Here are some ways to free up hard drive space to allow for faster pc speed and processes to run more efficiently and smoother.
- Erase Windows Update Uninstall Files
- this process is helpful if an update causes a problem or fails. Then you can uninstall an update, uninstall files from several months or years ago are just taking up space on the hard drive that can be used for other programs or files. These files can be removed from the 'Windows Disk Cleanup Tool' Open Disk Cleanup, click Clean up System files, check Windows Update Cleanup and click 'OK'
- Remove Recovery Partition
- Generally windows computers come with recovery partitions that allow the computer to be reset to factory settings. The recovery partition also allows for the reinstall of Windows. These partitions take up several gigabytes of hard drive space. If you would like to remove this partition I suggest you put the partition on a flash drive that way it can be used if needed at a later time.
- Disable Hibernation File
- Whenever the computer goes into hibernation Windows saves contents of your RAM in the hibernation file and shuts down. When the computer boots up again it reads the contents of the file into memory and restores the computer. On a laptop I would not disable hibernation. When hibernation is disabled Windows deletes the file, the file can not be moved off the system drive.
- Shrink Paging File
- The page file is a file used by Windows when available RAM fills up. Windows then page out data to disk to ensure that there is always available memory for applications. The paging file can be moved to another drive
- Configure System Restore
- Disabling this file will make it so that you can unable to use system restore in an event that your computer needs to be restored. You'd would then have to perform a Windows reinstall and fix the problems manually.
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