Memory available on drive c

Haven't tried it yet, I'm afraid of losing my data?

Looking at the screenshot in post #20, you need a bigger drive. If that's not an option you're going to have to decide on what programs and or files you don't need. Another option is to uninstall some of your programs and reinstall them to drive D:.

Personally, I'd do a complete backup of the contents of the D: drive (preferably two copies) and then clone the C: drive to the D: drive. Once the D: drive has had Windows cloned to it, you can configure to boot from the D: drive and you have your space.

Once Windows is in the larger drive, you can then resize the partitions on the that drive to split it into a WIndows C: drive and a Data (D:) drive. You can use the small 120GB drive for extra storage when all of this is done.

Truthfully, I don't really see any way you're going to be able to shrink Windows enough to really solve your problem, ununstalling a couple of applications ain't gonna' get it.

gunrunnerjohn said:

Truthfully, I don't really see any way you're going to be able to shrink Windows enough to really solve your problem, ununstalling a couple of applications ain't gonna' get it.

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Well, my C: drive is only using 40 out of 100 GB, so it is possible. Before messing about, I'd want to see what is taking up the space - the OP could try Wiztree.

mngerhold said:

Well, my C: drive is only using 40 out of 100 GB, so it is possible. Before messing about, I'd want to see what is taking up the space - the OP could try Wiztree.

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Well, you're not the guy I'm giving advice to, the thread starter is: [B]mourikvj[/B]. He's the guy I'm addressing my comments to. 40GB is certainly too low for any standard Win11 system. The minimum requirements from Microsoft is 64GB and recommended minimum is twice that. My experience is that even a fairly trimmed down Win11 installation is 60-70GB.

Here's my mini that I'm building up to be a video controller, it just has the basic stuff installed, Win 11 Pro, browsers, some utilities, etc. I have yet to install some of the memory hog applications that will blow that memory usage up a bunch. It's already at 60GB.



Can you make the installation smaller? Yep, I'm sure you can. Is it worth the effort? Certainly not to me, I have better things to do with my time! A one TB SSD can be had for $50 and sometimes even less. Other than some demented bragging rights, what's the point?

My point was that as he only has a 120 GB (or so) SSD, he might try to slim it down a bit before spending money. I was not bragging, only suggesting that there is scope to slim, manbe not as small as mine, but I bet there is some unwanted stuff in there. Treesize will show it, if it exists.

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My point was that as he only has a 120 GB (or so) SSD, he might try to slim it down a bit before spending money. I was not bragging, only suggesting that there is scope to slim, manbe not as small as mine, but I bet there is some unwanted stuff in there. Treesize will show it, if it exists.

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Saving 15-20GB isn't going to solve his problems for more than a few weeks I suspect. He doesn't have to spend more money to reorganize the data on the drives so that the C: and D: drives are on the 1TB drive that has plenty of space.

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Well, my C: drive is only using 40 out of 100 GB, so it is possible.

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Yeah, mine is 20 out of 64, I believe that minimum is 52GB now. 118GB is plenty.

As Stated, we wanted to see if the C: and D: drives were separate disks or if they were on the same disk.
Also to see if there was any Unallocated Space to the Right of the C: Drive.

C: and D: are separate disks, there is no extra Unallocated Space to the Right of the C: drive.
You have a relatively small disk for your C: drive (ie) 120 GB total space.

In Disk Management, right click the Schijf 1 (Disk 1) and choose Properties.
This should tell you if this is a standard HDD or if it is an SSD.

The easiest thing to do is to upgrade your disk to a larger one, (ie) 1TB or larger, cloning your old disk to the new one, then removing the old disk and booting from the new C: drive disk.

If that is not possible, you can Move your C:\Users\UserName folders, (ie) Downloads, Documents, Desktop, Pictures etc to a your D: drive using the Location tab in the Properties of each folder. There is a tutorial in the Tutorials section of this forum. If you decide to do this, It is a little tricky and have to follow the instructions or things can get messed up. But this is just a band aid, you need a much larger disk.

Before doing any more surgery, it is suggested to make an Image file of your Schijf 1 using 3rd party Imaging/Cloning software and saving it to your D: drive or better yet an external USB HDD. You can also use this image to restore to a much bigger drive instead of cloning the old disk..

Moving documents is easy, and maybe that would provide some relief. The others aren't difficult either. As you say, bandaid.

The option still exists to put everything on the 1TB drive he has. He has plenty of disk space, just not in the right place.

Moving any of the User files ,using the Location tab Pictures, Downloads, Desktop etc to another drive is the same procedure as moving Documents..
You just have to create blank folders with the same name on target drive.

But this is just a band aid, the simplest easiest and cleanest way is to get another larger drive and clone the smaller drive to the larger one.