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How to clean a disk with no programs. Disk C is full: what to do and how to clear? Removing unnecessary programs and games

Computers - devices of fine technical and program organization. One of the conditions for their functioning at 100% of the available potential is, of course, cleanliness and order both inside and out system block, and directly in sections hard drive. If you do not systematically clean, freeing your PC from dust, dirt and "digital garbage", sooner or later trouble will happen to it. It will start to "slow down" and "fail" or even fail - it will stop starting.

This article will help you clean C drive from unnecessary files manually and through special programs.

How to remove unnecessary files manually?

Empty your cart!

In Windows, everything is earlier remote folders and the files are stored in a special directory called "Trash". It performs the same functions as a trash can in a house or apartment - all rubbish is thrown into it. You can restore deleted data from this software reservoir at any time.

However, if only everything superfluous is stored in the "Basket", it must be cleared. Since the recycled "digital garbage" continues to occupy the space of the system partition. Why waste it? Still, it’s better to spend free megabytes (or even gigabytes!) On useful program or a game. Agree.

To empty the Trash, do the following:

1. Click right click on the shortcut "Recycle Bin" on the desktop.

2. In the contextual set of options, select "Empty Trash".

"Cleaning" in Windows directories

During the operation of the operating system, so-called temporary files accumulate in its folders. After a one-time Windows usage or some other program, they turn into "ballast".

To get rid of them:
1. Press the key combination - "Win" and "E".

2. Right-click on the "Disk C" icon.

3. In the system menu, click "Properties".

4. In the new window, on the "General" tab, click "Disk Cleanup".

5. Wait a moment. System Utility before deleting files from the disk, it is necessary to analyze the directories.

6. Check the boxes next to the items that you want to delete ("Magazine", "Thumbnails", etc.).

7. Click the "Clear ..." button.

At the end of the procedure, you can also remove the saved OS restore points and thereby further increase free space system partition. It is done like this:

1. In the same window, go to the "Advanced" tab.

2. In the "System Restore ..." block, click "Clear".

3. Confirm the deletion of backup points: in the prompt message, click "Delete".

Attention! After running the command Windows utility deletes all existing restore points except the last one.

What is being done in the Temp folder?

The Temp folder also acts as a repository for temporary files. Many programs and the operating system itself place their elements in it in the process of performing various operations (unpacking archives, updating, installing, etc.).

In Temp, be sure to regularly “visit” and clean out all its contents. It can store not only temporary files, but also viruses. A huge number of digital "strains" after successful attack on PC are located here.

To clear Temp:
1. Open a folder. It is located in the directory:

Drive C → Users → → AppData → Local

2. Press the combination "Ctrl + A" to select all files and folders.

3. Click the right mouse button. Select Delete.

Have you been on the Internet? Get out of the browser!

After visiting sites in the cache (special storage) and browser history, a fairly large amount of information, including confidential information, is stored. Naturally, it also reduces the precious free megabytes of the C drive.

Therefore, make it a rule to clear your browser after completing web surfing (working on the Internet). This procedure will not take much of your time - only 1-2 minutes, no more!

1. Almost in all popular browsers (Opera, Google Chrome, Firefox) cleaning is launched by a "hot" key combination - "Ctrl + Shift + Del". Click them at the same time while in a web browser window.

2. In the settings of the panel that opens, indicate that it is necessary to remove the data that has been saved for the entire period of using the browser. Also check the boxes next to the objects that need cleaning.

3. Click the Clear History button.

Get rid of unnecessary apps

Some users, especially beginners, experience "Plyushkin's disease" in the process of selecting and installing programs and games.

Everything that they come across on torrent trackers, software sites, and other Internet sources, as well as on disks and flash drives borrowed from friends and acquaintances, they install on a PC. And at the same time, they are guided by the same thought as the notorious literary hero: “I’ll take it, I’ll save it, someday it will come in handy.” As a result of this approach, computer clutter occurs almost exponentially.

To neutralize an unnecessary game, utility from Windows, follow this guide:

1. Click "Start" (first icon from the left at the bottom of the display).

2. In the pop-up panel, click "Control Panel".

3. In the "Programs" section, click "Uninstall ...".

4. Click once in the list with the left button on the program you want to get rid of.

5. Click at the top (above the list) the "Delete" option.

6. Follow the prompts of the opened uninstaller to neutralize the software from the computer disk.

Advice! Also, the uninstaller can be opened in another way: Start → All programs → the folder of the application to be deleted → the Uninstall file, or Uninstaller (or in Russian - Remove, Uninstall).

How to remove applications installed with the system?

Browser Internet Explorer, Notepad application, games (Klondike, Solitaire, etc.) and others integrated into Windows Applications uninstall as described above, as well as through special utilities it is forbidden. They can only be disabled - make sure that they are not displayed in the operating system.

1. Open: Start → Control Panel → Programs → Programs and Features.

2. In the window that opens, in the list on the left, click last paragraph- "Enabling and disabling components ...".

3. Uncheck the box next to the component you want to remove (for example, Games → Mahjong).

4. Click OK. Wait for the operation to complete.

Automatic deletion of unnecessary files

Cleaners

This category of software is designed to help you clean up your system partition in minutes. Using special algorithms, these utilities delicately remove all available "software obscenities" from the registry, OS directories, browsers and other applications.

Consider the most effective solutions.

Accurately detects and neutralizes temporary, unnecessary folders and files from the C drive (Temp folder, thumbnail cache, memory dumps, system log). Correctly cleans browser directories (cache, cookies, browsing history, saved passwords and logins) and other trusted applications (WinRAR, Nero, google bar and etc.). Puts things in order in the registry: checks its integrity, eliminates errors in the "branches".

One of the most powerful utilities for optimizing the OS and cleaning the C drive. system folders and fixes problems in the registry. Provides the user with the ability to comfortably manage startup, scheduled tasks and uninstall useless applications. It has special settings for selective cleaning.

The most convenient tool for global and selective cleaning of the system disk. Uses more than 90 algorithms for removing unnecessary objects. Qualitatively optimizes the registry, startup, General settings OS. Able to perform detailed monitoring of consumed system resources in real time. Very easy to manage.

To use nCleaner:
1. In the utility window, click the "Clean System" section.

2. To clean the directories of drive C in the "Clean system ..." block, click the "Clean Now" button.

To fix errors in the registry, click the same button, but in the "Registry clean ..." block.

3. When finished analyzing the selected objects, click "Remove".

What to do with unnecessary drivers?

Of course, delete. If a device is no longer on the PC, for example, a video card, hard drive, webcam, then, accordingly, its driver is not needed.

The best way to solve this problem is to use specialized utilities. For example, Driver Sweeper. This tiny program is indispensable when you need to find out which drivers are installed in the OS and remove unnecessary ones. She has additional useful features(registry cleaning, backup and etc.). Equipped with a multilingual interface.

Uninstallers

These maintenance utilities perform the uninstallation of programs and games in a semi-automatic mode. They find and run the uninstaller specified application and then, upon completion standard deletion, release the system partition from the remaining elements remote application.

Consider the most popular uninstaller utilities on the Web.

A worthy alternative to the system applet responsible for uninstalling software. Endowed with advanced features, carefully analyzes directories. Finds all remnants of programs in folders and registry. Equipped with an easy-to-use control panel.

Lightning-fast analysis of the disk and its cleaning from "digital garbage". Neutralizes objects from folders and the registry without disrupting the system and programs.

Solution from Chinese developers. Endowed with powerful algorithms for scanning system objects. It has the "Forced Scan" function.

How to delete undeletable files?

If you have not yet encountered a situation where an unnecessary file “does not want” to be deleted, then you will definitely encounter it in the future. This is because the object being deleted is in use by some application or driver.

Such problems are also resolved with the help of special utilities. Here are some of them:

Has a tiny size. Integrates into the OS context menu. Tells the user which specific process is blocking the application. Correctly removes files in directories. Activated with just a few mouse clicks.

Able to eliminate a large number of file locks related to user rights, access and protection. Instantly terminates all blocking processes and safely sends the selected item to the trash.

It is endowed with protection against inept use: it does not delete files without which the system cannot work and in which confidential user data is stored. Effectively removes locks and deletes files of almost all categories.

Beware memory eaters!

Windows by default reserves system partition memory for its special files. They can have a fairly solid volume - 4.7, 10 GB and more. But if there is no need for these files, or rather, for the functions that they support, of course, it makes sense to remove them. Who needs another 5-10 gigabytes of free space on drive C?

Pagefile.sys

The swap file is a kind of software reservoir for PC RAM. It temporarily stores data that is not able to accommodate RAM. But if you have a powerful computer with about 6-8 GB of RAM, then this file can be removed by disabling special option.

1. Go to: Panel → Control Panel → System and Security → System.

2. Click "Additional options ...". In the properties panel, click "Options" in the "Performance" block.

3. Go to the "Advanced" subsection.

4. In the "Virtual memory" block, click "Change".

5. Uncheck the option "Automatically select ...".

6. Click the "No paging file" radio button, click "OK".

Advice! To reduce the size of pagefile.sys., click "Specify size" and enter the file size in megabytes in the fields "Initial ..." and "Minimum ...".

hiberfil.sys

V given file data is saved when the PC enters a special "Sleep Mode" - hibernation. If you do not use this option, do the following:

1. Open Start. In the search bar, type - cmd.

2. Launch the application that appears in the panel with administrator rights.

3. Enter the directive - powercfg.exe / hibernate off

4. Press "Enter".

Also, hibernation can be disabled through the "Run" panel (launched by the combination "Win + R"). Type in its line - powercfg -h off and click "OK".

Happy cleaning Windows!

In our age - the age of huge hard drives volume of 1-1.5-2 terabytes, despite the huge disk space, some problems remain the same. The space on the system disk was running out as before, and now little has changed.

There are a huge number of specialized programs designed to help the user in this seemingly difficult task, but most of them are paid. In this article, we will consider methods for freeing up disk space manually and using free programs and utilities.

Next, I will tell you how urgently free up space on the system (and not only) disk as soon as possible, but first you need to familiarize yourself with the basic methods of cleaning the disk WITH:(What is the C: drive?).

Where does the free space on the C: drive go?

In addition to the fact that disk space is running out due to the efforts of the user himself, who actively uses his data storage, and the efforts various programs and the operating system itself.

In the first case, these are numerous films and music stored on the desktop (after all, we are talking about the system disk C:, and not about others, and by default, all the contents of the desktop are stored on the system drive). If you have multiple drives, whether physical or logical, then you can copy your entire desktop content to one of those drives, whichever has more space. If you only have a disk C:, unfortunately this is not available to you.

In the second case, these are temporary program files that create these same temporary files to store some data that is required during the program's operation until it is closed. In the process of closing the program, these same files should be deleted, but this is not always the case, and they tend to accumulate indefinitely. Temporary internet files if you use Internet browser Explorer, too, tend to be collected. Of course, to free up disk space, you can remove unused programs and games, but today we will consider how to do without victims, namely ...

How to free up space on the C: drive without deleting the programs available there?

To begin with, we will carry out a little preparation, which we will need to more successfully and efficiently get rid of temporary files. For the purity of the experiment, we will detect how much space was on the hard drive of the author of this article and will monitor these values after each stage of cleaning the disk.

1. Go to the folder My computer and select the menu there Tools>Folder Options.

2. Go to the tab View and in the window Extra options select Show hidden files and folders. This is what we need in order to clear temporary files from our profile. By default, these things are hidden from users, but this state of affairs will not suit us. Click OK to save the settings. For Windows users Vista/7 - to get to this window, you need to go to Start>Control Panel, select in the column View small icons and double click on the icon Folders settings.

3. Now click Start, we find the Run command there (in Windows Vista / 7 they are not displayed by default - see) and type (or copy from here) the% USERPROFILE% command and press the button OK. In the window that opens, go to the folder Local Settings > Temp(Windows Vista/7/8 owners - you need to go to AppData > Local > Temp).

4. Click Ctrl+A and after that the key combination Shift+Delete(delete files bypassing the trash) and click Yes.

All these files can be safely deleted, because. since they got into this folder, they cannot represent any value. However, during the removal process, the following situation will necessarily arise:

Here we answer Yes for everyone

And then this:

Here we press OK, and then we press the key ctrl and left-click on the file with the name indicated on the message to deselect it. After that again Shift+Delete and drive on until everything that can be removed is removed.

Why did such a situation arise? The fact is that we are deleting files from the current profile, so there are files that are used operating system and programs in this moment. Naturally, Windows will not let you delete them, so as not to cause a system crash. Everything else must be removed.

This is what the folder looks like Temp after global cleanup:

How much disk space has been freed up WITH:

This computer undergoes such cleaning regularly, so in your case the result may be much more noticeable. The author once thus freed 20(!) Gigabytes disk space and that's just by deleting the contents of the Temp folder. True, it was someone else's computer.

Let's move on to the next step. I go to the folder My computer, disk WITH:, folder Windows and there is a folder in it Temp. If the following message occurs during this long path:

Feel free to choose Show contents of this folder and move on.

Actually this folder Temp left as part of the operating system only for compatibility with older programs, so it will most likely be almost empty. But the chicken bites grain by grain, so we will clean everything that is possible, and the result will be good. We do everything with this folder exactly the same as with the previous one of the same name. Namely Ctrl+A and Shift+Delete.

In this case, about three megabytes were freed up, so it makes no sense to see how the disk space of the test disk has changed.

Clean up temporary internet files. This method works if you are using Internet Explorer. Although, in other browsers everything is deleted in much the same way. We go to Start>(Settings>)Control Panel and double click on the icon Internet Options.

We press the button Delete.

Check the boxes like this and click Delete. And than OK after the removal is complete. We look at how the indicators of free disk space have changed:

Internet Explorer is hardly used on this computer, so in your case the effect may be much more noticeable.

Now right click on cart and choose Empty trash. This is done just in case, you never know, something flew into the basket. You don't store in cart the most required files, truth? Just like don't store food in the bin.

Next, we will use the program DupKiller- this program will help us get rid of duplicates. The program is absolutely free. You can download it either from our website (Download DupKiller), or latest version from the DupKiller manufacturer's website. There is a suspicion that in the near future it will become a full-fledged paid commercial product, but so far this has not happened (the program is in the process of beta) - use it!

Moving virtual memory from the system drive C: to another drive

This method is suitable for those who have on their computer in addition to the system disk C: there are other logical drives, for example, D:, E: etc. Naturally, we are talking exclusively about hard drives, both physical and logical. Card readers, DVD drives, flash drives and other benefits of civilization, of course, will not work. And the space on these disks should be at least 5-6GB.

For this, in any Windows versions you need to go to the Control Panel and open the properties of the System. This is done as follows:

Let's go to Start and choose Control Panel(a small clarification for the happy owners of computers running under Windows control 8 - to enter the control panel you need to place the mouse cursor in the upper or lower right corner of the screen, select Settings and Control Panel).

In the window that opens, select small icons or Large icons(1), depending on your visual acuity and double-click on the icon System(2).

In the window that opens, click Additional system settings.

In the window that appears, press the button Parameters.

Choose a tab Additionally and press the button Change.

In the next window, you will need to do exactly the following things:

Uncheck an item Automatically select paging file size(1), select disk C:(2), put a radio button No swap file(3) be sure to press the button Ask(4). At the same time, Windows will surely swear at our actions and say that this is not good. But we are not afraid of difficulties and continue our mournful work and endure virtual memory to disk D:(or any other that you have - whichever place is bigger).

Basically, if you have 16 gigabytes random access memory or more, then you can skip the next item, press OK, agree with everything and restart the computer - this will also give a performance boost. If less than 8 GB, then it is better not to experiment and go to the next step.

Now we have to place the swap file on disk D: or any other of your choice. I have only C: and D: so let's look at this example. Allocate a disk D:(1), then choose System selectable size(2), press Ask(3) and button OK.

Now click everywhere OK and answer the question about restarting the computer Yes. If Windows for some reason does not ask you to restart your computer, you should still do this in order for the changes you have made to take effect.

Installing the DupKiller program

Select the installation language.

We accept the conditions License Agreement.

Nothing much can be changed here, so click Further.

Installation progress window.

Click Ready.

Now we need to go to Start>(All) Programs>DupKiller>DupKiller. Tip crashes on launch. If necessary, uncheck Show tips on startup. Click close.

This is what the main window of the program looks like. You just need to select a drive C:- I have no duplicates on it, so for greater clarity, I selected all the disks. There I definitely have duplicates, tk. especially important information I duplicate on different disks (I physically have 3 of them).

Menu files and folders - select All files.

Menu Exceptions. You can leave it as it is so that you understand how the program selects. After analyzing the selection results, it is possible to add exclusions and scan the disk again.

Menu Search settings- leave everything as it is.

Menu Other settings- leave everything as it is.

Menu Removal- you can leave everything as it is, you can choose Delete files immediately if you are not afraid to accidentally delete something important. For the first time, it is better to leave the option with basket.

We press the button Scan and waiting...

This is how much space is taken up by duplicates on all drives.

And now the routine begins - we put flags on files that we definitely do not need in the form of duplicates. Keep in mind that you only need to check the box for one copy of the duplicate, in otherwise there is a high probability that both the original file and its duplicate will be deleted. There is no doubt that in this case even more space will be freed up (smile), but we agreed to do without victims.

I want to draw your attention to another point that will make your life much easier - if you see duplicate folders in the dupkiller list, then this routine can be simplified - go through the explorer to the desired folder and delete it manually. It will be much faster than putting down thousands of checkboxes.

Warning for Windows Vista/7/8 users:

In the process of running the DupKiller program, you can see the following picture:

Remember - files located on such paths are not duplicates. These are the so-called symbolic links , i.e. the file is physically located on the disk alone, and the link to it can lead from different places. Remember this! For simplicity, you can focus on this - if a folder appears in one of the three paths ProgramData- this suggests that everything else is links.

Well, the last stage in our epic - disk defragmentation. The defragmentation program optimizes the location of files on the disk (after our actions there is something to work on, take our word for it) and compresses files that have not been used for a long time, which also frees up additional disk space.

To run it, you need to right-click on the disk WITH:, go to the tab Service and press the button Run a defrag.

In the window that opens, click - defragmentation and we go to smoke, eat, for bread, etc., since this process is quite long. It is recommended to carry out once every 3-6 months, depending on how actively the computer is used.

In principle, during the defragmentation, you can even try to do something, however, the computer will work very, very slowly.

An emergency way to clean (free up space) drive C:

As I promised at the beginning of the article, I present a method for the emergency release of disk space from the category "when it's completely screwed up".

You can buy a new one HDD(you can external) and dump some of the information on it, but there is not always time, opportunity, money for this, finally.

In this case comes to the rescue Disk compression. If you go into My computer, right click on the drive WITH:(and for anyone, except for a flash drive and a floppy drive) and choose Properties then you will see a checkbox Shrink disk to save space. After setting it and clicking on the OK button or Apply a window will appear:

Here you have to choose To C:\ and to all subfolders and files and press OK. The procedure will take from 10 minutes to half an hour and will free up a certain amount of disk space.

As reverse side medals in this case, you will notice that the speed of the computer has decreased. This happens because on compressed disk the operating system, when opening a file, must unpack it, after which it must perform certain actions. This very "unpacking" takes processor performance and machine time. So even if you had to squeeze system disk- try as soon as possible to find an opportunity to unclench it back in order to return the computer to its previous performance.

Owners of computers with Windows Vista/7/8.

The location of data in user profile folders on computers with Windows Vista/7/8 operating systems installed differs from those in Windows XP. Here we briefly review the main differences:

Folder Documents and Settings now called a folder Users;
- Folder local settings is now in the folder AppData and called Local- there you can find a thick folder Temp and clear.

I also recommend using a program called CCleaner. The program is good, the only thing it does not know how to do is to clean the profiles of other users on the computer. Those. all temporary files accumulated in folders active profile it will delete, and all the rest, either manually or under each, go in and run CCleaner.

Introduction to the utility

With the CCleaner program, you can not only clear the contents of the recycle bin, the cache of OS components and browsers, but also delete unnecessary files created by the system from the disk, for example previous version Windows left over from a system upgrade or reinstall. Also, the program can clean the disk from duplicates and large files no worse than the popular utilities Duplicate Killer, Duplicate File Finder, which is also important for getting more space. You can delete whatever you want, the main thing is to make a competent setting.

Choice of options

On the main screen of Seacleaner, you will see a list of features and applications that leave a cache in the Windows directory. This includes both browsers and completely different programs - archivers, photo and video viewers, etc. It is noteworthy that in context menu additional parameters are set for each component. For example, you can clear the cache of Opera, but leave the auto-completion of forms so as not to re-enter data on sites. Read the list carefully and check the boxes. Then move on to analysis.

cleaning

The program will analyze the components quite quickly, but if the service has not been carried out for several years, then the cleaning process may take long time. When clearing the contents, remember that in order to correctly complete the operation, it is better to first close all applications except for the Cleaner, and then reboot. If you want to free up even more space, run the program again after turning on the PC.

Removing programs and duplicates

Go to the Service tab. There are at least 3 here interesting features. Disk analysis will show which files are taking up precious space. It will greatly help to clean up the local drive D, which is usually clogged with movies, music and photos. You can also go through the disks with a duplicate search utility to remove movies, books, games, etc. downloaded 3 times. The final touch to optimize the system partition is to remove unused programs. Select the ones you don't need from the list, right-click and click "Delete" to get rid of the app forever.

Finding a place for new files and programs is easy.

Temporary files accumulate on the disk as you use Windows system programs, the contents of the basket, old images for OS recovery and other data. You can remove them.

Right-click on the system drive in File Explorer (usually drive C) and select "Properties" → "Disk Cleanup". In the next window, check the items that occupy the largest number places, click OK and confirm the deletion.

To erase even more temporary files, including data from updates and obsolete restore points, click Disk Cleanup again and click Clean Up system files". Select the largest objects in the list that appears and delete them. Then go to the Advanced tab, click on Clean up under System Restore and Shadow Copy and confirm the deletion.

It is especially useful to perform such a purge after updates, as a large backup copy of a previous version of Windows may remain on the computer.

In Windows 10, Microsoft has added a "Memory Sense" feature that automatically cleans up the drive from unused files. Activate it to less often experience problems with lack of space. To do this, go to "Start" → "Settings" → "System" → "Storage" and click on the "Storage Sense" switch. To customize the feature to your liking, click "Change how we free up space" and select the appropriate options.

Surely on your computer there are games or programs that you can do without. Find and remove the most voluminous of them. To do this, open the "Control Panel" and go to the "Programs and Features" section. When the list of installed software appears, sort it in descending order of size. Then remove unnecessary programs and games that will be displayed at the very top.

To remove programs completely without leaving any tails, use special uninstallers.

Browsers and others installed programs over time fill the system with temporary files. Sometimes this data can take up a significant amount of storage space. But you can quickly clean your computer from such garbage with free utilities like CCleaner.

There may be large files on your computer that you do not need and only take up disk space in vain. Looking for them manually is a thankless task. Moreover, there are utilities that analyze the disk and display a list of all folders and files on the computer, sorted by size. Use one of them to find and remove unwanted objects.

Over the years of using a computer, duplicates usually accumulate on it: accidentally copied pictures, songs downloaded several times, and other objects. You do not need these copies, and together they can take up a significant amount of storage space. In order not to search for them yourself, use one of the utilities for finding and removing duplicate files for this.

Windows 10 has a built-in Compact OS utility that can make the system smaller. This is done by removing unnecessary OS elements and compressing the rest of the data. In this way, you can free up to 6 GB on the local drive where Windows is installed (usually drive C). If you are interested, just in case, do backups important data and use Compact OS.

Hello dear friends! Now I will talk about a problem that probably everyone has met. It is when drive C is full, and I will tell you what to do in such cases, and what can be removed without prejudice to Windows work. I have been asked many times what can be removed from drive C, otherwise it is filled to the limit, and the system shows a window with warnings.

Let's go in order. Why drive C? Because, it is on this disk that the operating system is installed in 99% of cases. Windows system and it doesn't matter if it's Windows 7 or Windows XP. During the Windows installation process, we partition the hard drive into sections, I wrote about how to do this in the article “” Be sure to partition the hard drive, do not make one partition for the system and for storing files.

We create a partition and set its size. The waters here are the culmination, depending on how much memory you give to the local drive C, it depends on how long it will be completely filled. I used to always give about 30 GB to the C drive, but almost all computers come with hard drives of 500 GB - 1 TB. And to give under the system in such cases 30 GB for drive C, it seems silly to me. I now give under the system disk, 100 - 150 GB.

But as practice shows, these 150 GB are very quickly clogged and drive C turns red, which means that it is completely full, and then questions begin, and what can be done, what can be deleted from local disk C? Although I always say, they say, do not save any video, photos and other heavy files to the system partition. Yes, and it is desirable to install games on other sections, now there are games that take up several tens of GB.

What threatens the full C drive?

Nothing bad should happen. The computer will run slower, Windows will warn that there is no memory on the system drive. In short, there will be many unpleasant moments in the operation of the computer. Do we need it? Let's decide :).

What can be deleted from the local drive C?

This is probably the most main question in this situation. Many people want to delete information, but are afraid to delete something they need. After all, the operating system is installed on this disk, and many are afraid to harm it.

You know, I've seen a lot of computers where the drive on which Windows is installed is packed to capacity. Yes, there are many, this is almost on all computers with which I met. And you look for something that is not necessary to delete, and it seems that everything is needed :), familiar?

1. First of all, it is worth remembering that all the information that is stored on the desktop, in the folder “Documents”, “Pictures” and “Music”, is stored on the local drive C. Be sure to check these folders first. If there are heavy files there, such as movies, music, photos, etc. Then transfer them to a local drive D, well, or E. In most cases, these folders contain files that fill partition C. Also, I have seen a bunch of movies on the desktop more than once, is it so difficult to copy them to another partition?

Go to "My computer" and click at the top “Uninstall or change a program”. A window will open with a list of installed programs and games. Click on "Size" to sort the list by the size occupied by installed programs and games. Delete everything you don't need, I'm sure there is one. If there are very heavy games, then delete them and reinstall them, only choosing another partition for installation.

3. We remove garbage from the system. If Windows has not been reinstalled for a long time, then several GB, garbage and temporary files have probably not been collected there. In order to remove them, you can use a good program CCleaner. I always clean my computer with this program from time to time. You can download it on the Internet, just type in Google “Download CCleaner”. Install the program and start cleaning the system. I will not dwell on this in detail now, I will write about this program later.

4. Empty the trash, as an option to free up a couple of MB :).

These are the main (in my opinion) methods by which you can free up quite a bit of memory on the local drive C. You can also turn it off, or transfer system restore to another drive, or, but it seems to me that these are not very effective options and you need to use them as a last resort.

Summing up everything written above, I want to say that it is possible to prevent the local C drive from completely filling up. And it is very simple to do this.

Are you copying or downloading a movie from the Internet? Do not be too lazy to choose to save drive D, E, or whatever you have there. You don't need to save it to your desktop. Install the game, change the installation location from drive C to another partition, this is a matter of a few seconds, but in the end it will help protect the system disk from reddening and ensure stable computer operation.

Also, when saving files to partition C, it is worth remembering that in case of problems with the operating system, you can lose all files. Because at Windows installation, section C is usually formatted. I think it will be interesting for you to read ““, it should come in handy.

And finally, do it again, this is unlikely to add memory, but it will put things in order, and the computer will work faster. Good luck!