reclaim space

If you never use Windows’ hibernate feature, one of the easiest ways to reclaim several gigabytes on a crowded system drive is to remove the hidden hibernation file that lives at C:\hiberfil.sys — but that choice carries trade‑offs you must understand before you run a command and celebrate...

Windows ships with more apps than you probably think — and MakeUseOf’s blunt argument that you should “remove Windows bloatware right now” is right on the money: uninstalling preinstalled apps and OEM trialware is one of the simplest, cost‑free ways to reclaim storage, cut background CPU/battery...

A race in btrfs's space bookkeeping has been fixed upstream after discovery of a non-atomic bitfield write in btrfs_clear_space_info_full that can leave the filesystem's reclaim infrastructure in a permanently inconsistent state — tracked as CVE-2025-68358. Background Btrfs is a modern...

on my hard drive, I have three JOB files that have long numerical sequences after them. Each takes up 64 gigabytes on my hard drive. how do I reclaim that space? I have consulted AI and got nothing useful.

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I have got Windows 7 working by upgrading from Vista and now have a dual boot system. I cannot find out how to delete the vista partition or any other way of reclaiming half the disk! W7 won't let me partition, format or delete the vista partition. Can someone tell me how to do it?

I did a clean install of Win7 Home Premium form an XP system. Don't ask why but my old XP system was on F: drive. I installed the Win7 on C: drive. Now at startup it keeps asking which OpSystem I want to boot from. I tried formatting F: but it will not let me. How can I a) Get rid of the...

Hi, I have Vista 64 on C: and Windows 7 RTM on F: running simultaneously. I've got Win7 to the point where I can abandon Vista entirely. I was wondering if I could image the Win7 F: drive -- I use Acronis TrueImage -- and replace it onto C: eliminating the Vista instance for the Win7, then...