consumers and quick diagnostics that will show exactly what is chewing up the gigabytes.

  • Reveal hidden and protected files then inspect the root of C: (Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> View -> show hidden files and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files"). Look for large system files (hiberfil.sys, pagefile.sys) and the System Volume Information folder. Do not delete pagefile.sys by hand — change its location/size through System Properties -> Advanced -> Performance -> Advanced -> Virtual memory if needed. Disable hibernation from Power Options (or use powercfg -h off on newer Windows) to remove hiberfil.sys if hibernate is not used.

  • Free up restore points and system caches: run Disk Cleanup and choose "Clean up system files" to remove old installer files and service pack backups. To clear System Restore snapshots, open System Properties -> System Restore and remove or reduce restore-point usage for C:.

  • Find big folders quickly: run a graphical disk-usage scanner (WinDirStat or TreeSize Free) or use Explorer search for files over a few MB. That will show large log, temp or user-cache folders fast.

  • Check filesystem integrity: run chkdsk C: /f (may require reboot). Corruption can report wrong free space. If many tiny files are present, NTFS allocation unit (cluster) overhead can waste space; resolving that requires repartition/reformat.

If these steps still leave C: nearly full, back up personal data and consider moving the pagefile to another partition or replacing the drive with a larger one. Avoid deleting unknown system files; when in doubt, post which files or folders you find large and include their sizes for targeted advice.

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The page file on you primary partition will take up room that will not be visible. The page file stores information in addition to RAM, usually called virtual memory in that it acts in the same way as RAM.

You should always have free space of 1.5 X your ram, so for 256mb you should have about 400mb free.

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Which Windows version are you using please? If you are running Windows XP you shouldn't be, because that hard drive is too small!

Member Avatar for Thong_Ispector

That is a small hard drive.

Less than 1 meg of free space is virtually the same as none...

Like the Weasel says..
What OS are you running?

What else have you installed, word processing, games etc...?

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