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Posted by Andy on April 30, 2006, 11:31 pm
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On 30 Apr 2006 15:45:04 -0700, "Need Computer Help"
>Hey guys I bought a new computer awhile back, I had two hard drives in
>it. One 200 GB and the other 40 GB. I had the OS on the 200 GB drive.
> I wanted to copy the OS from the 200 GB drive to the 40 GB drive and
>put the 200 GB drive in my new computer.
>
>I did that. Everything is fine on my new computer. I really haven't
>messed around with the old computer much until yesterday. I previously
>deleted just about everything on the computer and should have at least
>20-25 GB freespace but I don't. I only have 640 MB free space. All I
>had on the computer were video and music files and I moved them all
>over to my new computer with a USB case.
>
>I don't know why it says I have no free space when I deleted everything
>that was on the computer.
>
>Any help? The OS is XP with Service pack 2.
Run a disk usage program such as ShowMan
<http://www.david-taylor.myby.co.uk/software/disk.html#ShowMan>.
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>it. One 200 GB and the other 40 GB. I had the OS on the 200 GB drive.
> I wanted to copy the OS from the 200 GB drive to the 40 GB drive and
>put the 200 GB drive in my new computer.
>
>I did that. Everything is fine on my new computer. I really haven't
>messed around with the old computer much until yesterday. I previously
>deleted just about everything on the computer and should have at least
>20-25 GB freespace but I don't. I only have 640 MB free space. All I
>had on the computer were video and music files and I moved them all
>over to my new computer with a USB case.
>
>I don't know why it says I have no free space when I deleted everything
>that was on the computer.
>
>Any help? The OS is XP with Service pack 2.