My startup disk is full popped up

[Chomu2]

Hello,
I have a macbook pro and my system gives an error message that “startup disk was almost full ". After looking at this message i deleted couple of documents, but after this my machine gets blocked. I want to know that, what the cause of this problem is. Is my disk really full or it is just prompting me the message? Can anyone help me out, in solving this problem? I have never faced this kind of problem before, so i have no idea related with this issue. i require you support for this . Please help me out.

[mesterio]

I think i have a solution for this problem. I will recommend you to make the use of following -
--Use Safe Mode which might allow to you to boot and make some of your space free.
Or
--Transfer data to the other Mac by using FireWire Target Disk Mode and after doing that you can now delete it on your MBA machine.
Hope it helps to you. If you require more help then reply back.

[Deep123]

I think you need to run the Repair Disk option. For doing that, you need to follow the steps given below.

1. You need to boot from the install disc.
2. Then you need to select the language.
3. Now click on continue.
4. Select the Utilities Menu in the menu bar.
5. Then need to open the Disk Utility
6. Now select the hard drive from the panel.
7. At the bottom you will be having the option to Repair Disk

Try this out and see what happens. I feel that doing this will help you out.

[Ernesto4]

I think that you need to go for the Repair Disk option. Try doing that and if the problem is not getting solved by doing that, then there is definitely problem with your hard drive. So you will require checking your hard drive. I will advise you to reinstall the operating system before changing the hard drive. If the problem is not getting solved by doing this, then you need to change your drive. I feel that i have provided you the necessary help on this issue. Hope it helps to you.