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Trying to free up space by format?
I have a dell laptop and use Win XP. It has 24.3 GB total hard drive (yes i know...its old). I bought a external hard drive(WD My Book Essential) and backed everything up. I have about 1 GB of free space on my computer now. My problem is according to my my external drives program that's scanned my computer the bulk of my internal drive is being used by my computers system(16.8GB). I don't really understand why its like that. Can I get memory back from formatting? I've never formatted before. Thanks in advance for any help. If u need more info let me know.
I've done disk cleanup(clicking everything there is to click in the box). I've also done disk defrag. And I'm still left with the current problem. If I do reformat and have to reinstall my OS, do I need a disk for that? (I forgot...its been some yrs I've been having this comp.)
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
If you reformat the HD you will lose everything on it and will have to reinstall your operating system and any programs that are on it.
- 1 decade ago
Have you tried deleting temporary files, clearing cache, and using disk cleanup? If not try that and if it isn't enough, then run defrag.
