how to really save up disk space on a laptop?

fifteen SG

as above.. lets say i install a file then after that i dont need it liao. but if i uninstall le why still got some space being used up? if this goes on, i will have to reformat the whole laptop again… what should i do?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

1. Registry takes up space. Registry is more than the Registry Viewer, there is actually quite a few files which Registry Viewer grabs the files from.

2. There's something called logs. Some programs don't remove logs on uninstallation.

3. There are other hidden folders which these programs created, mainly for configuration. These folders are not gone on uninstallation as well, so that they could take the settings of your previous version and not let you re-configure everything again. For lovers of Firefox, this should be very familiar as your profile corrupts all too often.They are known as Application Data folder, and could be accessed by typing %appdata% into the Run dialog box.

4. Lastly, there's the Event Viewer which keeps track of everything you do. Again, the Event Viewer grabs its logs from various files and in real-time as well.

fifteen SG

thanks for the reply. but if it was you, what would you do? will compressing everything get any side effects?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Of course I will delete the registry entries and those unrelated folders. Log files, if there, can be deleted as well.

I don't compress my files unless necessary. Files compression doesn't really save a lot of space as they are already compressed in one way or another.

fifteen SG

but i mean if i compress it, will there be side effects?

fifteen SG

oh ya, i also need to know where to delete those registries you were talking about. thanks.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Shouldn’t have any side effects… and the registry… no point doing it if you have no idea how. Windows is registry and registry is Windows. Once it’s corrupted, you can only format.

fifteen SG

do i need a software to do that? cos somehow i found a software in my hard disk i think its a preset. it says something like registry cleaner.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

CCleaner.

kenn3th SG

if it's vista, ccclearner doesnt really work well with it, quite buggy imo, sometimes it does detect that there are files to be deleted, but when i click run cleaner, it shows that eg: 300mb is deleted (temporary internet files), but in the end, the files, history ect is still in IE

fifteen SG

hmm, this software needs to pay. lols.

BrUtUs SG

registry dun touch… u jz clear up the file u dun need… backup to external lo… how big is ur lappie hdd?

fifteen SG

40gb. lols. if i dont touch then i siao liao.

BrUtUs SG

u clear ur temporary internet files also lo... then delete off those program folders u already uninstalled... backup files u already not using... u keep movies?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Vista completely re-build, I don't expect it to work really well. You can try ATF Cleaner, but I doubt that works as well.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

CCleaner is freeware.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

fifteen SG

ya, but not full version so they dont provide total support.