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I have clean installed windows 7 ultimate 64-bit OS, on my desktop.

Configuration: 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD Gigabyte motherboard, Nvidia graphics Card.

I have installed only few applications, which do not exceed 500MB, But When i check the c-drive is full, It has 40 GB capacity.

Does the OS is occupying the space ? Or the old unused windows version still resides in c-drive.

Low Disk Space

I have tried disk clean up tool, But it oly cleared 100MB of 40GB c-drive.

Please help me cleaning up the c-drive. Ideally i want to install android sdk in my machine.

Edit

While installing windows 7, i used delete option to clear the c-partition. Is that causing the Low Disk Space issue ?

I could have used format option instead of delete, i realized it later.

Now i am planning to increase the c-partition size, Is that a good idea ?

or

I have to re-install (clean) by using format option this time and then check the occupied space to increase c-partition size.

Thanks in advance

Saif
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  • What applications did you install? Was it already that full after install? If you did a clean install how would there be another WIndows on that partition? Is there a `Windows.old` folder or similar in the root of that partition? – Seth Apr 19 '17 at 06:45
  • Win7 requirements: 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) If you didn't wipe the drive before the previous install would probably be in a folder called Windows.old – Musselman Apr 19 '17 at 06:47
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    System Restore might be occupied check it. – BDRSuite Apr 19 '17 at 06:47
  • You have many partitions? 40GB isn't a lot for today's standards. How many program do you have installed and of what types are they? Do you have "auto backup" running? Things to consider. If you have all your personal and working files backed up in your partitions, a fresh windows install wouldn't hurt. – ejbytes Apr 19 '17 at 08:36
  • I have applications few applications like `Appcelerator Studio`, `Android Studio`, `Winrar` – Saif Apr 19 '17 at 11:42
  • @Seth, There is no winodws.old folder in root directory, please check the edit. – Saif Apr 19 '17 at 11:47
  • @vembutech, i have cleared the system restore points, it freed only 200 MB ! – Saif Apr 19 '17 at 11:56
  • Did you (as stupid as it sounds) try to empty our recycle bin? Did you check the size of the directories on C:\? What's the biggest one? That way you would know whenever it's the Windows directory, your user directory or something similar. – Seth Apr 19 '17 at 12:29

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try using CCleaner. and for android SDK or Visual Studio, your current partition is not current. Always try to keep 100GB minimum for system drive (C)

RickY. Wasik Chowdhury
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