Quick Tip: Keep Your Disk Cleaned Up When Doing Video Converting on Zune

ACE · 01-31-2008, 04:05 PM

I've recently stumbled onto an issue with the Zune Software. Seems it converts video especially with the Zune 30 (duh) but doesn't clean that cache out. Please do the following to see how much the Zune Software has clogged your machine (mine was up to 7Gb at one point!)

Simply go to:
Start
Computer (or My Computer on XP)
Right click your C: drive
Choose properties
You should see something like this:

Now click the 'Disk Cleanup' button and after a couple minutes, you should see this:

That's me just after converting a couple podcasts (it's 0.7Gb already) Now if the number is in the thousands - That's a Gb! (XP users may show in millions for Gbs).

How much do you have clogging your machine?

Trogdor · 01-31-2008, 04:12 PM

Congrats you get rep
I am doing this right now and I had 352 mb left so lets see how many I will end up with.

ben52192 · 01-31-2008, 05:05 PM

Oh, LOL, I did it but didn't even check how much MB or GB was there. Oh well. So what does this do again? Does it delete the files?

ACE · 01-31-2008, 05:16 PM

It just helps keep your machine running optimally. Having a couple gigs clogged with Zune temp files can slow your comp down considerably...

Trogdor · 01-31-2008, 05:51 PM

wow disk cleanup is still working even after I started almos 2 hours ago
-edit WOW when i finished my 352mbs of free space changed to 10.11 GBs of free space!
Thank you for the reminder

ACE · 02-01-2008, 02:17 PM

sheesh! now you know why it took so long...your operating system probably requires atleast 30Gb to run efficiently...

Microcosm · 02-01-2008, 03:35 PM

Wow, I never thought of that and I do disk cleanup all the time. Thanks for the tip.

01-31-2008, 04:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
ACE I Scream, U Scream, We... zB Writer Section Staff Elite Zuner Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fresno, CA USA Posts: 2,074 Reputation: 188 $zB: 357 Donate	Quick Tip: Keep Your Disk Cleaned Up When Doing Video Converting on Zune I've recently stumbled onto an issue with the Zune Software. Seems it converts video especially with the Zune 30 (duh) but doesn't clean that cache out. Please do the following to see how much the Zune Software has clogged your machine (mine was up to 7Gb at one point!) Simply go to: Start Computer (or My Computer on XP) Right click your C: drive Choose properties You should see something like this: Now click the 'Disk Cleanup' button and after a couple minutes, you should see this: That's me just after converting a couple podcasts (it's 0.7Gb already) Now if the number is in the thousands - That's a Gb! (XP users may show in millions for Gbs). How much do you have clogging your machine? __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I'm an To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ...Do you know what the original ZuneMarketplace looked like?

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01-31-2008, 05:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
ACE I Scream, U Scream, We... zB Writer Section Staff Elite Zuner Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fresno, CA USA Posts: 2,074 Reputation: 188 $zB: 357 Donate	It just helps keep your machine running optimally. Having a couple gigs clogged with Zune temp files can slow your comp down considerably... __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I'm an To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ...Do you know what the original ZuneMarketplace looked like?

02-01-2008, 02:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
ACE I Scream, U Scream, We... zB Writer Section Staff Elite Zuner Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fresno, CA USA Posts: 2,074 Reputation: 188 $zB: 357 Donate	sheesh! now you know why it took so long...your operating system probably requires atleast 30Gb to run efficiently... __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I'm an To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ...Do you know what the original ZuneMarketplace looked like?

02-01-2008, 03:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
Microcosm Zuner Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 64 Reputation: 11 $zB: 1 Donate	Wow, I never thought of that and I do disk cleanup all the time. Thanks for the tip. __________________ newschoolers

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