Need help please

[vage]

Ok so I have a slight dilema here. I originally built my PC with only one 74 GB Raptor drive. After a few months I got a new 500 GB drive to store things like music, movies, and pictures on. But now it seems as if my Raptor is getting full! I really have nothing on it though. So far all I have installed is my OS (Vista x64 Business) a few applications that are pretty big like Adobe CS3 and Office 07, and Steam with only CS:S and CoD4 installed.

I only have 4 GB free on my Raptor now, and I don't really see what I should take off. I want it to boot fast, so the OS stays. I want my applications to load and save fast, so those stay. And I want my games to load fast so shouldn't those stay?

Really, I was wondering what you guys think I should do with the two drives that I have if I were to do a complete reinstall of Vista.

P.S. I was also wondering if anyone knows how to link the Favorites like "Documents" and "Downloads" to the folders I keep on the second hard drive instead of the OS hard drive.

 

[[LYL]Homer]

Control Panel, Programs and Features, "Turn Windows features on or off" and you can uncheck some stuff possibly.

Clean out the C:\Windows\Temp folder

You could consider reinstalling one or two apps on the 500gb drive, maybe Office since performance is less critical with it.


Right click on Documents, Properties, Location tab and change the path.

 

[verteron]

right click on "My Documents" -> properties. (Must be a proper link, not a shortcut)
There you can move the folder to one you specify on the other drive. It will be able to move the underlying folders as well, "My Pictures," My Music," "My Videos," etc. It is likely iTunes or some similar program has saved your media files in My Docs somewhere.

Also P2P apps are bad about that. They are usually in My docs as well once they are completed, but partials are sometimes in another folder in your profile directory. Note that these take up the space of the entire complete file, even if they are incomplete, the space is reserved. I've seen an 80 GB drive filled in a week that way.

umm, yea, what homer said.

 

[DonDon]

Go to the root of your c: drive, and right click on each folder and look at the properties. That will tell you which folder is bloating up on you and you can investigate further to find the cause.

Not sure how it is done in Vista, but you should be able to move the Cache file to the other drive to free up some space.

Have you emptied the garbage can lately?

Don

 

[verteron]

garbage and temp files are usually not more than a couple GB's. On a 74 GB drive, that would be INSANE! From the programs listed I'd think, maybe 30 GB.