harddisk

Generally difficulty saving to 'C' drive is due to lack of space to save to. This means you will need to clean up the drive by removing temporary files etc.

Dont get confused by the fact that the amount of available space is incorrectly reported.This is due to different calculations in space availability. When you check the space available in the 'Properties' section it gives a reading of the amount of space that does not have data on it. While the operating system calculates space available to save to by adding the space set aside as the maximum needed for the swap file to the space set aside for the recycling bin to the space with data on it and then seeing if enough space is left.

best answer is to have another drive to store data and install programs onto it, leave the 'c' drive for the operating system and swap file.

To clear space on a drive delete all the temporary files on the drive, reduce the size set aside for the recycling bin (usually 10%, and 1% is usually enough) by right clicking on the recycling bin and opening the 'Properties' option, then adjust the slide bar shown to 1%.

Might I suggest a scandisk? The basic scandisk will check for incorrectly reported free space (a possibility) and the thorough will check for bad sectors (another possibility).

I suppose it can be many answer:Fisrt, you to use the defrag tools and scan disk.Then you have to to look to the space on your hard drive.Delete all un wanted files and also temporary files.Check your computer with an anti virus(Use norton disk doctor to repair bad sectors and see the health of your disk).If all does not work.Get a new hard drive.

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Most of the posts with the "unable to write to C: have ended up with the C drive being replaced. I suggest you find the manufacturesr web site of your hard drive and down load their diagnostics to test your hard drive better.

Hi,
Yes, "unable to write to C:" is a strong indication that the drive is in the process of failing. Backup your critical data "before doing anything else" and then run the manufacturer's disk utility. You can download it from their website.

this may sound strange, but are you trying to save to the root of the C: drive? the top most location? if you have depending upon cluster and space size beable to save more than X number of files in the root of the drive. I know that Low denisty 3.5 floppy drives only allow 112 files in the root without use of folders/directories - so I was wondering if that may be the problem, but also it could mean like everyone else says the drive may be failing also. run scandisk and defrag and go from there.

Restart your computer, press F8 when you see "Starting WIndows 98..." message. Choose "Safe mode command prompt only" from the menu, and type
SCANDISK and press enter. Do a surface scan as well. Failing that, try reinstalling Windows 98.