Regaining computer hard disk drive space
Prevent your computer from crashing by regular maintenance. One thing you can do to clear disk space is to run the disk cleanup option .
Just follow these easy steps!
Open My Computer.
Right-click on the hard disk drive that you want to recover disk space. Let’s use the C: drive as an example, since it’s the most “abused” drive anyway.
Next, click properties. You will the General tab/ Just click the button that says Disk Cleanup. It is next to the pie chart. Windows will now scan the computer for all files available to clean up.
Last, when already in the Disk Cleanup window, check all of the boxes that are taking disk space EXCEPT “compress old files“.
Click Ok and then Yes if you wish to proceed.
One thing to remember when performing a disk cleanup, there is an option to compress old files in your hard drive. It is strongly recommended that you don’t. Besides, Windows 2000 and Windows XP keep the files that are necessary to uninstall the updates (which could accumulate up to 1 gig of wasted disk space) that have been installed on your computer.
There comes a time when you simply have tons of files and programs that are getting onto your nerves and even with uninstalls of unused ones still fails to speed up your perfectly good PC, then the only option would be to do a clean re-install of your OS and all the programs you may be using. It may be a good time to do a total PC cleaning, taking out hidden dust bunnies and others from the innards of the PC, with a healthy memory upgrade to match. You could also consider upgrading your