If you feel in over your head, don't do it. If you don't feel comfortable, don't do it. " and type " rd /s temp"ĭo be warned, this command says to TRY to delete the whole folder and everything underneath it. Open up an administrative console, type "cd /d %TEMP%" (without the quotes, of course). I recommend you try to delete the TEMP folder. %TEMP% Files - Even though Disk Cleanup is great, sometimes for whatever reason it doesn't always get stuff out of the TEMP folder.Don't turn it off if you use the feature. From an administrative command prompt, type "powercfg -h off" to get that space back. Plus, I have 12 gigs of RAM, and hibernation uses as much disk space as you have RAM. Disable Hibernate - I have a desktop, and I prefer just three power states, sleeping, on or off.After you run it, run it again and click Clean Up System Files to get files that you need to be admin to delete. Disk Cleanup - It's amazing to me the number of people who DON'T run Disk Cleanup.
The only thing, again is that you can't uninstall SP1. In Vista there was a command line tool called "vsp1cln.exe" but in Windows 7 you can run Disk Cleanup and check "Service Pack Backup Files" and get back almost a gig of space. After a few months with the Service Pack, I've decided for myself that it's a good thing and decided I don't need the option.
I've got a 256 gig C: drive, but noticed that in the last week or so I'd had only 20 gigs free. This is an " updated for Windows 7" version of my popular original article Guide to Freeing up Disk Space under Windows Vista.