Drives And Media; Freeing Up Hard Drive Space; Shadow Storage - Dell Inspiron 545 MT User Manual

Drives and Media

Freeing up Hard Drive Space

Microsoft ® Windows Vista
operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for other standard
operations.
To determine how much space is available for standard operations, click Start
→ Computer. A list of drives and storage devices appears. The free space
on drive C (the hard drive) is displayed.

Shadow Storage

Shadow Storage is space reserved on
the hard drive for conducting a
System Restore (see "Using
®
Microsoft Windows
Restore" on page 265).
To determine the amount of hard drive space used by Shadow Storage:
1 Click Start
2 Right-click Command Prompt.
®
reserves approximately 1 GB on a hard drive for
®
System
→ All Programs→ Accessories.
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