How Do You Regain Some Hard Drive Space?
• Uninstall unused programs. • Go to START -> Settings -> Control Panel. Select Add/Remove Programs. • Here, you can select from a list of installed programs, sortable by size and previous date used. Remove any programs that you have not run for a long period of time. Make sure you know which files are which, because some files that have not been run for a long time are the actual files your OS needs to run. • Remove unused Windows Components. • Go to START -> Settings -> Control Panel. Select Add/Remove Programs. On the left, click the Add/Remove Windows Components button. • A new window should appear. Uncheck any components that you do not use. For example, if you do not use Outlook to check your e-mail, then uncheck the appropriate box. • Run Disk Cleanup. • Go to START -> Run. Enter cleanmgr into the text box and hit enter to load Disk Cleanup. • Select your hard drive [default C:]. Select any of the options that are available, and click OK to delete these files safely [with the ex
