i only have 40Gig hard drive capacity where i make 30:10 partition. driveC has 30 where i already utilized 85% of the spaced. although i always do disk clean-up, i still think that i do not get the enough clean-up. specially when i see scan files over 260000. are there any other way to reduce the system files. can we delete some files direct from the windows folder.
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Do not touch your Windows folder. I know it takes up a lot of space but you don’t know what you could break. It would be like you removing parts from your engine to make your car lighter. It’s dangerous and you could lose your valuable data.
Instead, buy a cheap USB hard drive from Newegg.com. You can get a 1 terabyte (that’s 1000 gigabyte) USB hard drive for $120. You can copy all your files there and always have plenty of space! 🙂
try going to the internet option and deleting cookies and internet history located in the control panel.
dont just go around deleting stuff you will regret it
just buy an external drive for extra space/storage
i bougt a 1 terabyte external drive for $120 that i will probly never fill up
Leave the Windows folder alone, or you may disable your OS.
dave’s spot on: don’t mess with the ‘Windows’ folder. Other locations can be cleaned up without too many problems.
try this:
Duplicate Cleaner
is an easy-to-use program that helps you to find and remove duplicate files on your computer. You can search multiple folder structures at once, and set criteria that identify the duplicates. You can choose to search for exact matches using CRC comparison or use the file name, size and date as criteria. The program offers extended support for music files, allowing you to use the ID tag information (artist, title, album) to identify duplicate tracks. The results are grouped in a list and a selection assistant enables you to quickly select files based on age, audio quality, location and other aspects.
Freeware.
http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/system/fwfilemanagement.html
For some immediate ‘c’ disk space gain, delete all but the most recent Java version & update from ‘Add or Remove Programs’ (see ‘Control Panel’> Add or Remove…)
One disk performance item is to ‘compress contents’ and ‘allow index service’. These help optimize file recovery speed & save disk space.
Start> my computer> right click ‘c’ drive> properties> general tab: here check both boxes & ‘OK’.
Don’t freak out: it may say hours (or days) to run, but this drops dramatically as the process advances. Just walk away and let ‘er run for the duration: it will self close when done.
Depending on the files & sizes, it may take several hours to do (maybe do it at night before bed?).
When done, run ‘CCleaner’ (http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/)
& defrag the drive.