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Recover y Displaying Hard Disk Space To view the amount of space on the hard disk: 1 Click Start on the taskbar. 2 Click Control Panel. 3 Click Performance and Maintenance, if present. 4 Double-click Administrative Tools. 5 Double-click Computer Management. The Computer Management window opens. 6 Double-click Storage. 7 Double-click Disk Management (Local). Information displays for each drive on your PC. You may need to scroll the window to the right to see the capacity and the free space sizes. Increasing Available Hard Disk Space You can free up space on the hard disk by uninstalling programs or by using the Disk Cleanup utility to remove unneeded files. To uninstall programs: 1 Click Start. 2 Click Control Panel. 3 Double-click the Add or Remove Programs, if present. 4 Click the program, and then click the Change/Remove button. 5 Click OK when the confirmation window opens. 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each program you want to remove. 7 Click Close. Quick Start Guide 87

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Quick Start Guide
87
Recovery
Displaying Hard Disk Space
To view the amount of space on the hard disk:
1
Click
Start
on the taskbar.
2
Click
Control Panel
.
3
Click
Performance and Maintenance
,
if present.
4
Double-click
Administrative Tools
.
5
Double-click
Computer Management
.
The Computer Management window opens.
6
Double-click
Storage
.
7
Double-click
Disk Management (Local)
.
Information displays for each drive on your PC.
You may need to scroll the window to the right
to see the capacity and the free space sizes.
Increasing Available
Hard Disk Space
You can free up space on the hard disk
by uninstalling programs or by using the
Disk Cleanup utility to remove unneeded files.
To uninstall programs:
1
Click
Start
.
2
Click
Control Panel
.
3
Double-click the
Add or Remove
Programs
, if present.
4
Click the program, and then click the
Change/Remove
button.
5
Click
OK
when the confirmation window
opens.
6
Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each program you
want to remove.
7
Click
Close
.