C drive is full. so i Got a 120GB and copied all stuff over, but says its still full, what next.?
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okay, so you put the new hard drive in your computer and saved all the files to it that's cool, but don't ever delete any program files.  What probably takes up most of the space is music or videos.  So make sure you saved them to the new hard drive then just delete them off the old.  Your operating system is on your C: drive so you can't change the new one to your primary drive.  I would go through the files on the old one save what you want to and then delete them.  But remember don't delete system or program files.  Then go to control panel, then administrative tools and then to disk defragment, and then disk cleanup that will clear up some space too.  Hope it works
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Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs\n\nThat will list programs installed on your computer, which could be taking up disc space, you can also compress your hard drive like so:\n\nOpen "My Computer", right click your C: drive, go to "Properties", check the box: "Compress to save disc space", also check to compress sub-folders, and click "OK".\n\nThis process can take several hours depending on the size of your harddrive.
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Well u should take it to a technician, and only if they will guarantee in writing not to lose your files.  Formatting will definately lose your files.  And, also, u have to delete windows from the old drive too.
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Easy use Killdisk wipe just the C partition.  Then let Windows setup format it in NTFS and prceed with Install.see sources
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Try getting QTParted instead. The program is very simple to use.\nAs always, back up everything before you mess with your partitions.
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You probably need to update your BIOS, check with the manufacturer to see if an update is available.  Some older motherboards don't like seeing a 160GB hard drive and will limit your storage no matter what you do in Windows.
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use "DiskInternals Undelete" to recover the lost data to another proper drive, then you can reformat the c: drive and the it should work fine.. install windows then copy the recovered data back to the formatted drive
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Ok, this is not gonna make much sense at first.\n\nIf the C: drive is the drive your operating system is contained on, then trying to do a simple copy won't work, you will end up with a bunch of errors.\n\nTwo methods that I use:&#92;\n\nFirst use WinZip and Zip the entire contents of the C: Drive to the E: Drive - then you can unzip the file and put what you want on the E: Drive and delete it from the C: Drive\n\nSecond: Use an imaging product such as Ghost, image the entire C: drive and then image the E: drive from that image.\n\nBefore you do, realise that you cannot delete system files, program files and a lot of other files that you don't see in your Documents and Settings folder.\n\nGood Luck.
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Any disc that has been finalized will show 0 bytes remaining for space. Any drive that does not have a disc installed in it will show 0 bytes remaining. This is by design and there's nothing to clear.
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Run scandisk. This is quite a common problem and scandisk usually makes windows report the correct disk space.
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Using a pen/thumb drive is the most efficient way. They some in different capacities. You should get the one with the largest capacity if you plan to move huge files.\n\nNote: This suggestion is for data files only. You can never move O/S or system files or even programs.
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try usin a ghost, copy the entire content of your original hard drive to your new one, i do this quite often, i back up my hard drive and just incase something bad happens i can just copy the entire thing from my back up drive
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Check to see if its full, if you want to erase all of the data on it ,, just grab a magnet and drag it across
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1- May be your C drive is write protect\n2- Check your c dive, may be full\n3- Or your CD have error!
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If you have 10-15 percent free space on your drive do a DSKCHK to correct any corupted programs. Also make sure your firewall virus programs are disabled and no other programs running. Should do it I have DE-fraged with only 5 percent free space
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ah newbies :-)\n\nif you dont have anything valuable on your Disk, boot up your computer in Dos prompt or Comamnd Prompt or Safe made then open Command Prompt.\n\nWhen your in there run the command \n"Chkdsk" this will scan your C drive for errors.\n\nif it still doesnt work try "fdisk". Its another utility to help "seperate" them. \n\nIf your not comfortable playing around with your computer, start it up regualry, right click C: (or w/e hard drive) Properies tools, Check for Errors or something along those lines it should be under Defragmat. \n\nCheck "fix automatically" \nIt will say "its in use check disc next time the system rebbots"  click yes\n\nnow reboot, you can expect you computer to be doing this for at least an Hour.\n\ngood luck
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Yes you shouldn't attempt to fill a hard drive completely. You need to leave room for swap files etc.\n\nIdeally best to not go beyond 75% full and definitely not beyond 90% full.\n\n///