Windows XP after installation will occupy about 1.5GB of hard disk space, It must lose weight.
how to lost weight?
1. To delete system files backup
Into the “WINDOWS \ system32 \ dllcache” directory (the default directory for hidden), which store about 360MB of documents, they are the Windows XP system files backup. When the Windows XP system files are replaced, deleted or modified, the system can be automatically extracted from the system restore files, thus ensuring the stability of the system. If you have Windows XP installation CD or installation files have been copied to your hard disk, you can delete this folder. Note: This folder can not be deleted, in the command prompt, enter “sfc.exe / purgecache” (note space before slash) removal order.
2. Delete backup drive
Windows XP comes with a lot of hardware drivers, when new hardware is detected when the system will automatically extract the appropriate drivers to install. In fact, in most cases we rarely change their hardware configuration, and therefore needed to determine their own hardware drivers have been installed, the drive the backup file can be deleted. Into the “WINDOWS \ Driver Cache \ i386″ directory, locate the name “Driver.cab” the compressed file, you can delete. This will release about 73MB of hard disk space. If after installation the system can not find new hardware drivers, can be extracted from the installation CD-ROM.
3. To delete unused input method
In Windows XP there are several of the fundamental need of our input method, such as Japanese, Korean and other input methods. Deleted is: go to “Control Panel → Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options → Regional and Language Options”, select “Language” tab, the “Install files for East Asian languages” in front of the hook removed, points “OK” after the prompt depending on the option to delete unnecessary language. After the restart, the “WINDOWS \ ime” directly to delete folder “chtime”, “imjp8_1″ and “imkr6_1″ three folders (which correspond Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean) can be. This could be the release of about 85MB of hard disk space.
4. Clear system temporary files
In “\ Documents and Settings \ user name \ LocalSettings \ Temp” directory (default directory is hidden) stored in the software to install or run-time to leave the temporary folder, and abandoned files, the directory can be empty. If you are the first such operation, then the possibility of the release of hundreds of MB of hard disk space. Note: This trick can be frequently used.

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