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What is the best way to clean up a small ssd c drive? Have already ran disc cleanup

Anonymous
2011-05-23T02:25:23+00:00

are there any files that i can delete to keep from reinstalling 7 ? I have redirected user files to another drive but c is picking up files from somewhere.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-05-23T02:58:25+00:00

    Free Up Space - Increase Hard Drive Space 

    The following procedure cleans up files associated with your user account. You can also use Disk Cleanup to clean up all the files on your computer.

    1. Click the Start button, in the search box, type Disk Cleanup, then click Disk Cleanup.
    2. In the Drives list, click the hard disk drive that you want to clean up, and then click OK.
    3. On the Disk Cleanup tab, select the file types you want to delete.

    Note: To Remove all System Restore Points Except the Most Recent - Click "Clean up System Files" and you will get another tab called More Options. Now click More Options, then click "Clean up" under "System Restore and Shadow Copies" then confirm the deletion.

    1. Click OK on the bottom of the Disk Cleanup window and in the message that appears, click Delete files.

    Reduce the amount of space allocated for System Restore. 

    1. Start-->Control Panel-->System and Security-->System
    2. Next click on the 'System protection' link located in the upper left.
    3. In the 'System Properties? window click on the 'System Protection' tab.
    4. Locate the 'Protection Settings' box and select/click on the drive letter (usually C:)
    5. Now click on the 'Configure' button to change the 'Disk Space Usage' Restore Settings.
    6. Move the slider to reduce the amount of disk space System Protection can use (min. 2GB).
    7. Click the 'Apply' and then the 'OK' button after you have adjusted the disk space.

    Uninstall Programs You Don’t Need

    1. Click Start, then click Control Panel
    2. Click Add/Remove Programs and uninstall programs you don’t want

    Reduce Pagefile Size

    1. Open control panel and choose system and security.
    2. Click on system
    3. Click on Advanced  system settings.
    4. Click on advanced tab.
    5. In the performance section click on settings.
    6. Click on Advanced  and choose  Change in the Virtual Memory section.
    7. Uncheck Automatically Manage Pagefile size
    8. Select Custom and enter new size (don't go under 512MB) in both boxes and press Set.
    9. Click OK and restart your computer

    Turn of the Hibernation setting

    If you don't use hibernation you can turn it off and free up disk space:

    1. Start --> All Programs --> Accessories
    2. Right click CMD.exe and click "run as admin"
    3. type: powercfg -H off
    4. Press Enter
    5. Exit and restart your computer
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  1. Anonymous
    2013-03-04T13:11:53+00:00

    You can also take a look at this article:

    **7 Ways to Free Up Disk Space on an SSD in Windows 7**

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