How to free up disk space with Windows XP, 7, 8.1, 10

How to clean a computer’s disk from garbage, junk, unnecessary files, free up disk space “C” in Windows XP, 7, 8.1, 10.
In this article we will look at various ways to clean a disk and free up space on it in any operating system Windows XP, 7, 8.1, 10.

These recommendations apply to other versions of Windows. In Windows 2000, everything is done as in Windows XP, in Windows Vista – as in Windows 7, and in Windows 8 – as in Windows 8.1.

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1. Where does the disk space go?
In the process of computer operation, system updates, installing programs, visiting websites and other actions, many unnecessary files are accumulated on the disk, which are often called garbage or junk. In addition, we often download some files ourselves, and then, when they are no longer needed, we forget about them. Continue reading →