As we enter a higher-technological generation, hard disks and storages are getting bigger and bigger as well. But the problem does not seem to be in the spaces themselves because no matter how big a drive is, it tends to be full and it tends to run slower than the usual. If you are the type of person who yearns to keep a drive cool and smooth, then this article will be exceptional for you because these tricks can help you free up space from your Hard Disk.
Probably one of the things that most people would do is to run the disk cleanup in order for their devices to run smoother. Disk Cleanup is a built-in tool in Windows that delete temporary files and other unimportant data.
In order to access this, you can right-click on the drive you want to cleanup or you can access it from the start menu. From the disk cleanup prompt, you can then see the available memory you can free up if you decide to have your disk cleaned up; you can select the type of files you can clean up.
Analyze Disk Space
There are programs that can track memory usage and can tell what programs or applications eat up most of the space n your drives. These applications scan your drives to check what files, even folders are taking up the most space.
In a previous article, we relayed to you essential programs and applications for your PC and one of it is WinDirStat, right? If you can remember, WinDirStat is an application that can track storage and can check processes for you. Use WinDirStat to know what files are taking up the most space. After that, ensure that the files are not important program files so you won’t have a problem with your PC – delete the files after that. The program is really essential especially if you know how to use it.
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