dvd moviefactory4 harddrive storage

partharamesh · Post by **partharamesh** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 11:56 am

Hi

I have been using my ulead 4 to burn dvds for a few months. Recently, every project somehow seems to take up my hard drive space in gigabbytes. I have tried searching for .dwz files but none in C or D drives.
I have used click to dvd software before which used to have an admin tool option which lets you free up drive space. ULEAD m4 does not give that option.

Can anyone help, please?

partha

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:44 am

Have you tried searching for *.VOB files?

partharamesh · Post by **partharamesh** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:03 pm

Hi

Thanks for this. Unfortunately this did'nt find any files/folders *.vob. Any other suggestions please?

Partha

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:46 pm

My copy of DVD MF4 is a part of MSP8 but this part should be the same.
When you first load MF4 and you have the "Start project" screen. In the lower left corner is a box for settings and options.
Open preferences and look for "working folder" - check to see if your files are there.

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:54 pm

How about searching for all files (files named *.*) greater than 1GB?

partharamesh · Post by **partharamesh** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:09 pm

Thanks for the info. I still have'nt had any luck. Any other suggestions please?

partha

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:32 pm

OK lets start at square one.
What Windows Operating system are you using
How big is your Hard Drive(s),
How much Hard Drive "free space" do you have left?

partharamesh · Post by **partharamesh** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:15 pm

Thanks for the back to basics start. Helps novices like me.

The OS is XP. Hard drive storage is 60 GB (27 C & 27 D drive). Most of the video recordings were made with the direct to DVD burn mode for ease. The last three camcorder readings are the ones which seem to be chewing away the C drive space.

Thanks for your help

partha

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:44 pm

Start by going to Windows Explorer
"Start - Programs - Accessories - Windows Explorer."
Now right click your "C" Drive. A box comes up with a pie chart in the middle showing your disk usage. at the bottom right of the pie chart is a button
"Disk Cleanup" - click this.

Now open Internet Explorer, tools, Internet options.
Check the settings for number of days to keep files in History - reduce it if necessary to conserve hard drive space.
TemporaryInternet files - delete files.
Now check the button marked "settings" and check how much hard drive space is reserved for Temporary internet files folder - reduce if necessary.

Now go to start - Control Panel - System.
Select the System Restore Tab. Check to see if the computer is monitoring and if so click "Settings". This one chews up a lot of hard drive space. It is used to "roll back" windows to an earlier setting should your computer go wonky. You can either turn off completely, turn off individual drives, or keep monitoring but reduce the amount of hard drive space set aside for the system restore option.

You choice depends largely on how stable your computer is, your "Back up system" so that in the event of a disaster you can get your computer back up and running again.

Try these and if you need further help we will look at a few further suggestions.

ploggy · Post by **ploggy** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:58 am

In the BURN step there is a button to clean up the temporary files used in the previous projects. its beside the BUrning Options button.

hope that helps