Mr. Derrick Titmus

by Derrick Titmus
(Chiangmai Thailand)

I have Vista home pro. In my user file I have about 2,000 copies of photos using up a lot of space om my C drive. When I highlight them and press delete they stay there? Nothing moves them, what can I do?

vistahunt answer -
You can try following options.

1) Disk Cleanup -

Disk Cleanup analyzes your hard drive to look for unwanted files and folders which are not used by PC. You may have to cleanup files like Temporary Internet Files over a period of time. These consume lot of hard disk space. You have to delete these file occasionally.

2) Disk Defragmenter

Disk Defragmentation describes the process of consolidating fragmented files on your computer’s hard disk. The files are stored in fragments and your computer requires more time to find the links between these files. It slows down your computer. To sort out this problem, it is better to schedule the Fragmentation process on weekly or monthly basis.

3) Shadow Copies and System Restore

Have you ever wondered why your computer appears to have its hard drive being "eaten away at" for no apparent reason? System Restore is a Windows Vista similar to creating recovery disks. In event of system failure, System Restore will have the ability to restore the system to factory settings. System Restore allocates up to 15% of hard disk space to a Shadow Copy, or Volume Snapshot Device. The following method involves reviewing the current allocation of disk space for the Shadow Copy on your Windows Vista computer.

4) Deleting Windows.old -

Windows.old folder is located C:\ "C drive" under Windows.old, Windows.old2 etc.

Windows.old is the aftermath of reinstalling your system with out doing a though clean (Clean wipe of hard drive.) All of Windows old files are held there being everything from pictures to information about your credit card you saved in notepad why do that? Some people do huge risk so not advisable.

Just right click and click delete key to remove "Windows.old" file.