Harddrive Managing Program?

[opmharley]

For some reason I feel like my harddrive space just keeps getting lower and lower even without installing stuff. Maybe I have a worm not sure. Any program that will show me where the most space is being used? Thanks

[Norm]

Sequoiaview (http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/) will give you a nice grphical display so you can identify large files easily and quickly.

[opmharley]

sweet I'd kiss ya if I was gay...;) there is this thing called C:\pagefile.sys says its 30gb. Whenever I go to it, it just takes me to the programfiles directory. maybe it's a hidden file, think I can delete this?

[Storm90]

No do not delete it. But you could delete your system restore up to last point of restore this will free up some space for you.

[Paft]

Originally posted by opmharley
sweet I'd kiss ya if I was gay...;) there is this thing called C:\pagefile.sys says its 30gb. Whenever I go to it, it just takes me to the programfiles directory. maybe it's a hidden file, think I can delete this?

Holy ****!! 30 GB for a paging file??

Ok. You /really/ need to manually set the maximum page size. I'll give you instructions for 95/98/ME and NT/2K below.

9X/ME: Right-click on "My Computer", and select "Properties". Go to the "Performance" tab. Click on the button that says "Virtual Memory". Click the bubble that says "Let me specify my own virtual memory settings." Pick the drive you want it on (C:\ is good), and then set both the minimum and maximum values to the same size - the size of your RAM if less than or equal to 256 MB, 1/2 the size of the RAM if greater than 256 MB.

NT/2K: Right-click on "My Computer", go to "Properties", then the "Advanced" tab. Click on "Performance Options". Then, click on "Change" in the box that pops up. Select your drive (C:\ again), and set your paging file sizes both equal to the amount of RAM you have if under or equal to 256 MB, and 1/2 the size if greater than 256 MB.

Hope this helps!

[opmharley]

yeah I got xp and I did have it set to 512-512 before but for some reason it got changed. I have 512mb of ram and set them both at 512. Anyone got a link to a pagefile defragger, I did have one sense there both at 512 won't they stay static? and won't have to defrag them again right? Thanks