As my Windows XP is a original one it updates itself almost always. So for this reason the 'C' drive of my computer is shrinking very quickly. I also have an Antivirus software wich updates every day. What will I do?

Remove unwanted stuff.Buy a bigger disc.Ask in an appropriate forum.<Sut_1961> wrote in message news:Email removed for privacy...As my Windows XP is a original one it updates itself almost always. So for this reason the 'C' drive of my computer is shrinking very quickly. I also have an Antivirus software wich updates every day. What will I do?Graham Mayor - Word MVPwww.gmayor.comPosted via the Communities Bridgehttp://communitybridge.codeplex.com/

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Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp toEmpty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Alsoselect Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest SystemRestore point. Run Disk Defragmenter. A better programme than Disk CleanUp is cCleaner but note that cCleanerwill not handle System Restore points. Removing older restore pointsshould help get Disk Defragmenter to work better.http://www.ccleaner.com/download The default allocation to System Restore is 12% on your C partitionwhich is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right click your MyComputer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore. Place the cursoron your C drive select Settings but this time find the slider and dragit to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get to theSettings screen click on Apply and OK and exit. A default setting which could be wasteful is that for temporary internetfiles, especially if you do not store offline copies on disk. Thedefault allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to offlinecopies you could reduce this to 1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer selectTools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings tomake the change. At the same time look at the number of days history isheld. The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. Change to5%, which should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursoron your Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global andmove the slider from 10% to 5%. However, try to avoid letting it gettoo full as if it is full and you delete a file by mistake it willbypass the Recycle Bin and be gone for ever. If your drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises withyour operating system on your C drive. In the Windows Directory ofyour C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windowsfolder typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$etc. These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressedthe text of the folder name appears in blue characters. If notcompressed you can compress them. Right click on each folder andselect Properties, General, Advanced and check the box before Compresscontents to save Disk Space. On the General Tab you can see the amountgained by deducting the size on disk from the size. Foldercompression is only an option on a NTFS formatted drive / partition. Hope this helps, Gerry Cornell