How the win8/8.1 system frees up C disk space

Due to the special environment of Windows system, the generally reduced space is mainly concentrated in the following:

1, the registry: User data and program data are constantly written to the registry, so the registry will become larger.

2, Patch installation: Windows Update Automatic Update open, almost every month there will be a new patch release. Installation patches require additional space (patches to replace some files, to back up the original files).

3, System Restore: System Restore will automatically create a restore point, requires hard disk space.

4, Application Store cache: Application store in the download application will have residual cache file deposition, will occupy some space.

5, other such as dormant temporary files and system-driven backup is also a larger file.

Since you know the real killer of the system disk, how to lose weight to the bloated system disk?

win8/8.1 system free C disk space method:

1, the first analysis of their own system disk large file directory and number, you can use disk space analysis tools or system slimming tool analysis, what large files or programs.

From the above, you can see that the system disk is mainly composed of several display/half hidden system folders, plus a few system single files: 32-bit or 64-bit software installation directory program files, recording application registration write configuration file directory Programdata, The Windows system home directory, user personal data users, and other restore point file directories Recovery and the system SYS files generated by sleep hibernation.

2, analysis of the disk situation of the system disk, the large files or files occupy the situation also know, and then start the system disk slimming operation. For example, the system Slimming tool, safely remove the system files that can be cleaned.

3, Program files or programs files (x86) Slimming: Used to store the application of the installation file directory, occupy a certain volume, you can uninstall some of the larger procedures.

4, Programdata slimming: Not recommended, store most of the application software and program configuration information

5. Windows System Home directory: A variety of temporary files that store the monthly system Windows Update update backup, including the temporary cache that is generated by the application store application download. Support for manual removal or third party tool deletion.

Specific path in the following: C:windowssoftwaredistributiondownload

6, users personal data users: The inside of the software temporary files or users of the day-to-day operation of the production of a variety of temporary files, the volume is not very large, but a long time, can add up. Because temporary files are part of a system-hidden file, they can be resolved using a Third-party security Cleanup tool.

7, other restore point file directory recovery: Store manually created or system automatically generated restore points, recommended to adjust the upper limit, it is not recommended to turn off the feature.

The operation is as follows: Right click on My Computer, select Properties, go to the System Information summary page.

Then select System Protection, the system is turned off by default, it is recommended to manually open (enable) and configure disk space usage.

8. The system SYS file of sleep dormancy generation

Since windows8/8.1 introduced a quick start feature that speeds up the boot up speed, if the Hibernate feature is turned on, a system hibernate file Pagefile.sys and Hlberfil.sys files will be generated on the system disk with large physical memory.

You can use powercfg/h on or powercfg/h off administrator: Command prompt to turn hibernation on or off.