my C drive is only 15% available after i did a defrag, registry defrag, disk clean up, removed junk files, system restore clean up, and manually deleted all my user files and downloads. somehow, there is still over 60gbs being used. if there is no way to delete all this stuff how do i restore my computer to factory settings?
i have a windows 7 disk that i plan on installing after i free up all this space and upgrade my RAM. should i just try to reset everything to factory and save myself time?
Yes, as you can only go from XP to Win7 with a clean install. Make sure you run the Win7 upgrade advisor beforehand to make sure all your hardware has appropriate drivers available.
I would suggest you do a chkdsk and post the results for review
Try chkdsk /f instead. The HD will then be checked and fixed when you next reboot (you hit Y then Enter key when you get the black box.
You’ll still have to be fast to read the final results at the end of the test – look for bad blocks (in the middle of the final screen). To get the log, see this post:
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/chk…
Please do not post then vanish – let us know the outcome