Disk Space Cleanup – Itechtics https://www.itechtics.com Making Technology Accessible Fri, 10 Feb 2023 12:51:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 https://www.itechtics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-itechtics-fav-48-32x32.png Disk Space Cleanup – Itechtics https://www.itechtics.com 32 32 How To Safely Cleanup The SoftwareDistribution Folder https://www.itechtics.com/cleanup-softwaredistribution/ https://www.itechtics.com/cleanup-softwaredistribution/#respond Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:26:27 +0000 https://www.itechtics.com/?p=74644 You can safely clean up or rename the SoftwareDistribution folder that temporarily stores Windows Update files. However, 2 dependent services first need to be disabled, thus allowing you to download fresh, new Update files. Learn how to clean up the folder.

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]]> https://www.itechtics.com/free-disk-space/feed/ 0 How to Fix Extend Volume Option Grayed Out in Windows 11/10 https://www.itechtics.com/extend-volume-grayed-out/ https://www.itechtics.com/extend-volume-grayed-out/#respond Mon, 03 Jan 2022 07:55:06 +0000 https://www.itechtics.com/?p=59929 If you are running out of space in a specific drive/volume on your Windows computer, you will normally find the Extend Volume option in the Disk Management Console grayed out, and there is nothing you can do to free up space but delete your data. Don’t panic yet. We have several solutions to fix your […]

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]]> https://www.itechtics.com/extend-volume-grayed-out/feed/ 0 How to Fix and Disable Low Disk Space Warning in Windows https://www.itechtics.com/low-disk-space-warning/ https://www.itechtics.com/low-disk-space-warning/#respond Thu, 25 Nov 2021 21:59:37 +0000 https://www.itechtics.com/?p=58471 You may be annoyed by a continuous notification informing you that you are running low or out of storage space on a certain drive/volume on your Windows PC, which you might already be aware of. However, Windows is programmed to remind you after a periodic interval to prompt you to take the necessary action. The […]

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]]> https://www.itechtics.com/low-disk-space-warning/feed/ 0 How to Enable And Disable Reserved Storage in Windows 10 https://www.itechtics.com/reserved-storage-windows-10/ https://www.itechtics.com/reserved-storage-windows-10/#respond Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:01:38 +0000 https://www.itechtics.com/?p=48722 With the release of Windows 10 v1903, Microsoft also introduced a new feature to reserve storage space on the hard drive for some of the Operating System files, referred to as Reserved Storage. It was then also released with later versions of Windows. This space is reserved for your OS partition, the C drive, and […]

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]]> https://www.itechtics.com/reserved-storage-windows-10/feed/ 0 How To Free Up Space On Windows 10 Using Compactor https://www.itechtics.com/compactor/ https://www.itechtics.com/compactor/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:24:27 +0000 https://www.itechtics.com/?p=48283 The best way to free up space in Windows 10 without deleting any files is to compress them. If you have low disk space issues, but all of your files and folders are important enough not to delete them, you can compress your existing data to create additional space on your computer. Windows provides an […]

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]]> https://www.itechtics.com/compactor/feed/ 0 How to clean up WinSxS folder to save Space In Windows 10 https://www.itechtics.com/cleanup-winsxs-folder/ https://www.itechtics.com/cleanup-winsxs-folder/#respond Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:40:35 +0000 https://www.itechtics.com/?p=46927 The WinSxS folder, also known as the Component Store, contains system repositories and is a crucial part of the Windows environment. With time, this folder keeps growing without any limit and can take up a heap of unnecessary space on your hard drive. This article discusses how you can save up that space without affecting […]

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]]> https://www.itechtics.com/cleanup-winsxs-folder/feed/ 0 Uninstall/Remove Old Drivers From Windows [The Ultimate Guide] https://www.itechtics.com/remove-old-drivers/ https://www.itechtics.com/remove-old-drivers/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2019 14:19:21 +0000 https://www.itechtics.com/?p=34518 Device drivers are an important component of Windows. They tell the Operating System how to operate a particular hardware device. The drivers are a bridge of communication between the software Operating System and the hardware. Without drivers installed, Windows will not be able to communicate with the hardware. Windows 10 comes with a collection of […]

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]]> https://www.itechtics.com/remove-old-drivers/feed/ 1 Fix: Windows Explorer Showing Wrong Disk Space In Drive Properties https://www.itechtics.com/fix-windows-explorer-showing-wrong-disk-space-drive-properties/ https://www.itechtics.com/fix-windows-explorer-showing-wrong-disk-space-drive-properties/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:23:49 +0000 https://www.itechtics.com/?p=16861 Although there are so many alternatives, Windows Explorer remains my favorite Hard Drive browser. Windows Explorer’s look and feel has remained the same for quite sometime but that changed when the ribbon interface was added to Explorer. A few days back I encountered a problem when Windows Explorer was showing wrong or incorrect disk space […]

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