Reclaim disk space by removing all but the last System Restore points
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If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you must’ve marked that I’ve been downloading like mad from our local network via DC++. And today my 232 GB hard drive had just 12 GB free space, which drove me nutters. I immediately fired up Disk Cleanup and removed all but the last of my System Restore points and shadow copies, and whoa! I’ve 51 GB of free space now! If you too have been suffering from the there-is-never-enough-space syndrome, here’s how you can carve out some sectors of your disk through Disk Cleanup :
Note : Please note that the space reclaimed will be far more in Windows Vista than in Windows XP, as the former has got bigger restore points and also includes shadow copies (previous file versions).
1.In Windows Vista, click on the Start orb and type disk cleanup in the search bar. In XP, you’ve to manually navigate to Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup.
2.Select C: and allow the tool to calculate the amount of space that can be freed. Move to the More Options tab, and select Clean up… under System Restore and Shadow Copies (System Restore in XP). Select Delete in the confirmation window and finally select OK to free up some really serious space.
What’re your ways of freeing up disk space? Let us know in the comments. 
