Information is displayed for each drive on your PC. You may need to scroll the window to the right to see the capacity and the free space sizes.

Increasing available hard disk space

You can free up space on the hard disk by uninstalling programs or by using the Disk Cleanup utility to remove unneeded files.

Uninstalling programs

1Click Start.

2Click Control Panel.

3Double-click Add or Remove Programs, if present.

4Click the program, and then click the Change/Remove button.

5Click OK when the confirmation window opens.

6Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each program you want to remove.

7Click Close.

Removing desktop icons

You can remove most desktop icons from your display by either deleting them or moving them to an unused icons folder. To delete a desktop icon, right-click the icon, and then select Delete.

Important: You should not delete any unfamiliar desktop icons. If in doubt, do not delete it. Instead, use the steps to move the desktop icons to the Unused Desktop Shortcuts folder.

To move desktop icons to the Unused Desktop Shortcuts folder:

1Click Start.

2Choose Control Panel.

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