# How the hell is my computer this full??? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 13, 2004, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102 "2004-06-13T08:52:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![91GSteggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/ac91a4/32.png) [@91GSteggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91GSteggy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/1 "2004-06-13T08:52:53Z")
this is my old comp. but i need to use it until my new one is done. it only has 40 GB and there is only 1 program over 100MB on it. i have about 5 movies on it right now but other than that there really isnt much on it at all and i only have 9 GB left. How the hell is that possible? what can i do to clean the shit up a bit cuz i kno theres no way i have 30 GB of programs on here. :eek3: ---
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/2 "2004-06-13T09:44:19Z")
How much space does your OS take up? Movies can be pretty damn big… how about pictures? If you want to clean shit up, you can take all your pictures and movies, organize them pretty good, then burn them to a CD. (You may want to burn 2 just in case you lose one.) I’m assuming you check for spyware and such regularly? If not, do that. You can try running a defragmenter but that probably won’t do much good, and if you de-frag then do it AFTER you remove all your pictures. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/3 "2004-06-13T09:56:38Z")
defrag it, disk cleanup, reg cleaner, ---
**Author:** ![BlackZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blackz28/32/5932_2.png) [@BlackZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlackZ28)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/4 "2004-06-13T10:58:55Z")
disk cleanup - clean temporary internet files ---
**Author:** ![91GSteggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/ac91a4/32.png) [@91GSteggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91GSteggy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/5 "2004-06-13T16:58:52Z")
i clean my temporary files once a week run adaware every other day have 0 pictures and only 3 movies now each movie is around 700,000 kb not sure how much my OS takes up ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/6 "2004-06-14T04:32:35Z")
Those 3 movies @ 700,000KB a piece are taking up about 2.1 GB… ~Jenn ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/7 "2004-06-14T05:28:54Z")
> [@91GSteggy](#): > > i clean my temporary files once a week > run adaware every other day > have 0 pictures and only 3 movies now each movie is around 700,000 kb > not sure how much my OS takes up YOU SUCK AT COMPUTERS ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/8 "2004-06-14T05:31:58Z")
just take the hard drive out, and rub a powerful magnet over it… that’ll clean up some space ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/9 "2004-06-14T05:33:16Z")
> [@turbovw18](#): > > just take the hard drive out, and rub a powerful magnet over it… that’ll clean up some space or take the cover off it and blow a load in there. That’ll fix it right up. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/10 "2004-06-14T05:34:13Z")
could just get a ‘word processor’… no disk space to worry about :dunno: ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/11 "2004-06-14T05:35:23Z")
> [@turbovw18](#): > > could just get a ‘word processor’… no disk space to worry about :dunno: ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/12 "2004-06-14T05:38:03Z")
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**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/13 "2004-06-14T05:43:08Z")
![http://www.mindspring.com/~clread/esther/quill.jpg](http://www.mindspring.com/~clread/esther/quill.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/14 "2004-06-14T05:44:03Z")
![http://www.research.fsu.edu/researchr/summer2002/images/tablet.jpg](http://www.research.fsu.edu/researchr/summer2002/images/tablet.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/15 "2004-06-14T05:48:47Z")
![http://www.paulaugustinus.com/Bandhavgarh/bandhavgarh6.jpg](http://www.paulaugustinus.com/Bandhavgarh/bandhavgarh6.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/16 "2004-06-14T06:51:06Z")
people actually defrag their hard drives still??? remind me why you do this again?? ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/17 "2004-06-14T06:57:24Z")
> [@whitey](#): > > people actually defrag their hard drives still??? remind me why you do this again?? reallocation of space :jerkit: might as well fire up notepad and type out your resume. :whitey: ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-the-hell-is-my-computer-this-full/167102/18 "2004-06-14T13:46:05Z")
I have people at work defrag all the time. if I don’t feel like dealing with them right now I tell them to restart, run a scan disk, and run defrag. it shuts them up for a couple of hours. 😃