When using a computer, quite often a user faces a problem when the system writes: “there is not enough space on drive C”. In no case can you ignore this message, and in most cases you will not succeed in not noticing it (even if you have such a desire). The appearance of this warning is associated with a clogged local drive C and requires immediate user intervention.
Sometimes the message that there is not enough disk space occurs due to improper partitioning of sectors on the hard disk, when too small a size is allocated for the local disk. Especially often this situation occurs for users of Windows 7 and above, as they habitually leave small volumes under the C drive, not taking into account the fact that new systems require much more space. If for Windows XP and programs there was enough 30-40 GB, then for new versions of the shell program from Microsoft, it is desirable to double this amount, otherwise quite often you will have to solve the problem with the notification "there is not enough disk space C".
If there is not enough space allocated for the system, then it would be advisable to re-install and reallocate the space on the hard drive. In the event that this is impossible (for example, an office computer that cannot be “touched”) or the reason is clogged, a number of cleaning steps should be taken.
First of all, you need to clean the system of all temporary files that create programs, browsers and Windows itself. For these purposes, you can install any of the available free programs. Quite often, the amount of such “system trash” reaches indecently large volumes, which provokes the appearance of the notice “not enough disk space”.
Then you should carefully review the download folders, documents and the desktop for old and already unnecessary files, images, etc. If in doubt, you can not delete them, but, for example, transfer them to another local disk, which has more space .
If the methods described above did not help and the system still complains that there is not enough disk space, you will need to carefully check the installed programs. Some of them, for example, Photoshop, take up a lot of space and can be transferred to another drive, which will not affect their functioning, but will free up space for working with drive C. If you find outdated and unnecessary programs, you should get rid of them.
In order to eliminate the “insufficient disk space” notification, you can perform some actions with the system, namely:
- turn off sleep mode;
- move the swap file.
In total, these two actions will give at least 4 GB of free space. To disable sleep mode, select "Power" in the control panel. There you need to find "Monitor off settings." Then you should choose the option "never", which is responsible for putting the computer into sleep mode. Then you need to open the command line (combination "Win + R") and write "powercfg - h off" there, confirming the action by pressing the "Enter" key.
To move the swap file , you should find the “Performance” item located in the system properties, which can be selected by right-clicking on the “My Computer” icon. There is a tab “Advanced”, on which you should open the “Options”. Typically, the system is automatically configured to reserve space on drive C. The user must remove this drive. To do this, select it and set the confirmation in the “Without swap file” item, confirming the actions by clicking the “Set” option. You can select another drive and install the swap file on it. For the changes to take effect, the computer will have to restart.