Clean Up Your Hard Disk
To maximize the amount of free space on your hard disk (and just for the sake of doing some spring cleaning), you should go through your hard disk with a fine-toothed comb, looking for unnecessary files you can delete.
The easiest route here is to use the Disk Cleanup utility. In most recent versions of Windows, open File Explorer, display the Computer folder, right-click drive C (or whatever drive contains the Windows system files), click Properties, and then click Disk Cleanup. Chapter 25, “Managing Hard Disks and Storage Spaces,” offers more details about the Disk Cleanup utility.
To learn more about Disk Cleanup,
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