Restoring problem, Out of Free space

OK, here is my problem.
I am trying to restore from a backup and I get the following message:
iTunes could not restore the iPhone "iPhone" because the backup could not be saved on the computer.
Additionally my computer will say Low Disk Space:
You are running on very low disk space on C:......
The problem is when this first appeared I removed about 5GB worth of programs on my C drive and when I tried to restore the same problem again.
I think that maybe when you try to restore it starts to put the information on your computer before transferring to IPhone. If that is correct, how can I delete those restores that didn't go through? (I.e. I had over 5GB of space at the start of the restore process and now I have zero space.) I think part of the problem is I have tried to restore like 6 times thus, taking up more and more space.
Thanks in advance for the help, I am so frustrated right now. I tried looking up the answer myself online but had no luck.
Tim

AppleRunner1,
Right Click Start> Click Explore> Find your iTunes folder, this should contain a folder labeled previous iPhone Back-ups, erase what you need to. But be careful if you erase the wrong one you could lose alot of your most recent data i.e. contacts apps and music.
Hope this helps,
Ryan

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