Hard disks are getting more and more expensive now, but the sales of this software are growing faster. Many people still use 20GB hard drives and smaller hard drives. How does the hard disk meet the requirements of software? The bloated Windows operating system hit the target for the first time.
Do the following to install the simplified Chinese version of Windows XP of SP 1. The most important skills are Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Some operations may affect the stable operating system, for example, you should pay attention when using it.
The first part:
To install the operating system, you need to do the following first. Fortunately, the following methods, as long as there is no misoperation, will not have much impact on the stable operation of the system, and you can experiment at any time.
1, system restore is disabled. System restore can restore to the previous backup state when there is a problem with the backup system. Although this function is practical, it takes up a lot of hard disk space. Usually 12% of the available space of each hard disk partition will be used to save the restore point. If this function is not needed, it can be disabled.
Right-click the My Computer icon and select Properties to open the System Properties dialog box. Then open the System Restore tab, select the "Turn off system restore on all drives" check box, and confirm.
2. Transfer of paging files. In Windows 98, paging files are placed in front of us to access virtual memory. The default paging file is placed in the root directory of the system disk to save space on the system disk. We can move the paging file to another partition. If you have more physical memory (such as 5 12MB or more), set the maximum paging file.
Open the advanced tab of the system properties, click the performance setting button to open the advanced tab, then click the change button in the new pop-up window, and then re-specify the storage location of the paging file in the virtual memory dialog box. Remember, click the "Set" button to the specified location, and both the initial value and the maximum value of the system disk should be set to 0 (Figure 1).
3. Temporary folder. A large number of temporary files will be generated during the use of the software, which will be stored in temporary folders on the system disk and automatically cleared when the software is closed. However, some software may not be able to completely empty the temporary files due to design or abnormal exit. Over time, temporary folders will take up a lot of hard disk space. Deleting them from the system disk is also easier to manage.
On the Advanced tab of the System Properties dialog box, click the Environment Variable button, and then click it again in the position specified by the two variables "TEMP" and "TMP" in the window. It should be noted that it is divided into two environment variables: the environment variable of the current user and the system variable, which belong to the same group respectively. Each variable is selected, and then click "Edit" to re-specify the value of the variable (the value of the variable is a new path, like d: \ \ temp). The new temporary folder settings will take effect after the system is restarted.
4. Disable sleep mode. Whether you want to use hibernation or not, Windows XP hibernation is enabled by default, which will be a waste of space due to the size of physical memory in the system tray. If you are not going to use hibernation, you'd better disable hibernation mode to save space.
Right-click a blank area on the desktop, select Properties to open the Display Properties dialog box, then click the Power button to open the Power Properties dialog box, open the Screen Saver tab, and then open the Hibernation tab. Deactivate the hibernation option and the new settings will take effect immediately. All right.
5. transfer IE cache. Our webpage is stored in IE cache, so if you open the same webpage in the future, IE can directly call the webpage in the cache without connecting to the network server, thus speeding up the access time. However, with the increasing popularity of broadband, it seems unnecessary to use hard disk cache to speed up access, so we can disable IE cache or move to other locations.
Open the Internet Options dialog box in IE's tools menu, and then click Temporary Internet Files under Settings. If you don't plan to use IE cache, drag the slider of disk space to the left, otherwise you can click the "Move Folder" button to specify that IE cache is stored in the system partition instead of the hard disk.
6. Uninstall unnecessary components. Windows XP has no custom installation mode, so almost all components are installed in the system. If there are some components, you cannot uninstall them. However, since the H engine room cannot be unloaded, you can try the following methods:
Enter "%%SystemRoot%/ inf/sysoc.inf" and then enter "Running" to open an inf file with WordPad, showing all Windows component installation and uninstallation programs. We can use this file. It is usually not possible to uninstall the component to be uninstalled. Open this file, edit it in Notepad, click "Replace" on the menu, then enter what you are looking for in "Hide" (without quotation marks), and then click "Replace All" on the right to save the file and close it. Reopen Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Windows Components. You can uninstall it directly now. Uninstalling components is not allowed. If you need to use these components later, you can also reinstall them.
7. Transfer My Documents. My Documents is a special folder. By default, all applications will be saved in this folder, but in fact, it is in the folder in the system tray. Moving this folder to another partition can reduce the capacity of the system disk. On the other hand, if the system suddenly crashes beyond repair, we can directly format the system disk and reinstall the system without worrying about how to back up my document and "save this file".
In My Documents folder, right-click and select Properties to open the Properties dialog box, and then click Move directly to My Documents to transfer to another section.
Turn off memory dump. Although Windows 2000/XP has been very stable, there may still be major internal problems in the performance of blue screen or crash. As a system administrator, you must want to know why the system goes wrong. The main problem of Windows 2000/XP memory dump is that the system will first save the data of the dump file in the memory, and analyze the Chu file before restarting to understand that the failed system administrator can transfer it. Obviously, for us ordinary users, there is no need to dump these files because we don't understand them at all. Then disable it.
On the Advanced tab of the System Properties dialog box, click the Start and Resume button, and then select None from the Write Debugging Information drop-down menu. You can search all *. DMP files and delete them. Drwtsn32 will enter and press Enter during the running process, and open the tool Dr.Watson to cancel the three options of "Dump all thread contexts", "Append to existing log file" and "Create crash dump file" (Figure 3).
9. Transfer fonts. Usually, Windows will use about 200MB of space to save various system fonts, which are stored in the system tray. We can transfer most fonts in other partitions without affecting the fonts used.
As we all know, simple font installation and uninstallation can be accomplished by copying them to or deleting them from the Fonts folder. Because we can choose when to install a shortcut copy of the font file, this method can transfer almost all fonts to other partitions. For example, to install a new font in the Windows directory, open the fonts folder, and then click Install New Font on the File menu. After four interfaces, we found that this is the folder for saving our fonts, then select all the fonts you want to install (when you can choose, hold down the Shift key to select multiple font files), and finally uncheck the copy font folder, and then click on the right. As you can see, a shortcut arrow has been added by observing the display of different installed fonts and other fonts. We can first copy the Fonts built into the system to another folder, and then delete (uninstall) the fonts folder, so the above method installs a shortcut. It should be noted that some important system fonts are not allowed to be uninstalled (displayed in the font folder and cannot be deleted), and then it is best not to tamper with these fonts.
The second part:
If you need to further reduce the volume of the system partition, you can also try the following methods. However, it is stated in advance that the use of these methods may have a certain impact on the stability of the system, so the application should be considered before it is clear.
1, backup of system files. Windows 2000/XP will automatically back up important system files to ensure the stability of the system, and important system file errors or replacements will not be deleted. These files are usually stored in% systemroot %/ folder system32/dllcache.
Run ",enter" CMD ",then press enter to open the command prompt window, then enter" of SFC/PURGECACHE ",and then press enter, which will delete all the backup files in the aforementioned% systemroot%/system32/DLlcache folder, then continue to enter" SFC/CACHESIZE = 0 "and press enter again. Please note that after this operation, if you need to restore important system files, the operating system will guide you to insert the installation CD. If you are in trouble, or just want to reduce the size of the system disk and don't want to affect the stability, you can also configure the backup folder of Group Policy to be transferred to other partitions. Enter, enter "gpedit.msc" at runtime, then enter to open the Group Policy Editor, browse to "Computer Configuration-Management Template-System -Windows File Protection", and then limit the size of the Windows file protection cache by specifying the location of the Windows file protection cache on the right, and transfer and reset the location and size of the cache folder (Figure 5). Note: If you want to delete it manually, please remember to delete only the files in this folder, not the folder itself.
Help file. If your Windows system is very skilled, you can also delete the help file to save space, just delete the help folder under the Windows directory.
Redundant input method. Except for Chinese input method, Windows XP and Japanese and Korean input methods are certainly useless, and under the folder where "%systemroot%/input method" is located, delete all folders of "CHSIME" and "* * *". If you can't delete it, you can try to delete the safe mode. Before using this method, be sure to delete the system file backup (that is, the first and second parts) or delete these files, and the operating system will automatically recover from the backup files.
4. Service package backup file. The hard disk space occupied by the Windows patch file of the service pack to save the backed-up system files is part of the installed service pack. If the hard disk is nervous, you can consider deleting it.
Install Windows Service Pack (commonly known as SP 1, SP2, etc.). ), and you can see a folder similar to "ServicePackFiles" in the Windows directory, which saves the backup files after installing the service pack. Usually, if the hard disk is not very tense, it is absolutely not recommended that you delete files. Of course, you can delete it if you insist. Remember, only delete files, not this folder.
5 hidden folders. Patches installed through Windows Update can be uninstalled to meet the need of uninstalling some files with patches installed in the future, and hidden for saving. If you think the system is stable and you don't intend to uninstall these patches in the future, you can delete these hidden backup files after Windows update.
There are some folders under the Windows directory. Often malicious, compressed and named "$ ntuninstallq * * * * * $”(* * * * is a number). You can install patches for backup files saved in these folders through Windows Update. You can delete it directly. Note: These shelves are hidden and can be seen directly. You cannot set the View tab under the Show Hidden Files option in this folder.
Step 6 reverse the car. Windows backs up its driver files to the hard disk, so when adding new hardware, it will not insert CDs frequently. Of course, in order to save space, we can directly delete "%systemroot%/drive Cache/i386" in the folder where the Driver.cab file is usually located under the backup drive.
The third part:
If you still can't meet the available space on your hard disk after the above operation, please read. Please note that the following operations may seriously affect the stability of the system or bring some inconvenience to future use. But only "may lead to".
There are many folders in the Windows folder, many of which can't work normally, and can also be deleted or emptied.
1, c: \ \ Windows \ \ cursor \, this folder contains all mouse pointers. If you only intend to use the default mouse pointer of Windows, it can delete all files.
2. C: \ \ Windows \ \ INF \ \ This folder contains a large number of Windows hardware drivers. If you must not add other new hardware devices, all hardware? Everything is fine, so all the files here will be deleted.
3, c:\ \ Windows \ \ srchast, the Windows XP search assistant saved in this folder is a puppy when you search for files or other characters. You can delete the folder directly, so that you will use classic search in Windows 2000 mode instead of XP asking you to search for photos or music.
4. C: \ \ Windows \ \ Download and install \ \ This folder is used to save installation files of some programs (mainly programs installed by using Windows Installer technology), so if this program needs to be repaired or other operations, you can directly save the installation files here. But usually using this folder to empty the system does not have much impact, and it is recommended to delete it.
5. c: \ \ Windows \ \ Media \ \. This is used to save the system sound of Windows (such as the sound of double-clicking the system login). If there is no sound, you can delete it directly.
6. The folder of c: \ \ Windows \ \ System32 \ \ Restore \ \ stores the executable files in the system. If you don't intend to use the system restore function, it can delete all files. However, please note that before deleting, it is best to turn off System Restore and run the service. MSC closes the System Restore service, and then deletes all restore points.
7. c: \ \ Windows \ \ System32 \ \ USMT \ \, related files and settings transfer wizard files are in this folder. If you don't use this function, you can empty the folder.
8. c: \ \ program files file \ \ MSN, C: \ \ Program files file \ \ Netmeeting \ \ MSN Explorer's Ne? The executable file of tmeeting is not needed in these two folders and can be emptied.
9. c: \ \ Windows \ \ System32 \ \ oobe, here is the first login wizard for installing XP. If you use XP and Windows XP product activation programs, you don't need to activate the Enterprise Edition, it can empty this folder (empty the folder instead of deleting it). If your Windows XP is a retail version or an OEM version, you'd better not touch it.
10, C: \ \ Windows \ \ msgent, the agent that saves all files here, like the Office assistant in Microsoft Office application, is an AA animated cartoon image, which is generally smaller than these things and can be deleted.
1 1, C: \ \ Windows \ \ JAVA, Microsoft JAVA virtual machine. If you have installed Sun's virtual machine, or don't use JAVA programs (this is very unlikely, because many web pages use JAVA), you can delete this folder.
Finally, there are several points:
First of all, please pay attention to the installed application software. After downloading a lot of software (especially Microsoft's, such as Outlook Express and Office software), by default, some files saved in the system tray, such as all emails received by OE, are saved in the system tray. After long-term use, does your mail take up? The hard disk has a lot of space, so you can save these files in other places, which can usually be found in the software settings and options.
Secondly, after this setting, the system tray basically does not write data frequently. After a long and thorough disk defragmentation, it may need to be rearranged, which indirectly improves the operating efficiency of the system.
When installing software, please note that most of the software, even if you choose to install in different partitions, will write a lot of files to the system partition, so be sure to leave enough free space for the system disk to prevent installing new software because of insufficient space on the system disk.
Finally, like what? If you still feel a little nervous, you can try the NTFS compressed partition set in the system disk space. First, make sure that your system disk is NTFS file system, then turn on my computer, right-click the icon on the system disk, select Properties, and then select the compressed drive to save disk space, and ensure that all data will be compressed and stored in the operating system on the system disk. This compression is only effective for certain types of files (such as DOC and TXT) and compressed files (such as ZIP and RAR). You can choose to compress some folders directly instead of the whole hard disk partition. But after this compression, the running speed of the system is a bit slow, because the compressed file must be decompressed before it can be read, and the CPU has to do a lot of calculations. Therefore, if the computer configuration is not high enough, it is not recommended that you compress them.
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