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Managing hard drive space
By deleting unneeded files from your hard drive and managing the space that
is automatically allocated for saving certain files, you can help maintain the
performance of the hard drive.
Checking hard drive space
In Windows, you can see a chart of the available hard drive space.
To check hard drive space:
1
Double-click on the
window opens.
2
Click the drive you want to check.
3
Click
File
The
General
Backing up files
Regularly backing up your files protects you from losing data and lets you
keep fewer files on your hard drive. Back up old files to a large capacity disk
drive or tape drive and delete the files from your hard drive. You can use the
software that came with your tape backup drive or your large capacity disk
drive to back up the files.
You can also back up files by running the Backup utility that came with your
operating system. In Windows 95 and Windows 98, Backup copies files to
diskettes or a tape drive. In Windows NT, Backup copies files to a tape drive.
To run Backup in Windows 95 and Windows 98:
1
Click
Start,
Tools.
2
Click
Backup
3
Follow the instructions on the screen.
My Computer
and then click
Properties
tab shows you the available and used space on the drive.
select
select
Programs,
.
icon on the desktop. The My Computer
. The drive's properties window opens.
and then select
Accessories,
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