How to free up some hard disk space
There are a number of steps you can take to recover space on your hard disk drive. The steps include moving files to a less crowded disk, removing files no longer needed, and compressing files less frequently used. You may not need to use all the methods described below. Each solution has risks and benefits. Carefully read the instructions and the cautions with each technique described to decide which solutions will work best for you. For information on checking how much free space you have available on your drives, click here.
**If you have any doubt about whether it is safe to delete or move any files contact Technical Support Operations before proceeding.**
Click on the disk space clearing technique below for more information on using that technique.
Large files you need!
Using one or more of the above methods should recover a significant amount of space on your disk. If you continue to have disk space problems you may need an additional hard disk. For more information on the policies and process see document 75043 — How to request additonal hard disk or RAM.
You should always have at least 100MB free disk space to provide room for a variety of temporary files needed for the smooth and efficient operating of your machine. You may be able to get by with less than 100 MB free disk space depending upon (1) amount of RAM installed on your machine, (2) the size of the files you typically work on, (3) the number of files you typically open at one time, (4) the number of programs you typically open at one time, and (5) a variety of other factors depending upon how you use your machine.
Open Windows Explorer.
Click once on the drive letter to highlight it.
Right click on the drive letter and select P roperties.
A Properties window will pop up and show the amount of disk space used and remaining both in text and graphically.
The Recycle Bin contains files that you have "deleted." The good thing about the Recycle Bin is that it makes it easy to recover a file you deleted by mistake. The bad thing about the Recycle Bin is that people often forget to empty it. Emptying the Recycle Bin will make that space available to you.
**If you have
any doubt about whether it is safe to delete
any files contact Technical Support Operations
before proceeding.**
Right click on the Recycle Bin icon.
Click on Empty Recycle Bin
Modify the Recycle Bin Properties
The default size of the Recycle Bin is 10% of your disk space. That means that you can end up with more than 200 MB of files in the Recycle Bin. Reducing the size of the Recycle Bin will make more disk space available. However, when the Recycle Bin fills up, it will permanently remove older and larger files
without warning you. There is, therefore, some small risk in reducing the size of the Recycle Bin. The following instructions assume your Recycle Bin is still using default settings and is using one setting for all drives.
Right click on the Recycle Bin icon.
Select P roperties.
Click on the Global tab.
Put your mouse pointer on the sliding tab
above the text
Maximum size of Recycle Bin (percent of each drive).
Hold down the left mouse button and drag the slider
to the left to reduce the percent of each drive reserved for the Recycle Bin. Reducing the percentage to
5% should leave you enough room to store some "deleted" files for possible recovery from accidental deletion.
Most internet browsers store every Web page you visit in a "cache" directory so that it will load faster when you return to the page. People normally do return to a page several times in one session as they visit a link then return to the original page. Caching pages, therefore, is something most people want. However, there is no reason to keep the pages for a long time. You can always safely delete the contents of your internet browser cache. For more information see document 16093 — How to clear the cache in Internet Explorer.
Reduce the size of the internet browser cache
Reducing the size of your internet browser cache will free up disk space and should not impair browser performance. A large internet browser cache is only a benefit for people who visit numerous sites in a short period and visit those same sites frequently. If the browser cache happens to be too small the primary effect of that is that pages will be reloaded with each visit.
To reduce the size of your Internet Explorer Cache:
Open Internet Explorer.
Click on Tools from the menu bar and then select Internet Options....
Select the General tab.
In the section labeled Temporary Internet files select Settings ....
A "Settings" window will open. Under the text,
Amount of disk space to use, is a slider
. Put your mouse pointer on the slider and move it to the left to reduce the amount of disk space reserved for the internet files cache.
When the files have been deleted you should be back in the Internet Options window. Select OK to close the window.
Close Internet Explorer.
For deleting e-mail to work as a method of recovering disk space on your machine, it is important to understand the way e-mail is typically handled on the standard build machines. Incoming e-mail is stored on the mail server. If you read and manage your mail only on the mail server then changes you make to your e-mail will not affect your local machine.
E-mail does not take up any space on your local machine until you replicate. When you replicate the data on the mail server and on your local machine are synchronized. If a message exists on the server and has never been replicated to your local machine it will be copied to your local machine when you do replicate. If you don't want it copied to your local machine then delete it before replication. If you delete e-mail from your local machine then replicate the same messages will be deleted from the server. If you delete e-mail from the server then replicate the same messages will be deleted from your local machine. Confused? Try this:
| E-Mail message | Status on local before replication | Status on server before replication | Result after replication |
| 1 from Talisha | Deleted | Not deleted | Deleted from both |
| 2 from Pat | never was on local | Deleted | Deleted from server, not copied to local. |
| 3 from Robin | never was on local | Not deleted | Copied to local |
| 4 from Sandy | Not deleted | Not deleted | Not deleted, continues to exist on both |
| 5 from Zoe | Not deleted | Deleted | Deleted from both |
Important: If you have not replicated, nothing will change on the other machine. Status changes between the server and your local machine happen only after replication. At some point, however, you will have to delete e-mail because you are allocated a limited amount of room on the server.
**If you have
any doubt about whether it is safe to delete
any files contact Technical Support Operations
before proceeding.**
For information about reducing the size of your mail database, see document 15002 — Managing the Lotus Notes mail file and 10060 — How to delete documents in Lotus Notes.
Be sure to replicate your mail file after deleting so that the mail is deleted from both your local machine and the mail server. For information about replicating, see document 10082 — How to replicate in Lotus Notes.
After deleting and replicating the mail file, the compact task will need to run on the server so that you recover the newly freed space.
The standard build has two folders for storing temporary files. Many programs create temporary files for storing information the program needs for the current session. Temporary files are also created during installation of many programs. These temporary files will usually be stored in one of the two folders designated for that purpose. Files
other than those created on the current date can usually be safely deleted from the "temp" folders. Files created on the current date may be in use by an open program. Do
NOT delete the temp folders themselves, only the files in them.
**If you have
any doubt about whether it is safe to delete
any files contact Technical Support Operations
before proceeding.**
Deleting temporary files from the C:\temp folder
Open Windows Explorer.
Scroll down the list of folders under the
C:\ drive to the
Temp folder. Click once on the folder to open and display the list of files in the right-hand pane of the
Windows Explorer. To make sure you are using the right view to follow these instructions:
>In the Contents of 'temp' window, click on Modified to sort the files by date. Select all files except those created on the current date. Make sure you have not selected any folders.
Press the { Delete} key. You will get a Confirm Multiple File Delete message box. Select Yes.
So far your documents have merely been moved to the
Recycle Bin. To recover the disk space,
click here for information about emptying the Recycle Bin. Putting the files in the Recycle Bin before deleting will give you a chance to make sure that you have selected only the files in the temporary directory and that things are working properly before deleting the files permanently from your hard drive.
Deleting temporary files from the C:\winnt\temp folder or C:\windows\temp folder
**If you have
any doubt about whether it is safe to delete
any files contact Technical Support Operations
before proceeding.**
Open Windows Explorer.
Scroll down the list of folders under the C:\ drive to the Windows folder. Click once on the + next to the folder to display the list of subfolders.
Scroll down the list of folders in
C:\winnt to the
Temp folder (c:\windows of Windows 95 machines). Click once on the folder to open the folder and display the list of files in the right-hand pane of the
Windows Explorer. To make sure you are using the right view to follow these instructions:
In the Contents of 'Temp' window, click on Modified to sort the files by date. Select all files except those created on the current date. Make sure you have not selected any folders.
Press the { Delete} key. You will get a Confirm Multiple File Delete message box. Select Yes.
So far your documents have merely been moved to the Recycle Bin. To recover the disk space, click here for information about emptying the Recycle Bin. Putting the files in the Recycle Bin before deleting will give you a chance to make sure that you have selected only the files in the temporary directory and that things are working properly before deleting the files permanently from your hard drive.
Locate other "temp" directories and delete the files
**If you have
any doubt about whether it is safe to delete
any files contact Technical Support Operations
before proceeding.**
To use "Find" to locate any other "temp" directories:
Click on Tools, then Find, then Files or Folders.
In the box next to
Named, type
temp*
Make sure the box next to Include subfolders has a check mark so all folders on C: drive can be checked.
Select F ind Now button to start the search.
When the search is completed, click on Type to group the file folders together.
If you find any Temp folders, double-click on the folder to open it.
In the Contents of 'Temp' window, click on Modified to sort the files by date. Select all files except those created on the current date. Make sure you have not selected any folders.
Press the { Delete} key.You will get a Confirm Multiple File Delete message box. Select Yes.
So far your documents have merely been moved to the Recycle Bin. To recover the disk space, click here for information about emptying the Recycle Bin. Putting the files in the Recycle Bin before deleting will give you a chance to make sure that you have selected only the files in the temporary directory and that things are working properly before deleting the files permanently from your hard drive.
Some builds partition (divide) the hard drive into at least two "logical" drives - usually a C:\ and D:\ drive. Although physically it is only one drive the system treats them as separate drives. You can get an Out of disk drive space error message on the C:\ drive and still have lots of room on the D:\ drive. Othe builds might have an additional hard drive installed.
If you have created
your own folders for storing documents try moving them to another drive, such as
D:\ drive. Only data should be moved in this way. Do not move program folders or files using the "drag and drop" method. If you want to move program files
click here for further instructions.
**If you have
any doubt about whether it is safe to move
any files contact Technical Support Operations
before proceeding.**
Open Windows Explorer.
Scroll down the C:\ drive folders to the folder you have created.
Put the mouse pointer on the folder icon then press and hold the left mouse button.
Drag mouse pointer toward the D:\ drive (you will see a little ghost folder being pulled along at the same time) when the [D:] is highlighted release the mouse button. The folder you dragged, all the subfolders, and files inside will be copied to the D:\ drive. The original folders and files will still be on C:\ drive.
Check the newly created folders and files on your D:\ drive. If everything copied properly then you may delete the original files from C:\ drive.
To delete the files from C:\ drive place your mouse pointer on the folder. Click once to activate the folder. Look carefully to make sure you have the right folder activated. Press your { Delete} key.
Moving your data files to D: drive will make more room on your C: drive. It can also make it easier to backup your data files. Do not forget to modify Connected TLM (Connected Backup) to include the new path to your D:\ drive. For information about changing files and directories to be backed up, see Eureka! document 11224 — How to select files for back up by Connected TLM (Connected Backup).
Move rarely used files onto floppy disk or Jaz drive disk
**If you have
any doubt about whether it is safe to move
any files contact Technical Support Operations
before proceeding.**
There are usually hundreds of files that can be safely deleted but identifying them with certainty can be difficult. One solution is to identify large files you believe are unnecessary and save them to a floppy disk or Jaz drive. Then if you find out you need the file you have it available.
Theoretically you can retain as many files as you have removable disks (floppy or Jaz). Moving rarely used files onto a floppy disk or Jaz drive disk allows you to retain files without taking up any space on your hard disk drive. Copy files on to disks for accomplishing specific tasks. For example, you could store on removable disks occasional presentations, in which all the necessary files can be stored together and are easily identifiable as to purpose and utility. Another example might be to copy files of one type - files that you just can't bear to delete but rarely use, such as .WAV files that are not being used. Other files that are typically large and infrequently used are image files (.bmp, .gif, .jpg) and video files (.mov, .avi, .mpg, .qt).
A significant disadvantage of storing files on removable disk is that it encourages keeping files that are no longer useful. Eventually it becomes a management nightmare. Put some serious thought into why you need to keep the files, and how you plan to use them, before deciding to save them on removable disks. For more information on getting and installing a Jaz drive see document 39012 — How to Install a Jaz drive.
The obvious disadvantage with files on removable disks is the need to keep track of them, carry them around, and often even attach the disk drive before you can use them. Storing files on removable disks is useless if you don't have a good handle on what is actually on the disk. Keep organized and keep records.
Moving rarely used files onto a floppy disk or Jaz drive disk is less convenient than moving the files to another drive on your machine but the concept is the same. For information about moving files to second hard disk partition,
click here. Just remember in following those instructions substitute the appropriate drive letter (your floppy or Jaz drive) for the
D:\ drive.
Zip up your files
Zipping up your files allows you to gain space by shrinking the file size and still keep the files. Zipped files have reduced utility because they must be unzipped before they can be used. The process is, however, relatively painless and low risk. For information about zipping a file, see document
10035 — How to zip a file with WinZip.
Compress a drive
In general compression you may not gain enough additional drive space to make the process worth the effort. It is most likely to be useful for compressing very large files such as databases. If you find yourself relying on file or folder compression to retain enough drive space the better answer is usually to install an additional hard drive or jaz drive. This assumes, of course, that your need for drive space is based on your business applications. For more information on the policies and process for obtaining additional hard drives see document
75043 — How to request additonal hard disk or RAM.
Remove non-standard programs
Removing unnecessary programs will often make critical space available on your machine. Even if you have space on another drive for the program do not try to move the program to the other drive. It is safer to remove the program and then reinstall it on the other drive.
Moving the program files can corrupt not only that program but other parts of your system. Removing unnecessary programs is encouraged. It is, however, important that you are very clear that the program is not necessary before removing it. Do not remove programs that are part of the standard build. Do not remove programs just because you don't recognize them or don't remember ever using them. Some programs installed on your computer are used by other programs; you may never use them directly.
For information on removing programs see document
69004 — How to uninstall and install software. For help in identifying programs that are safe to remove, contact Technical Support Operations
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Mohomine service is a function of HRMS that goes out on the internet and collects resumes.
Turn off Mohomine processing.
This is done through Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services, then right-clicking on Mohomine. First stop Mohomine, then right click again and change it to manual startup.
Click on Start, select Settings then Conrol Panel.
Select Administrative Tools.
Click on the Services icon.
Scroll down the list of services and see if you find Mohomine.
Right-click on Mohomine and select Stop.
Right-click on Mohomine again and select Properties.
In the middle of the window look for " Startup type" Change that to " Manual"
Put your mouse pointer on the sliding tab
above the text
Maximum size of Recycle Bin (percent of each drive).
You need Pagefile.sys. It is your "virtual memory" which stores your open files and other work when your RAM is insufficient to do so. If you manage to delete it, you will find yourself facing a rebuild. If you are experiencing performance problems with this file the most likely cause is heavy disk fragmentation or that the size is wrong. To defragment see Eureka! 10031 — How to defragment your drive. To change the size of the paging file see Eureka! document 69016 — Machine very slow during boot - change virtual memory.
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