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Time: January 16, 2007, 12:16 pm

[...] To check the space, click Start, and then click Computer. Right-click your backup disk and then click Properties. From there, you can run Disk Cleanup to clear up some space. [...]

Comment from Free disk space
Time: June 14, 2007, 11:28 pm

Also if you click on the “Advanced” tab you have the option to clean System restore files and uninstall unused software (of course you can also do this from control panel).

Comment from jack
Time: August 26, 2007, 7:26 pm

jesus… is that the best you can do…

Comment from KJ
Time: September 22, 2007, 5:43 pm

Unable to download stationary from IE7 to new Vista Premium. It goes through all the motions but at the end nothing is there. I have looked everywhere and they did not download. New PC..and I think I’m doing better than I was but Vista can be a pain. There are a few other little things but let’s start with this if that’s ok.
Thanks for being there,
KJ

Comment from dinger
Time: October 15, 2007, 10:51 pm

I selected the error reporting files and it deleted my entire hard drive, 30 GB worth of data and operating system files.

Comment from chae
Time: December 6, 2007, 4:27 pm

yea i had the same thing happen as dinger…way to go saying it will delete unnecessary files…it wiped out all my user files and started on the rest before i realized what was going on and canceled it

Comment from jkermit1
Time: December 15, 2007, 11:52 am

I have accidently checked “per user queued windows error reporting” twice and deleted over 90% of the files on the hard drive. Luckily it was on the 2nd drive I use to store files and it was backed up. I used Search and Recover 4 to get all of the files back the I used Allways Sync to make sure I had the all of the files. Does anyone know if this is a Vista problem. I did download a crack lately that may have caused it. Any ideas would help. I dont want to have it happen again. thanks

Comment from Frank
Time: January 3, 2008, 11:02 pm

When I ran diskcleanup, the 5 “error reporting” files at the end of the list totalled approx 120gb. I was suspicious, but not suspicious enough & checked the first “archived error” entry & hit the OK button. Looked away for half a minute and by the time I turned around everything was gone. Desktop items & taskbar icons. Then whatever I tried resulted in “missing permissions” or the programs where behaving as brand new (installation request when opening Word or Excel immediately). Then looking through windows explorer I can’t see any of my files. I did a Registry fix that I found when searching this issue, but it doesn’t appear to have made any difference. Can anyone actually confirm whether the data is retreivable, i.e hidden rather than deleted. Just curious before I pull out the Recovery disks & blow it all away.
thanks
Frank

Comment from David
Time: January 5, 2008, 9:29 pm

I also did a disk cleanup and I checked the Per user queued Windows Error Report and I didn’t pay close attention. One was 90 GB when I assumed it was 90 MB. I just went ahead and clicked and that was it for me. !!!! Reinstall time and now I did a disk cleanup and once again I have a 98 GB per user queued that could be checked! What is this? Anyone know. I am not about to check that box again, but would like to know what the deal is. Thanks for the help anyone!!

Comment from Terry
Time: January 11, 2008, 5:41 am

I had also had problem with disk cleanup and its seems my hard drive was formatted and stuffed everthing up.
I contacted micosoft and the say they have not heard of this??????? and will get their experts to check it out and come back to me. I have not run cleanup again but the screen shows it will clean almost more GB than my hard drive???

Comment from stefon
Time: January 11, 2008, 10:42 pm

Per user queued Windows Error Reporting files why do most people say that it cant can crash and mess up ur internet

Comment from stefon
Time: January 11, 2008, 10:43 pm

why do they say if u delete this filePer user queued Windows Error Reporting files it will mess up ur computer

Comment from Piyush
Time: January 12, 2008, 10:26 am

i have accidently deleted the per user memory queued for the hibernation memory and hence the hibernation memory has vanished! i cant hibernate it anymore… help!

Comment from Numpty
Time: January 25, 2008, 11:47 am

DO NOT TICK THIS BOX!!! EVER!!! >>> per user queued windows error reporting or anything other than temporary files.

I have just run disk cleanup and ticked all available options. I ticked the box that stated it would effectively remove all the crash reports that Windows creates.

Unexpectedly it has just taken out 300 GB of my files which I have been very careful to put on a RAID array so I don’t lose them. Microsoft should be blasted for this. This is possibly the biggest bug I have ever found in one of their products and personally (as a Systems Administrator with 7 years experience) I am disgusted.

Has Microsoft seriously performed ANY testing on Vista before releasing it to the world?

I have been an advocate of Vista for a long time and pushed my views to my colleagues advising it was just a “learning curve” but my early adoption of the application is clearly a mistake. I even went so far as to install Vista SP1 Release Candidate (such was the dedication to improvements.)

I am now downgrading to Windows XP, a known and tested quantity.

Seriously shameful.

Comment from allure
Time: February 28, 2008, 7:24 pm

hello
its my first time to do a disk clean up using window vista ..
i just wanna know if its safe or not to delete the following addressed files:-

> 1- per user queued windows error report
> 2- system archived windows error report
> 3- system error memory dump files
> 4- per user archived windows error report
>
> advise would be appreciated
>
> thank u

Comment from robert
Time: April 15, 2008, 7:16 pm

if you check error reporting files in disk cleanup and delete them then you will be screwed. dont check those files to be deleted by disk cleanup. if you arent sure which ones they are they are the files with the yellow exclamation inside a computer icon. you delete them and you prob will never do it again lol

Comment from robert
Time: April 15, 2008, 7:19 pm

do not delete any of the system error reporting files in any version of vista ! I will guarantee you that will mess your system files up very badly. most of your programs will be gone and this also will effect system restore makng it useless.

Comment from Bob Danks
Time: June 27, 2008, 8:53 pm

I have had a similar problem since two days after buying my current computer.(per user/archived Windows Error reporting).As my hard drive is 450+GB it has not been a great worry and I have been waiting for a solution before attempting a “Disc Cleanup”.I am currently being advised that I can”regain” 220 GB…..YES 220GB
when my “Used Space” is only 52.6 GB!!! Have Microsoft actually discovered the impossible or is this widely known bug still without a solution?? Is this why Gates has given up the controls? Can anyone tell me what is being done???

Regards Bob Danks
Tropical Corfe Mullen Dorset.UK.

Comment from Bob Danks
Time: June 27, 2008, 8:53 pm

I have had a similar problem since two days after buying my current computer.(per user/archived Windows Error reporting).As my hard drive is 450+GB it has not been a great worry and I have been waiting for a solution before attempting a “Disc Cleanup”.I am currently being advised that I can”regain” 220 GB…..YES 220GB
when my “Used Space” is only 52.6 GB!!! Have Microsoft actually discovered the impossible or is this widely known bug still without a solution?? Is this why Gates has given up the controls? Can anyone tell me what is being done???

Regards Bob Danks
Tropical Corfe Mullen Dorset.UK.

Comment from Andre
Time: July 18, 2008, 12:17 am

I dunno what any of you guys are talking about I ticked all of those boxes before reading the comments. And It did just what it said. I should also note that I havent upgraded to Vista SP1 or installed any bullshit kb packages.

I lost mamybe 880mb of unneeded stuff. Worked for me. If I read those comments I woulda been scared shitless

Comment from Rachael
Time: July 30, 2008, 3:54 pm

I have been trying to clear up some much needed disk space (i only have just over 1.5 GB free of a 16 GB hard drive)… unfortunatly most of the used space (11GB) is in the System32 forder and the winsxs filder.

i have run a dik clean up that said i had 0.99GB that i could free up from the system queued error reporting. i cleared it up and i have had no problems…. except that i didnt acctualy seem to clear up the space it would clear up.

Disk clean up told me it could free up 1.1 GB however it only gave me 0.25GB extra space.

i have no idea what is going on with this as disk clean up never seems to free up as much space as it tells me it is going to clean up.

any one have any idea what is going on?

Comment from Rachael
Time: July 30, 2008, 3:57 pm

i also meant to say that i understand that i only have a small amount of diskspace anyway (especialy compaired to some of you guys) but i am a student using a laptop running Vista. it is my C drive that i need to clear up but i have finaly run out of stuff that i can delete and i still have no space. i am still trawling the internet for more options.

i have another 7GB free space on an adjacent drive that i can not combine at all even though i should be able to add this free space into my C drive for some reason it wont let me.

but that is another problem to the disk clean up one.

thanks again
Rachael