One can free disk space on the computer by following ways:
(a) There should be at least 200-500 MB of free hard drive space on your system. Non-availability of free space slows the functioning of the computer. To check the amount of disk space available, Open the Windows Explorer Application and click on My Computer. This will show the different hard disk partitions such as C, and D.
To check the amount of disk space available on the C drive, highlight the C drive and right click to get a pop-up menu as shown below:
Select the Properties option from this pop-up Menu. Choose ‘General’ Tab of this application. The screenshot in shows the available Free Space on the C Disk, shown by the purple pinkish coloured area in the Pie chart (here 1.91 GB)
Run a Disk Clean Up Application
To get some more disk space, run the Disk Cleanup Application. On the General tab , click on the Disk Cleanup button, to start disk cleanup.
Once the Disk Cleanup is complete, the Disk Cleanup dialog box opens . Click on Clean up system files button. This will delete any unnecessary system-related files from the local disk.
Delete Unused Files and Programs
Periodically delete files and programs you do not need. This will increase the free space on your disk, increasing the performance of your computer. Images and videos take up a lot of space. These can be moved to an external drive. This will free some space on the disk drive.
Empty Your Recycle Bin
This can be done by right-clicking on the Recycle Bin icon (usually on the desktop), and then selecting Empty Recycle Bin.
Remove Temporary files
It is important to periodically remove the temporary files and the Internet browsing history. This too will increase the free space on your disk.
To do this you would need to first open the network and sharing dialog box. Click Start button> Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center. Alternatively click, Start button> Control panel > All Control Panel Items> Network and Sharing Center.
On the bottom left corner of this screen, click on the link Internet Options. This opens the Internet Properties dialog box .
Select the General tab. Under Browsing History, check the Delete browsing history on exit checkbox, and then click the Delete…button. This deletes the browsing history. Click the OK button to exit.
