Free up space on the system partition

Your hard drive encloses two partitions complying of:-

1) For system
2) For data.


The one for system is usually the one which is almost full and the other one for data is free of size.

However it is possible to resize your partition. For more information on how to resize your partition, click on: How to resize a disk partition


Moreover it is also possible to free up space on the C partition by transferring elements installed by default on the other partition mostly the following listed files.

The folder "My Documents"

To move same, right click on the folder, then select properties >move to indicate the new target.

Favorites

To move the file favorites, there are some modification that are required in the registry:

Open the registry (Start > Run and type regedit).

Then scroll to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders

Double-click on Favorites and indicate the new path.

Messages from Outlook Express

Double click on Tools > Options > Maintenance tab > file storage > Edit.


The swap file

Go to Control Panel > System > Advanced tab. Then click on "Settings" under "Performance"

Go to Advanced tab and click on Edit.

Check "No paging file" then click "Define".

Select the partition on which you want to put the swap file and check the "Size managed by the system" or "Custom size"

Finally, click "Set" to confirm the selection and then restart your PC.

Temporary files

Go to Control Panel> Internet Options> General tab> Browsing History. Click on Settings, move the file and indicate the new target.


To free more space on C partition, it is recommended that you delete the uninstall files for Windows updates. These are hidden files located under C: \ Windows and they are normally written in blue. They begin with $ NTUninstallKB.

Restore points

You can also remove old restore points by doing a Disk Cleanup:
Menu Start > All Programs> Accessories> System Tools> Disk Cleanup

Select a partition, then go to Extras tab and choose a clean restore points.

For more information about restore points : click on Managing Windows Restore Points

Additional things you can do

Move the print spooler and page file to another partition
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314105

Run a free and powerful disk space manage tool to see where space is being taken up and resize the partition under windows or dos, such as EASEUS Partition Master.