Thursday, August 16, 2007

Freeing up more disk space

Disk Clean Up
Right Click the drive -> Properties -> Click on the Disk Clean Up -> Press OK



Obsolete Restore Files
Right Click the drive -> Properties -> Click on the Disk Clean Up -> More Options Tab -> System Restore Frame -> Click Clean Up -> OK

Disable Hibernation
If you do not use hibernate feature, disable it.
Control Panel -> Power Options -> Hibernate Tab -> Uncheck Enable Hibernation -> OK




Removing .tmp , .log
.tmp and .log are temporary or log files that simply clog up valuable disk space on your system, Its safe to delete them.

Clean the TEMP directories
X:\Windows\TEMP
X:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\TEMP

Remove unused User Accounts
Delete any users that no longer exists

Change the pagefiling quota on the disk
Control Panel -> Click System -> Advanced Tab -> Performance Frame -> Click Settings -> Advanced Tab -> Virtual Memory Frame -> Click Change Button -> ...



Remove DMP file
Sometimes a RAM image may be saved to your X:\Windows\ folder after a crash. You can remove that files. Normally X:\Windows\memory.dmp

Empty the Trash Bin
Right Click the Recycle Bin and Click empty Recycle Bin.

Related :

Run the Disk Defragmenter to increase performance.
Pressing PrintScreen takes the screen shot of the entire screen.
Pressing Alt+PrintScreen takes the screen shot of the active window only.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

HDDs are often treated like wardrobes:D into which we dump everything possible in the worst order, the difference being we have the choice to put it in order if we wish to. Unfortunately fragmentation cant be 100% prevented on the drives, it can only be kept under check. Just like an illness that if cured at an early stage will not cause much damage.