Not enough hard drive on processor for backing up
Not enough hard drive on processor. When I try to back up my photos I get a message saying 'not enough hard drive'. Is there any way round this other than deleting files (which I don't want to do)?
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Hard disk maintenance should be carried once a month.
This removes redundant and temporary files, recover disk space and speed up hard disk access, then disk maintenance should be done at least once a month.
Disk Cleanup should be done first - Click My Computer - then right click on the C drive then click Properties, then click Disk Cleanup - let it examine the C drive then it will calculate the amount of disk space it will recover, tick all the boxes to recover the maximum disk space and then Click OK and then Yes to perform these actions. If you have a D drive then repeat these steps on this drive too.
Next the C drive needs to be Defrag. This process converts fragmented files into continuous files and this speeds up disk access and makes the hard disk not work as hard. Click on Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Defragmenter – click to highlight the C drive and click Analyse - then click Defragment.
When this is completed repeat these steps for the D Drive if you have a D drive.
Disk Cleanup and Defrag can take a long time to complete, especially if these tasks have not been for a long time.
What operating system are you running (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, MAC OSX) then i should be able to help. Guy