Disk space problem, do I extend partition?

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  1. Posts : 31
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       #11

    Ran wiztree and seems my iPhone backup is taking up a large amount of space on the C:

    Can I change the drive where the backup and other things are saved to?

    My D: is doing diddly squat at the moment!
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  2. Posts : 42,963
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       #12

    Do you have backups? You may well be facing a clean install as an in-place upgrade repair is not possible with your PC as is. (You need more space, and you might not be able to start it based on the non-responses).

    First check your disk. You can try a portable program (run it from a flash drive).
    Download Portable HD Tune 2.55

    Use the Health tab, then the Error scan tab.

    Post the results.

    Yes you can save that space- if you're able to use your PC at all, which it doesn't sound as if you can.
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  3. Posts : 31
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    Thread Starter
       #13

    dalchina said:
    Do you have backups? You may well be facing a clean install as an in-place upgrade repair is not possible with your PC as is. (You need more space, and you might not be able to start it based on the non-responses).

    First check your disk. You can try a portable program (run it from a flash drive).
    Download Portable HD Tune 2.55

    Use the Health tab, then the Error scan tab.

    Post the results.

    Yes you can save that space- if you're able to use your PC at all, which it doesn't sound as if you can.
    I don't have any backups but I am on the laptop now and have been the whole time, the only issue is the non response from some apps

    Command prompt for instance is fine
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  4. Posts : 42,963
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #14

    Now's the time to create backups. It's never too soon. What will you do when your disk fails?

    I don't think you'll be happy with just using the command prompt. I remember the days of MS-DOS.

    Then please run the disk test. Knowing nothing about your machine, have to start from basics as you have no way to recover presently, and too many things show problems.
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  5. Posts : 31,630
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       #15

    gecksy said:
    Ran wiztree and seems my iPhone backup is taking up a large amount of space on the C:

    Can I change the drive where the backup and other things are saved to?
    I don't have an iPhone, but apparently the answer is yes, you can...

    fonepaw.com | How to Change iTunes Backup Location in Windows 10/8/7

    ...or you could just delete them.

    tekrevue.com | How to Delete iPhone Backups in iTunes for Mac and PC
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  6. Posts : 31
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #16

    dalchina said:
    Then please run the disk test.
    Me again, thanks for your help so far

    I ran it on the machine without using a flash drive. It is this laptop btw, not sure if it helps

    Health

    Disk space problem, do I extend partition?-health.png

    Error

    Disk space problem, do I extend partition?-error.png
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  7. Posts : 31
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #17

    Bree said:
    I don't have an iPhone, but apparently the answer is yes, you can...

    fonepaw.com | How to Change iTunes Backup Location in Windows 10/8/7

    ...or you could just delete them.

    tekrevue.com | How to Delete iPhone Backups in iTunes for Mac and PC
    Thanks yeah I deleted and set up a junction following this walkthrough and now my space is this

    Disk space problem, do I extend partition?-dskman.png
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  8. Posts : 42,963
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #18

    Excellent..

    Now please create a new user for test purposes and see if you see the same problems.

    This is a key test, as it distinguishes between things related to your user profile, and basic Windows corruption.
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  9. Posts : 31
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #19

    dalchina said:
    Excellent..

    Now please create a new user for test purposes and see if you see the same problems.

    This is a key test, as it distinguishes between things related to your user profile, and basic Windows corruption.
    Issue remains on the other user, I even had to create it via command prompt
    Last edited by gecksy; 19 Jul 2018 at 12:33.
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  10. Posts : 42,963
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #20

    Thanks. Please make sure you have a backup of all key data.

    Please run
    chkdsk c: /F
    from an admin command prompt to check and repair the file system. Your PC will restart.

    What is your Windows build? If unsure, please try
    Windows key + R, winver
    or command prompt, winver

    If not 1803, please post back and do not proceed.

    If 1803: then do an in-place upgrade repair install which keeps all programs and data and most settings.
    Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade | Windows 10 Tutorials
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