I have a acer aspire 5050 notebook need help freeing disk space

I have a acer aspire 5050 laptop/notebook and everytime I try to watch a video on youtube or just search the internet, it's slow and the words "low disk space" pops up. I click the button that is suppose to clean the files but when it's done the words "low disk space" pops up again. Can you help me with this problem?

I've opened the my computer and I see Acer (C) It has 0% free space. Underneath acer (C) it says 8.35 MB free of 33.5 GB. I also see Data (D) underneath data d I see 33.1 GB free of 33.2 GB. The last thing I see is something that says unspecified, and underneath it it says DVD RW Drive (E). I don't know what to do next. If someone can help me proceed I would appreciate it.

 

Hi lovingyou, and welcome to the forums!

In this case, you've got to understand how Acer has portioned off your disk. They split it in two, creating equal halves for programs and Vista itself on C:, and your personal data on D:. The reason they did this is so if you need to do a system recovery using your recovery discs ( you did remember to burn your recovery discs using eRecovery, right?), anything on D: is safe while C: gets restored back to the way it originally was.

Therefore, if you've filled up C:, move some stuff like your pictures, music, videos, and documents over to D:. That should solve the problem for now.

As for E:, that's your DVD drive. It won't display any data until you put a disc in.

 

Well the laptop isn't mine it's my sisters, I'm just using it. From what I know she didn't burn her recovery discs using erecovery, so with that being the case, what are my options?

 

Well, that's just a smart thing to do - that way if someone goes catastrophically wrong with your system and you need to restore your system, you have those recovery DVDs at hand. Plus, it's cheaper than having to buy them from Acer.

As for the hard drive, tell your sister to put her documents and such on the D: drive from here on out, and leave the C: drive for only programs and Vista.

 

Is there anything I can do now seeing as how she has no restore points, no erecovery disks, etc. Is there anything I can do?

 

Lovingyou, I don't quite understand your problem right now. If the system is working fine, why would you need recovery discs right away?

Like I said before, move some stuff temporarily from the C: to the D: drive in order to stop getting the low disk space message. If you want to make the eRecovery discs yourself, you'll only need two or three DVDs.