How to Get Free Space in Windows Using WFP
1.
First thing is to use windows built-in "Disk Cleanup"
application. You can right-click on a drive in My Computer and select
"Properties" now click on "Disk Cleanup"
button. Now select all given options, like "Downloaded Program
Files", "Temporary Internet Files", "Compress old
files", etc. Sometimes you can get more than 1GB FREE space
after using Disk Cleanup.
Alternatively
you can run "Disk Cleanup" directly from RUN dialog box by
giving "cleanmgr.exe" command.
2.Now
open Windows Search and copy paste following code in Search box and
perform a search:
*.tmp;*.log;*log.txt;*readme.txt;file_id.diz;*.bak;*.old;*.syd;*.prv;*.grp;*.gid;*.fts;*.cnt;*.~mp
You
should check all files before deleting. You'll get 100's of files
after searching, simply select all and press and delete them.
PS:
Please check the files before deletion! It'll delete all Readme
files, Backup files, Log files, etc. So deselect the files first,
which you don't want to delete.
3.You
can also disable WFP (Windows File Protection) service in Windows XP
using WFPSwitcher. This
service runs in background and checks for system files status, and
whenever it finds a system file has been changed/modified, it
replaces the file with the original file stored in "DLLcache"
folder. So we can disable this service and can get lots of FREE
space.
After
disabling the service, open "%windir%\System32\DLLCache"
folder (it'll be HIDDEN & System Folder, so copy paste the path
in address bar and press ). Now you can safely delete
all files present in this folder. It'll make aprrox. 1GB FREE space.
4.Open
"System Properties" by right-click on "My
Computer" icon on Desktop and select "Properties",
now go to "System Restore" tab and select "Turn
Off System Restore on all drives" option and apply it. Don’t
use this trick if you use System Restore.
5.You
can also delete several BMP files present in %windir%
(Windows) folder, which are used as wallpapers in Desktop Properties.
You can also delete all files in %windir%\Web\Wallpaper
folder, all files in this folder are also used as wallpapers.
6.You
can also empty TEMP (just type "TEMP" and "%TEMP%"
one by one in RUN dialog box), Prefetch (in %windir%
folder) folders to get free space.
7.
Disable Hibernation from "Power Settings"
(powercfg.cpl), if you don't use this feature.
8.Empty
Temporary Internet files of your web browser to get some free space.
9.
You can also delete all video files present in
%windir%\system32\oobe\images folder, these files are used
when windows runs for the first time after installation.
10.
You can also delete all updates Uninstall Folders, which can be found
in %windir% folder and all these folders' names will start
from $NtUninstall (or something like that. Also all folders
would be HIDDEN). But keep in mind that after deleting these folders
you'll not be able to uninstall any windows update!
You
can apply all above mention methods to get lots of FREE space without
any problem.
You
can also use 3rd party Utilities, like Tuneup Utility, System
Mechanic, etc to FREE some space but these utilities also use most of
the above mentioned techniques.
