Freeing Up Space On Your Hard Disk Drive - HP 510N - Pavilion - 256 MB RAM Quick Start Manual

6 Click Yes to continue with the recovery
process.
7 Follow the onscreen instructions.
8 Complete the computer startup, and finish the
registration process. Then reconnect all
peripheral devices.
Freeing Up Space on
Your Hard Disk Drive
The PC comes with a hard disk drive.
Depending on your model, the hard disk drive
has 20 gigabytes (GB) to more than 160 GB of
total disk space. The PC comes with preloaded
software programs and a partition within the
hard disk drive that takes up a certain amount
of space on the hard disk drive.
Note:
The system recovery image is in a partition area
of the hard drive; this disk space is not available
for your use.
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The partition:
Houses a backup version of the operating
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system and the programs included with
the PC.
Takes up about 5 GB of hard disk space,
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reducing the total amount of space available
for your use.
Replaces the need for system and application
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recovery CDs.
Use the following procedures to:
View the amount of used and free disk space
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by using the System Tools Disk Management.
Uninstall unneeded programs.
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Use the Disk Cleanup utility.
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Reinstall programs that came with the PC.
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