Displaying Hard Disk Space

To view the amount of space on the hard disk:

1Click Start on the taskbar.

2Click Control Panel.

3Click Performance and Maintenance, if present.

4Double-clickAdministrative Tools.

5Double-click Computer Management. The Computer Management window opens.

6Double-click Storage.

7Double-clickDisk Management (Local).

Information displays 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 AvailableHard 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.

To uninstall programs:

Recovery

1

Click Start.

 

2

Click Control Panel.

 

3

Double-click the Add or Remove

 

 

Programs, if present.

 

4

Click the program, and then click the

 

 

Change/Remove button.

 

5

Click OK when the confirmation window

 

 

opens.

 

6

Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each program you

 

 

want to remove.

 

7

Click Close.

 

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