Comments on: 6 Ways To Free Disk Space In Windows 7

By: D.H

D.H — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:19:12 +0000

I have a problem which I do not understand.
If I look how much space my user folders is using I get 64 GB.
BUT when I look into the two users I have and look for that space I says the folders together have only 32GB!?

Why is that and where are the half of my memory. Is this something with restore etc.
I try to show hidden folders but can not see where the rest of my 32GB are stored.

thanks for any response!

By: James

James — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:22:38 +0000

They did not tell people to do that, they gave them the idea to remove. Dont jump down peoples throats if you dont know what your talking about.

By: jigar

jigar — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:18:04 +0000

thank’s for this recommanded

By: Andre

Andre — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:02:35 +0000

Thanks for the tip. Setting the windows restore space allocation from 6 to 1 GB really helped me out. I have been looking for a way to free some space for a long time. 30GB for windows 7 is too much. Especially when the SSD is 30GB too.

Thanks again

By: Lina

Lina — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:46:42 +0000

Hi, i need some help in here guys yesturday i used my pc with windows 7 for only 3hours now the disk lost 3gb with out of downloading or doing any thing any suggestions ? i really need that space

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:05:43 +0000

Click Start, then accessories and right click on Command Prompt. Select run as administrator and then you can disable hibernation.

By: frank

frank — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:57:54 +0000

hey how to diable hibernate feature?
when i follow the above procedure it says ‘u do not have permission to turn off hibernate”
i am well the only administrator of the system… can u guys help out?

By: Marius

Marius — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:23:18 +0000

Well, you can say that *ALL* programmers use page file, since it is used like RAM when it's full. That is, page file expands your RAM size (OS is responsible for that), but it's a lot slower than real RAM.

By: System_RestoreD

System_RestoreD — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:27:38 +0000

System restore is such an utter waste of disk space and resources. Don't do stupid fucking things to your computer and take the time to understand what it is you are doing. This will probably make you a better person overall too.

By: System_RestoreD

System_RestoreD — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:27:38 +0000

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System_RestoreD — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:27:38 +0000

By: GJ

GJ — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:44:11 +0000

hi nice tips..But as in my case, i'm using windows 7 x64 7100 and i've installed VS2005 and my windows partiton is of 25GB, now i'm left with only 2 GB free space, i have not installed anything else.,,how do i free up my space ..i've tried above methods already..
i didn't have anyting saved..like media or document in windows partition.
Please help

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By: Pallab

Pallab — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:36:29 +0000

Nice tips. Btw, if you really want to get back some space try using DiskMax. It invariably ends up reclaimig 500mb+ space. You should seriously consider reviewing it. I think your blog readers will love it.

By: Willem Nuijen

Willem Nuijen — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:09:57 +0000

Thing is, your pagefile would most probably be 8GB then as well, which is not really necessary. So manually set a maximum size is ok.

Furthermore, the best way to save space is to strip down Windows to the bone. Although XP was especially suited for that (nLite), it is also quite possible with Windows 7 through the use of vLite in the first place, and through DISM to remove some more packages in the second. A combination of both methods can be found here: http://www.msfn.org/board/windows-7-x64-vlite-e... (Careful! For pro's only, and you're bound to do some hit 'n misses first)

By: fatings

fatings — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:49:21 +0000

"Editor’s Notes: I would never recommend disabling System Restore and Page File since both are critical for the system. You can however follow the other four steps to free up the disk space. Disabling System Restore and Page File is only for those users who are in urgent need to free up disk space, but they should later enable them both back."

If this was not edited later to the comments, this is quoted from the article. People have to read the entire articles before making a single change in their computers so they can understand all that's going on.

Cheers

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By: c0d3r

c0d3r — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:47:30 +0000

Numerous test over at Tomshardware and other Sites have showed that removing pagefile altogether has adverse effects on system stability..

As for system restore, its actually more space eating than anything else.. one cud always try to keep the latest restore point and remove the few

By: yochanan

yochanan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:10:04 +0000

I agree, Windows has a pagefile for a reason. I don't care if you have 8 GB RAM, you still need it. It doesn't have to be large, but you need to have one. A lot of programs use it no matter how much RAM you have and will crash if it can't write to it.

System Restore is indeed very helpful, but again you don't need to allocate a lot of space for it. Same goes for the Recycle Bin.

By: Nakodari

Nakodari — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:51:36 +0000

I agree with you here since I would never personally recommended disabling them both. But those users might want to disable it if they have very critical amount of space left.

Following the other four steps might free up some disk space.

By: sparky

sparky — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:39:42 +0000

Telling people to disable both system restore and pagefile is pretty damned ignorant.