running Disk Cleanup will do all this for you, which is a standard part of windows

it should also allow you to delete old system restore points too - these can be quite hefty in size

CCleaner will do a better job and can also clean up your registry for you too

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on July 11th 2009 at 11:10:23

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Any techies in? (General Chat) - Studebaker Hoch, Jul 11, 10:33:47
- The error you're getting suggests corruption in at least that file (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 11, 10:42:51
  - Well actually (General Chat) - Studebaker Hoch, Jul 11, 10:53:01
    - Oh, that might not help; but it might not be the full story (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 11, 11:01:21
      - running Disk Cleanup will do all this for you, which is a standard part of windows (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 11, 11:10:23
      - Oh, and empty the trash - people often forget this... (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 11, 11:02:25
        
        I'm just going to give it up as a bad job (General Chat) - Studebaker Hoch, Jul 11, 11:12:54
        
        If it's just a few MP3s (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 11, 12:24:22
        
        then you can just re-rip from the original CDs... (General Chat) - Studebaker Hoch, Jul 11, 12:53:48
        
        Re: Reformatting (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 11, 13:00:45
        
        Yeah it is (General Chat) - Studebaker Hoch, Jul 11, 13:13:44
- Try moving it to a different part of the current drive, then copy over to the new drive. (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Jul 11, 10:36:56
  - Ta, but doesn't work (General Chat) - Studebaker Hoch, Jul 11, 10:44:12
    - You could try repairing the drive but I'm not familiar with how to do that on Windows (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 11, 10:52:22
- Where's pens when you need him? (n/m) (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Jul 11, 10:36:49
  - Bristol... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 11, 10:38:41

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