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Regaining Computer Hard Disk Drive Space.
MS-DOS and Windows
3.x users
Users can regain computer
hard disk drive space by performing any or all of the below steps.
- From the
MS-DOS prompt, type "del *.tmp /s" and "del *.chk /s". This command will
delete any temporary files or scandisk error files on the hard disk drive.
- Delete any
software programs or games you are no longer using from
MS-DOS or from Windows.
Microsoft
Windows 95,
Windows 98,
Windows ME,
Windows 2000, and
Windows XP users
Users can regain computer hard disk space by performing
any or all of the below steps.
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Click Start, Search or Find, in the text field for a
file type *.tmp and make sure the computer is looking in the C: drive or the
drive that contains your Operating System. Delete each of the temporary files
that are found.
- Perform the
same steps as number one except search for *.chk and delete any of the files
that are found.
- Uninstall
software programs.
Additional tip for Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows
2000, and Windows XP users:
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These versions of Microsoft Windows
include a "Disk Cleanup" feature that can help you clean up any unnecessary
files; below are the steps to perform this operation. |
- Open My
Computer
- Right click
on the hard disk drive that you wish to regain hard disk drive space. For
example, right click on the C: drive.
- Click
Properties.
- Within the
General tab, click the "Disk Cleanup" button located next to the pie chart.
- Within the
Disk Cleanup window you will be able to perform various steps to help gain
additional hard disk drive space as well as information to how much you will
gain by performing each of the steps.
When performing the above steps, my only recommendation
would be to be familiar with the implications of compressing your hard disk
drive. If at all possible, I recommend users do not compress their
hard disk drive and/or compress their old files.
Additional suggestion for Windows 2000 and Windows XP
users:
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Window 2000 and Windows XP keeps all the
necessary files needed to uninstall any of the updates ever installed on your
computer. Often this is several dozen updates that can take up several hundred
and sometimes over 1 gig of space on your hard disk drive. |
Final tip for Windows XP users:
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Windows XP users can also decrease the
default space utilized by
Windows System Restore and often gain several additional gigabytes of hard
disk drive space. See the below steps in customizing this feature.
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- Click
Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and open "System Restore".
- Within the
System Restore window, click "System Restore Settings".
Within the "System Restore"
tab you can either check the "Turn off System Restore on all drives" to
completely disable this feature, or click the Settings button and decrease the
space usage, which I would recommend.Did this Article Give you the
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