Edited to segregate the contents.
And not everyone wants to go buy another hard disk just because they have a massive system restore cache or large amount of temp files
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| Author: | -D2K-hyrola [ Mon Mar 21, 2016 9:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | How to free up diskspace - Tutorial |
Found this useful when I had to make space urgently on one of the Windows server 2008 R2 machines at work this morning. Hope it is useful to you: Contents To see how much space you have used and free To see where files are taking up space Disk Cleanup System Restore Repair the Recycle Bin Repair Temporary Internet Files Delete Files in the System Temp Folder Check Size of Swap File Turn Off Hibernation Compact the Various Databases Windows Uses Remove files updated by Service Packs Relocate Your Documents Delete The Thumbnail and Icon Caches Delete Backed Up Files Made By Photo Gallery Extending The Size of the Drive Compress Files Supercharging Disk Cleanup To see how much space you have used and free Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type (or copy and paste by right clicking in the Command Prompt window and choosing Paste). For the system drive wmic volume where (DriveLetter='%systemdrive%') get Caption, Capacity, freespace /format:list For all drives wmic volume get Caption, Capacity, freespace /format:table If you want to store this info on your desktop wmic /append:"%userprofile%\desktop\Free Disk Space Report.html" volume get Caption, Capacity, freespace /format:htable To open double click Free Disk Space Report.html on your desktop or type start "" "%userprofile%\desktop\Free Disk Space Report.html" Then come back here after cleaning and repeat these commands to see the difference. If for some reason the wmic command doesn't work use these two commands. Both take a long time. defrag %systemdrive% -a or dir %systemdrive%\*.* /a /s To see where files are taking up space This will list the number of files and size for folders on your drive. Each command does a subset so you can manage it better. Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type (or copy and paste by right clicking in the Command Prompt window and choosing Paste). Then configure the command prompt. Right click the Command Prompt's titlebar - Properties - Layout tab - and enter 1000 for Screen Buffer Size Height and 43 (or 50) for Window Size Height. Change the Color (Color tab) and Font (Font tab) if you want. To see size of folders in Documents, excluding music, video, or pictures folders. for /f "skip=2 tokens=3" %A in ('Reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /v "Personal"') do set doc=%A for /f "usebackq tokens=2* delims= " %i IN (`dir "%doc%" /a /s ^|findstr /i /v "\/"^|findstr /l /v "Pictures Music Video"`) DO @echo %j&echo. To see size of folders in Music. for /f "skip=2 tokens=4" %A in ('Reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /v "My Music"') do set Doc=%A for /f "usebackq tokens=2* delims= " %i IN (`dir "%doc%" /a /s ^|findstr /i /v "\/"`) DO @echo %j&echo. To see size of folders in Pictures. for /f "skip=2 tokens=4" %A in ('Reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /v "My Pictures"') do set Doc=%A for /f "usebackq tokens=2* delims= " %i IN (`dir "%doc%" /a /s ^|findstr /i /v "\/"`) DO @echo %j&echo. To see size of folders in Video. for /f "skip=2 tokens=4" %A in ('Reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /v "My Video"') do set Doc=%A for /f "usebackq tokens=2* delims= " %i IN (`dir "%doc%" /a /s ^|findstr /i /v "\/"`) DO @echo %j&echo. To see size of folders on the Desktop. for /f "skip=2 tokens=3" %A in ('Reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /v "Desktop"') do set doc=%A for /f "usebackq tokens=2* delims= " %i IN (`dir "%doc%" /a /s ^|findstr /i /v "\/"`) DO @echo %j&echo. Disk Cleanup The normal way to run Disk Cleanup is to right click the drive in My Computer (Start menu - Computer), then Properties - General tab - Disk Cleanup button. Another way is Start menu - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Cleanup. Disk Cleanup can be started from the command line. Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type (or copy and paste by right clicking in the Command Prompt window and choosing Paste). To do your main drive. cleanmgr %systemdrive% To choose which drive to do. cleanmgr See the last section of this note to see how to supercharge Disk Cleanup. System Restore In Disk Cleanup above also see the More Options tab. You can delete all but the last System Restore point and see if that is taking up space. System Restore uses 15% of the disk space normally. To change click Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type Regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\cfg and double click DiskPercent and click Decimal and change the value to the percentage you want, You can change it at the command prompt. Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type (or copy and paste by right clicking in the Command Prompt window and choosing Paste). To see size of System Restore folder. You don't normally have access to this folder. You need to take ownership, give administrators permission, then query the size. takeown /f "%systemdrive%\System Volume Information" /a /r /d y icacls "%systemdrive%\System Volume Information" /grant Administrators:f /t /c /q dir "%systemdrive%\System Volume Information" /a /s To see current percentage reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\cfg" /v DiskPercent It's hexadecimal. Numbers are 0-9 then a-f. So 0xf is 15. 0x5 is 5, 0x9 is 9, 0xa is 10, 0x14 is 20. To set to a different value. You can use decimal values to set it. This sets it to 10% (bolded in the example and the last item on the line). reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\cfg" /v DiskPercent /t REG_DWORD /f /d 10 Repair the Recycle Bin Sometimes files get lost in the recycle bin. Delete the storage folders. It will be automatically recreated next time you delete a file or open the Recycle Bin. It will delete the Recycle Bin, and files it contains, for all users. Empty the recycle bin. Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type (or copy and paste by right clicking in the Command Prompt window and choosing Paste). To see the size of files in the recycle bin It should have one or no files in it if working. There should be a dir (folder) per user. dir %systemdrive%\$RECYCLE.BIN\*.* /a /s To reset the recycle bin rd %systemdrive%\$RECYCLE.BIN /s /q Repair Temporary Internet Files Sometimes files get lost in the temporary internet files folder. Delete the files. It will be automatically recreated next time you download it. It will delete for the current user only. Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type (or copy and paste by right clicking in the Command Prompt window and choosing Paste). To see the size of files an empty temporary internet files folder RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8 dir "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\*.*" /a /s Then to delete. Close Internet Explorer first. Some files may not delete at this time, they will be able to be deleted later. del "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files" /s /q Then to see the new size. dir "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\*.*" /a /s Delete Files in the System Temp Folder The system temp folder is only used when noone is logged in. It is rarely used but never cleaned. Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type (or copy and paste by right clicking in the Command Prompt window and choosing Paste). To list dir c:\windows\temp /a /s To delete del c:\windows\temp\*.* /s /f /q Check Size of Swap File As a general rule you want your swap file a little bigger than the amount of memory you have. It grows automatically but doesn't shrink automatically. If using memory hungery programs like video editing it should be bigger. If too big you can shrink it and if pressed for space can be moved to another drive. Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type (or copy and paste by right clicking in the Command Prompt window and choosing Paste). To see what your usage has been wmic pagefile get /format:list To see the file size on disk dir c:\pagefile.sys /a To change size or change drive see Change the size of virtual memory in Start - Help and Support. Turn Off Hibernation The hiberation file is the same size of installed memory. If not hibernating the computer turn it off and save plenty of disk space. Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type (or copy and paste by right clicking in the Command Prompt window and choosing Paste). To see if it's on If on the file will be found. If off the file won't be there. dir %systemdrive%\hiberfil.sys /a To turn off powercfg -h off To turn back on again powercfg -h on Compact the Various Databases Windows Uses You can compact the various databases Windows uses. These are Windows Update, Windows Search, Windows Mail, Windows Contacts, Windows Calandar, some Windows Live apps, and Internet Explorer ver 10. Close Windows Mail and Internet Explorer. Wait a minute for Internet Explorer to release it's file locks. To see how much space it taking up type what's below and note the total size (because it will scroll away). Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type (or copy and paste by right clicking in the Command Prompt window and choosing Paste). dir c:\*.edb c:\*.msmessagestore c:\WebCacheV*.dat /a /s Then to compact sc stop wuauserv sc stop bits sc stop wsearch for /r c:\ %A in (*.edb *.msmessagestore WebCacheV*.dat) do esentutl.exe /p "%A" /o for /r c:\ %A in (*.edb *.msmessagestore WebCacheV*.dat) do esentutl.exe /d "%A" sc start wsearch sc start bits sc start wuauserv Then to see the new size and compare to the old size dir c:\*.edb c:\*.msmessagestore c:\WebCacheV*.dat /a /s If a program has a file open you can use this procedure to find which program. openfiles /local on Reboot openfiles /query /v|findstr /i "WebCacheV[0-9]*\.dat \.edb \.msmessagestore" Then to delete some temporary files. del c:\*.integ.raw c:\TEMPDFRG*.edb /s Remove files updated by Service Packs To see how much space it taking up type what's below and note the total size (because it will scroll away). Also note that the total is higher than it actually is. This will remove the ability to uninstall the service packs. Depending on the service pack Windows was supplied with you may have both, one, or neither of these two files. Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type (or copy and paste by right clicking in the Command Prompt window and choosing Paste). dir c:\Windows\WinSxS /a /s Then type VSP1CLN.exe COMPCLN.exe Then to see the new size and compare to the old size dir c:\windows\WinSxS /a /s Relocate Your Documents If you have another drive you can move the documents folder to it. Right click your Documents (or Pictures, Videos, Contacts, Desktop, etc) folder - Properties - Location tab - Move. Delete The Thumbnail and Icon Caches These files may contain thumbnails or icons of long ago deleted files. The files will be recreated as needed. Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type (or copy and paste by right clicking in the Command Prompt window and choosing Paste). The desktop and Start menu will briefly disappear. To see size dir "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\*.db" "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\*.db" /a then to delete taskkill /im explorer.exe /f attrib -r -s -h "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\*.db" attrib -r -s -h "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\*.db" del "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\*.db" del "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\*.db" explorer to check the new size dir "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\*.db" "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\*.db" /a Delete Backed Up Files Made By Photo Gallery Windows Photo Gallery makes a copy of any file you change. Click Start - All Programs - Accessories - Run (or press Winkey + R). Type Shell:original images Delete ones you don't want. Extending The Size of the Drive If all the space on the disk hasn't all been used it may be possible to extend your drive. Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type (or copy and paste by right clicking in the Command Prompt window and choosing Paste). diskpart then type select volume c: Then type to see size list volume then (it will work if possible or won't if not possible) extend then type to see the new size list volume then to exit type exit If you want advice on extending the partition type the following and paste back the output diskpart list disk list volume select disk 0 list partition select disk 1 list partition exit To copy the text output right click the window - Mark then select the text and press Enter. Compress Files There are two ways to compress files in windows. Zip files and the inbuilt file compression. This is about the inbuilt file compression. Type zip in Start - Help and Support for more info on zipping. Photos, music, and video are already compressed. They may get larger if Windows tries to compress them any further. Also usually a bad idea to compress system files. If you have document or spreadsheet files they can be compressed very well. If you have folders of setup files they may also be good candidates. Web pages also make good candidates. In Windows Explorer blue filenames means Compressed (this is file system compression not Compressed folders aka zip files). Green filenames means Encrypted. To turn off coloured filenames, in Explorer - Tools menu (Alt + T) - View tab, and then clear the Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color check box. Windows compression, encryption, and security work mostly by apply attributes to a folder, and files in the folder inherit from the folder. If you have any folders suitable for compression find them in Explorer, right click them - Properties - General tab - Advanced button - Compress contents to save disk space. Choose to apply to all files and folders when asked. To use a command line to compress the files in the Favorites folder compact /c /s:"%userprofile%\Favorites" *.* To set favourites to compress future files added compact /c /s:"%userprofile%\Favorites" To view compression details of the Favorites folder compact "%userprofile%\Favorites\*.*" Supercharging Disk Cleanup How Disk Cleanup works Scheduling Disk Cleanup Creating custom cleaners C:\Users\David Candy>@echo.&@echo List of cleaners&@echo ================&FOR /F "usebackq tokens=8 delims=\" %i IN (`reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mic rosoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches"`) DO @echo %i List of cleaners ================ Active Setup Temp Folders Content Indexer Cleaner Downloaded Program Files Hibernation File Internet Cache Files Memory Dump Files Microsoft_Event_Reporting_2.0_Temp_Files Offline Pages Files Old ChkDsk Files Previous Installations Recycle Bin Setup Log Files System error memory dump files System error minidump files Temporary Files Temporary Setup Files Temporary Sync Files Thumbnail Cache Upgrade Discarded Files Windows Error Reporting Archive Files Windows Error Reporting Queue Files Windows Error Reporting System Archive Files Windows Error Reporting System Queue Files WLX Thumbnail Cache |
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| Author: | -D2K-Deon [ Mon Mar 21, 2016 9:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How to free up diskspace - Tutorial |
Nice post, but you could spend $79 on extra 2TB HDD. go go gadget. |
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| Author: | -D2K-hyrola [ Mon Mar 21, 2016 9:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How to free up diskspace - Tutorial |
Edited to segregate the contents. And not everyone wants to go buy another hard disk just because they have a massive system restore cache or large amount of temp files
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| Author: | -D2K-DeathDealer [ Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How to free up diskspace - Tutorial |
awesome post mate... . 
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| Author: | LunerK9 [ Mon Mar 21, 2016 5:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How to free up diskspace - Tutorial |
This will come in handy for those infamous mum and dad laptops |
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