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"Large Folder - Can it be removed?"

Computer seems to run a lot slower than it did when we first got it. The C drive is completely clogged up, and there's just over 6GB of space left.

I've located the folder that seems to be taking the most. It's filepath is:
Computer/Packard Bell (C:)/Users

Within this folder, there seems to be loads of family photos which we've got in the pictures folder of the computer, loads of strange files and it just looks in general, an absolute mess. Not entirely sure what can be deleted and what can't. I don't know if these photos and documents within this folder are the same ones that are sitting in the 'normal' pictures and documents folder we already have, or if they are copies that can be deleted.

My only presumption is that this is a backup area, and the computer has decided to make clones of nearly every file. It's nearly 60GB. Can this be deleted safely?

you could try WinDirStat : http://windirstat.info/index.html - this will show you what is using what % of disk space, ordered by size, in tree or map view (or by file extension)

this may help you figure out where that missing disk space has gone!

also you may have 1-2 gb virtual memory but you probably already know that.

Managed to squeeze out 26GB of extra space. Not ideal, but at least I can install things for a bit.

Cheers guys, I'll take at look at them :-)

Dr. Garin wrote:
Try CCleaner, useful for checking and emptying the various temp folders that windows uses.

Also try this ... I've found it very useful as well as CCleaner:

Kingsoft PC Doctor 3.3

It'll also protect and 'prevent' malware. It also uses a Cloud engine for scanning.

Forget the 'strange' English...it does what it says admirably well

Try CCleaner, useful for checking and emptying the various temp folders that windows uses.

I honestly wouldn't have expected this 'large file' to be the root cause of your problem, there are too many other factors. Have you tried this:

Optimize W7

:¬)

Sonic Chris wrote:
Window 7 64-bit. We all use the one user, and all hidden files are ticked to be unhidden. Don't know where all the storage is going.

So Windows7/64bit, Packard Bell and any 'partition' on the drives?

Window 7 64-bit. We all use the one user, and all hidden files are ticked to be unhidden. Don't know where all the storage is going.

Or you just may have a 'leak'. Running a WD diagnostic utility on one of my WD drives gives it at 10GB more than a Windows 'properties' result ... I put it down to a 'leak' but two or three days later the same 'search' will give the same result! It's really annoying ....but depends really on which Windows OS you are running, SC?

Are there other users on this PC?
You would need to look at the usage for all users...

You can change your settings to see hidden/system files to make sure you get the full picture.

You can also perform a search (Windows Key + f) and look for any files over a certain size to see if that shows where the usage is.

[s]Hmmm...[/s]