Due to incorrect settings of the operating system, as well as the careless attitude of the user, hard disk space can be cluttered at a cosmic speed. How to deal with this phenomenon?
About setting up the operating system
The first, the most natural "devourer" of free space on the hard disk is the Windows operating system. During the operation of the PC, the so-called paging file is used, into which the OS unloads files if there is not enough RAM. It is not recommended to disable the use of the paging file, however, a competent specialist can change its size, if necessary.
Another "fruit" of the work of Windows - the creation of system restore points. The files needed to restore the operating system after a crash can take up a very decent amount of the total disk space and are not always needed by the user. If you save important data to an external hard drive or flash drive, and the installers of the programs you need to work are at your fingertips, then you can disable System Restore altogether. If you need restore points, periodically use them in case of system failures, then in the settings you can reduce their number, as well as the amount of space for them.
For Windows Vista or Windows 10, the path you need to follow to access the above settings looks like this: "Start" -> "Settings" -> "Control Panel" -> "System" -> "System Protection".
How to remove garbage after running various programs
Of course, the files that create various programs in the course of their work cannot be called junk in the full sense of the word, but after obtaining the desired result, they can be cleaned quite painlessly. For example, in the browser, you should clear the cache more often. After uninstalling programs, it is worth checking the place where it was installed and manually deleting folders and files that were created and not deleted automatically.
