Empty Your Recycle Bin- Just check if their anything important in your trash and empty your recycle bin. Do not let it filled with unnecessary stuff.
Clean out temporary files- Go to My Computer, right click on the local disk (c:) and select properties. There is a box that says Disk Cleanup. Click it and select all the check boxes and click OK. That would restore some more space
Compress the drive to save space. Again, go to My Computer, right click on the local disk and select properties. Check the box that says compress drive to save space.
Do not go for hibernation- If you are one of those users who switches on a computer and never uses hibernation, this is for you. Go to Control Panel, select classic view, click on power options. Then click the tab that is titled hibernation and uncheck the box. This will save some more valuable hard drive space.
Reduce the size of system restore - Go to Control Panel, click system, click the system restore tab and reduce the size allocated to system restore. I generally decrease it right down to 200MB but this is optional. Reduce it to a size you feel is suitable.
Less Short-cut Icons On Desktops- Try to keep less icons or short-cuts on desktops window. those which are unused or rarely used should be cleaned up by using desktop clean-up wizard.
Virtual memory- This is hard drive space used as extra RAM. This is how you do it. Control panel > system > advanced > then select the option where it mentions virtual memory. You can either manage this amount yourself, you can let the computer decide how much it needs, or if you have more than 1GB of RAM (depending on what you use your computer for), you can select no paging file. I never use a paging file because i feel i have enough RAM. This is entirely a personal choice. Click apply once you have selected your option and restart your computer.
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