27 Tips to help you release the C-disk space perfectly

1. Open My Computer-tools-Folder Options-View-check before the "Show All Files and folders" option-"OK"





2. Delete the contents of the following folder:





x:/documents settings/All files under the username/cookies/(keep the index file)





x:/documents settings/user name/local all files under settings/temp/(user temp file)





x:/documents settings/All files (paging file) files/under the username/localsettings/temparyinternet





x:/documents settings/user name/local all files under settings/histy/(historical records)





x:/documents settings/All files under the username/recent/(shortcuts to recently browsed files)




All files (temporary files) under
x:/windows/temp/





X:/windows/servicepackfiles (after upgrading SP1 or SP2 backup files)




Compressed files under
x:/windows/driver cache/i386 (backup files for drivers)




All the files under
x:/windows/softwaredistribution/download





3. If the system has been windoes Updade upgraded, the following files are deleted:





x:/windows/to $u ... A hidden file that starts with a





4. Then defragment the disk, the finishing process, please quit all the running programs





5. Open start after defragmentation-"programs"-"Attachments"-"System Tools"-"System Restore"-"Create a restore point" (preferably with the date as the name of the restore point)





6. Open My Computer-right Key system disk-Properties-Disk Cleanup-Other options-click "Cleanup" in the System Restore column-select "Yes"-ok





7, after a variety of hardware and software installed properly, in fact, XP needs to update the file when there is little. Delete system backup file: Start → run →sfc.exe/purgecache near 3xxM. (The function of this command is to immediately clear the ' Windows File Protection ' file cache, releasing the space it occupies)





8, delete/windows/system32/dllcache dll file (minus 200--300MB), this is a backup DLL file, as long as you have copied the installation files, you can do so.





9, XP will automatically back up the hardware driver, but after the hardware driver installed correctly, the general change of hardware is not likely, so you can also consider this backup deleted, the file is located in the/windows/driver cache/i386 directory,　　 The name is Driver.cab, you can delete it directly, usually this file is 74M.





10, delete the use of input method: For many netizens, the Windows XPT system with the input method is not all suitable for their use, such as imjp8_1 Japanese Input method, Imkr6_1 input method of Korean input, if not, we can delete it. The input method is located in the/windows/ime/folder and takes up 88M of space.





11, upgrade completed found windows/many similar $ntuninstallq311889$ these directories, kill it, 1X-3XM





12, in addition, keep the/windows/help directory of Things for me is a kind of injury, hehe ... Kill them all!





13, turn off System Restore: The System Restore function to use a long time, will occupy a lot of hard disk space. It is therefore necessary to manually set it to reduce the amount of hard disk usage. Open the System Properties dialog box, select the System Restore option, and select the Turn off System Restore on all drives check box to turn off System Restore. You can also restore only the disk or partition on which the system is located.　　 Select the partition on which the system is located, click the ' Configure ' button, cancel the ' Turn off System Restore ' option in the pop-up dialog box, and set the amount of disk space used for System Restore.





14, Hibernate function will occupy a lot of hard disk space, if you use less, you might want to close, close the method Yes: Open ' Control Panel ', double-click ' Power Options ', select the ' Hibernate ' tab in the pop-up ' Power Options Properties ' dialog box, and cancel the ' Enable hibernation ' check box.





15, uninstall the less common components: XP by default to the operating system installed a number of system components, and these components are a large part of it is not possible for you to use, you can in the ' Add/Remove Windows components ' to uninstall them. But some of these components XP is hidden by default and cannot be found in ' Add/Remove Windows Components ', so you can do this by opening the/windows/inf/sysoc.inf file with Notepad and replacing the ' hide ' character in the file with the Find/Replace feature. In this way, all the components of the hidden attributes are removed, save and then run the ' Add-Remove program ', you will see more than the original you can not see the options, which you can not use the components deleted (remember to save when saving as　　 Sysoc.inf, rather than the default sysoc.txt, such as Internat Messenger Service, fax service, Windows Messenger, code table, and so on, can make up approximately 50MB of space.





16, purge system temporary files: The system's temporary files are generally stored in two locations: a temp folder under a Windows installation directory, and the other is X:/documents Settings ' username '/local settings/temp folder (Y : is the partition where the system is located.　　 The files in both locations can be deleted directly.





17, clear the Internet temporary files: regularly deleted when the internet generated a large number of temporary Internet files, will save a lot of hard disk space. Open IE Explorer, choose ' Internet Options ' from the ' Tools ' menu, in the pop-up dialog box, select the ' General ' tab, click the ' Delete file ' button in the ' Internet temp file ' bar, and in the ' Delete file ' dialog box, select the ' Remove all offline content ' checkbox. Click the ' OK ' button.


18, clear pre-read files: Windows XP read-only settings can improve the speed of the system, but after a period of time, the number of files in the Prefetch folder will become very large, resulting in the system search time to spend longer. And some applications produce dead link files, which adds to the burden of system search. Therefore, you should delete these pre read files periodically.　　 The files are expected to be stored in the Prefetch folder in the Windows XP system folder, and all files under that folder can be deleted.





19, compressing NTFS drives, files, or folders: If your hard drive is using an NTFS file system, you can also consider enabling NTFS compression. Right-click the drive you want to compress-' properties '-' general '-' compress the disk to conserve disk space ', and clicking ' OK ' to select the desired option in ' Confirm Attribute changes '. This will save about 20% of your hard disk space.　　 In the compression of C disk, it is best to compress in safe mode, this effect is better.





20, close Chinese doctor Dr.Watson: To turn off Dr.Watson can open Registry Editor and find ' hkey_local_machine/software/microsoft/windowsnt/currentversion/ AeDebug ' Branch, double-click its auto key value name, change its ' value data ' to 0, and finally press F5 Refresh to make the settings effective, so that it will cancel its operation. Also enter ' drwtsn32 ' command in ' Start '-> ' run ', or ' Start '-> ' program '-> ' attachment '-> ' System Tools '-> ' System Information '-> ' tool '-> ' Dr Watson ', call Dr. Watson in the system. Watson, leave only the ' dump all thread context ' option, otherwise the hard drive will read for a long time and occupy a lot of space once the program goes wrong.　　 If this is the case, look for the User.dmp file, which saves dozens of MB of space after deletion.





21, close Remote Desktop: ' My Computer '-> ' properties '-> ' remote ', ' Remote Desktop ' in ' Allow users to connect remotely to this computer ' check out.





22, cancel XP to zip support: Windows XP opens the zip file support by default, which takes up a certain amount of system resources, optionally ' Start → run ' and type ' regsvr32/u zipfldr.dll ' in the ' Run ' dialog box.　　 Return confirmation to remove XP support for ZIP decompression, thereby saving system resources.





23, turn off error Reporting: When an application goes wrong, the window that sends the error report pops up, and in fact such error reporting makes little sense to the average user, and it's a wise choice to turn it off. Select the ' Advanced ' tab in the ' System Properties ' dialog box, click the ' Error Report ' button, and in the ' Error Reporting ' dialog box, select the ' Disable Error reporting ' option, and then click ' OK '. In addition, we can also turn off error reporting from Group Policy: type ' gpedit.msc ' from ' Run ', run ' Group Policy Editor ', expand ' Computer Configuration → admin templates → system → error reporting ', double-click ' report error ' in the right setting bar, and select ' In the ' Properties ' dialog box that pops up.　　 The ' Radio box ' is disabled to disable ' report Errors '.





24, turn off the unused equipment: Windows XP is always as far as possible to install drivers for all of the computer's devices and manage, which will not only slow down the system startup speed, but also caused a large amount of system resources occupied. In this case, you can in the Device Manager, deactivate devices that are not commonly used, such as PCMCIA cards, modems, infrared devices, printer ports (LPT1) or serial ports (COM1), by double-clicking the device you want to deactivate, and selecting ' Do not use this device ' on the General tab in its Properties dialog box ( Inactive) '.　　 The restart settings will take effect and enable them from Device Manager when you need to use these devices.





25, regular cleaning System Restore point: Open Disk Cleanup, select other options-> clean up the System restore point, click Clean.





26, uninstall the unwanted program, this will not need me to say more





27, other optimizations:





A the application software on the other hard drive (do not install under the system disk, which is also good for reloading the system);





b Moves the ' My Documents ' folder to another partition: On the desktop's ' My Documents ' icon, right-click, select ' Properties '-> ' move ';





c Transfers IE temporary folders to other partitions: open IE browser, select ' Tools '-> ' Internet Options '-> ' General '-> ' Settings '-> ' Move folder ';





d transfers virtual memory to other hard drives;





e pagefile.sys files all point to a place: Control Panel → system → performance-advanced → virtual memory → change, note the main points ' settings ' will take effect;





F on the desktop's ' My Computer ' icon is the right mouse click, select ' Properties '-> ' Advanced-performance Settings '-> ' advanced-virtual memory ', tuned to 330-720. and regularly cleaned up.