question for all you computer buffs

[surfenstein]

right my step daughter has our old dell latitude lap top.the problem is she filled the hard drive up and now it wont do a disk clean up or defrag.i and it takes forever to load anything.ve tried removing some programmes but this still doesnt help.do you think the hard drive is knackered and if so where do i get a new one and how do i change it.ive done normal tower drives is it the same process?also can i format the drive will this help and if so how do i do it.

[max6674]

Your going to need some free space on the disk to do a defrag.. Can you not put some stuff on CD/DVD ?

[marky]

right my step daughter has our old dell latitude lap top.the problem is she filled the hard drive up and now it wont do a disk clean up or defrag.i and it takes forever to load anything.ve tried removing some programmes but this still doesnt help.do you think the hard drive is knackered and if so where do i get a new one and how do i change it.ive done normal tower drives is it the same process?also can i format the drive will this help and if so how do i do it.

What model is it? CP CPI ?

[surfenstein]

What model is it? CP CPI ?

cpt.ive removed about 2.5 gigs of $$$$ but it still wont let me do anything.

[max6674]

What version of Windows are you using?

[surfenstein]

What version of Windows are you using?

windows professional

[marky]

What ENGINE has it got now V8 V12 Has the NOS run out

[marky]

windows professional

XP

[surfenstein]

What ENGINE has it got now V8 V12 Has the NOS run out

i have tried.heheheheh.yea its xp

[marky]

Is the HARD DISK making a Clicking noise. If so its Buggered

[DaveD]

it gets finicky if it hasnt got around 10% free. Are there any programs that you dont use much ? remove them using Add/Remove in control panel. Empty
Recycle bin. Use Find to list readme, .old .bak .tmp etc and delete them. delete any update uninstall files. It will tell you when you have enough space.

[andy]

Is the HARD DISK making a Clicking noise. If so its Buggered

Technical term from a computer technician.

[marky]

Technical term from a computer technician.

YEP

[surfenstein]

when you say clicking what do you mean by that.it makes a sort of scratching noise when you start up or go to do anything but i heard no clicking noises?

[surfenstein]

it gets finicky if it hasnt got around 10% free. Are there any programs that you dont use much ? remove them using Add/Remove in control panel. Empty
Recycle bin. Use Find to list readme, .old .bak .tmp etc and delete them. delete any update uninstall files. It will tell you when you have enough space.

done that dave ive got 36% of the disk freed up but it wont let me do anything .when it does defrag it say theses files could not be compressed,which is all of them.disc clean up wont run either.