Win7 system C disk space removal method

Many users who use WIN8 and Win8.1 are not hard to find, the original 20G size of the system disk, with the increase in the use of time, C disk space has been reduced, that part of the reduced space to where?

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

Registry: User data and program data are constantly written to the registry, so the registry becomes larger.

Patch installation: WindowsUpdate When Automatic Updates are turned on, new patches are released almost every month. Installation patches require additional space (patches to replace some files, to back up the original files).

System Restore: System Restore automatically creates restore points that require hard disk space.

Application Store Caching: The application store will have residual cache file deposition when downloading applications and will occupy some space.

Other files, such as hibernation temp files and system-driven backups, are also larger.

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

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 files consisting of a single file: 32-bit or 64-bit software installation directory ProgramFiles, 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, ProgramFiles or ProgramFiles (x86) thin body: Used to store the application of the installation file directory, occupy a certain volume, you can uninstall some larger programs.

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

5. Windows system home directory: Each month's system windowsupdate the various temporary files that are upgraded for backup, including the temporary cache 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 the Powercfg/hon or powercfg/hoff Administrator: Command prompt to turn hibernation on or off.

The above program also applies to Win7 platform