1. Delete unnecessary files in the system.
(1) Delete system file backup
In the "system32/dllcache" directory of system files, are they Windows? XP system file backup, with nearly 250MB files. When the system files of WindowsXP are replaced, deleted or modified, WindowsXP can automatically extract the corresponding system files for recovery, thus ensuring the stability of the system. This folder cannot be deleted directly, but you should enter the Sfc.exe/purgecache command at the command prompt to clear the xp system download.
(2) Delete the driver backup
Delete the Driver.cab file in the "drivercache/i386" directory in the WindowsXP system directory, which saves the backup of hardware drivers and is generally unnecessary.
(3) Delete useless input methods
There are files related to input methods in the "Windows/ime/" folder. Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean input methods are useless to most of us. We can delete three directories "chtime", "imjp8_ 1" and "imkr6_ 1", which are traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean input methods respectively.
2. Reduce the hard disk space occupied by the system.
(1) Turn off system restore.
System restore can restore the computer to an earlier time without losing our recent work, but it will take up a lot of hard disk space for a long time. So we can set it manually to reduce the hard disk occupation. Open the System Properties dialog box, select the System Restore tab, and then select the Turn off System Restore on All Drives check box to turn off System Restore. If you don't turn off the system recovery function, you can set recovery only for the disk or partition where the system is located. First, select the partition where the system is located, click the "Configure" button, and cancel the "Turn off the system restore of this drive" option in the pop-up dialog box, then you can set the disk space for system restore.
(2) Turn off hibernation support
Hibernation takes up a lot of hard disk space. If you use it less, you might as well open the control panel, double-click the power option, select the Hibernation tab in the pop-up power option properties dialog box, uncheck the Enable Hibernation checkbox, and turn off the * * * function.
(3) reduce or prohibit virtual memory
When the physical memory of the system is relatively large, you can consider reducing the value of virtual memory or even canceling it. When you have 5 12MB of physical memory, you can set the virtual memory to half of the physical memory, that is, 256MB. If you have 1GB of physical memory, you can cancel the virtual memory.
Clear temporary files
(1) Clear temporary system files.
The temporary files of the system are generally stored in two locations: a temp folder under the Windows installation directory; The other is the X:/DocumentsSandSettings/User Name /LocalSettings/Temp folder (X: the partition where the system is located). Files in both locations can be deleted directly.
(2) Remove temporary Internet files
As we all know, surfing the Internet for a long time will produce a large number of temporary online files. It is recommended to delete it regularly, which will save a lot of hard disk space. First, open IE browser, select Internet option in the Tools menu, select the General tab in the pop-up dialog box, click the Delete File button in the Internet Temporary File column, select the Delete All Offline Content checkbox in the pop-up Delete File dialog box, and click OK.
4. Clear the WindowsXP*** shared folder.
"* * * Enjoy the folder", which is very useful when we use the workgroup. You can directly put the files you want to enjoy in this * * * enjoy folder without any settings, but in practical application, many people don't need this function. We can disable this function by modifying the registry to save disk space.
Open the registry editor, find the subkey {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee} under HKEY _ local _ machine/software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/MyComputer/Namespace/DelegateFolders, and delete the key value. It is best to make a backup before deleting it, or write down the value so that it can be restored immediately when needed.
5. The file is compressed in 5. new technology file system
WindowsXP provides file compression properties for NTFS partition files, which can effectively save disk space. In the NTFS partition, select the file or folder to be compressed, right-click, select Properties from the shortcut menu, click Advanced on the General tab of the Properties dialog box, and select the "Compress content to save disk space" check box in the "Compression or encryption properties" column of the new dialog box. After confirmation, you will find the disk space occupied by the file.
Through the above slimming methods of Windows XP, the system can not be bloated and slim, and the system will run faster. If friends are interested, try it quickly.