Running out of Disk Space

Hi,

I am facing a problem with my C: for last few weeks.
I have a desktop PC with dual booting option-Windows 7 and Windows XP. My Windows XP is in C: and Windows 7 installed in D:.
For the last few weeks almost every now and then I am getting an error message such as -C: is out of memory. in C: I have allocated 20GB of space. I do use CCleaner very often to free up the recycle bins, temporary files etc. I have removed some 2 GB of programs from C:. Still after each time I freed up the programs the C: is getting full. I am not able to figure it out why.
I am using the licensed version of Kaspersky 2011 Antivirus and I install all the programs in F: or in external hard disks. I rarely installed programs in C:. Is it a virus problem or Malware?...Please help. I want to get rid of this problem as well as with Windows XP also.

Jay

shift your swap space to another partition..whenever your system runs out of ram it starts using the swap space on hidden.

Also turn off System Restore or allocate lesser space for it.

W

boot into XP.go to my computer-->tools-->folder options-->view tab.select"show hidden files & folders" & uncheck "hide protected operating system files(recommended)"option.you will now see files & folders which were not visible before in C drive.if you have enabled hibernation a single hiberfil.sys file equal to RAM size will be there.also there will be folders like system volume info & $recycle.bin.check their sizes & take appropriate steps if you find them too large in size as suggested in above posts.

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whitestar_999 said:
boot into XP.go to my computer-->tools-->folder options-->view tab.select"show hidden files & folders" & uncheck "hide protected operating system files(recommended)"option.you will now see files & folders which were not visible before in C drive.if you have enabled hibernation a single hiberfil.sys file equal to RAM size will be there.also there will be folders like system volume info & $recycle.bin.check their sizes & take appropriate steps if you find them too large in size as suggested in above posts.

I applied your suggestions for my laptop running on Windows 7 and found a hiberfil.sys amounting to 2.80GB. Is it safe to delete this hiberfil.sys file.
Also, should Hibernate consequently be turned off?
:-?

Thank you.

hyberfil.sys file that windows uses to write the memory on the hard drive for hibernation u need to turn hibernation off to delete the file

To delete the file
Click Start>allPrograms>accessories
Rightclick>Command Prompt
Select Run as administrator
Grant permisssion to change system settings
In thecommand prompt window type "powercfg -h off" enter

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I am a bit perplexed. Theoretically, the hibernate mode creates a file of a capacity which is equivalent to the amount of RAM.

My laptop has 4GB RAM of which 3.74GB is usable (the remainder, I reckon is used by the ATI Radeon Mobility graphics), yet the hiberfil.sys file size is 2.80GB

May I know why it is so?

Thank you.

^^ The total size depends upon the amount of active ram on the system not the total ram it writes the whole ram image on the hiberfil.sys file

@ratzee199: Disable System Restore option in both C & D.also delete the existing restore points using CCleaner.

use tune up utilities 2011 tool "Disk Space explorer which will give enuf details about files & folders which are huge in size.