Detailed explanation of the win10 system memory usage how to do how to clean up win10 temporary files

  

Recently, users have taken the memory usage of win7 compared with win10, and found some problems, let's take a look.

Win10 memory usage is high:

A lot of netizens now upgrade the system from Win7 to Win10, but you find that the C drive space after the upgrade is complete "shrink" & rdquo; Many friends think that Win10 takes up more space than Win7, not as much as Win7 saves disk! However, in fact, Win10's disk usage is not much larger than Win7. Where is the problem? This has to start from the upgrade.

After upgrading to Win10, the remaining space of the C drive is so small?
◆Parsing: Why does the C drive become smaller?

Compared to the previous system version, Win10 is much simpler in many respects. For example, you can upgrade the system to Win10 just like installing ordinary software, even in the current system. In case of dissatisfaction, the system can be quickly restored by one or two operations. The whole process is simple except that it does not affect all the data of the user. Then the question comes, how does Win10 do it?

This is the two hidden files, of course, you need to open the relevant options to see, usually hidden 哟~

The original Microsoft in order to save the user files in the previous system And data, will prepare several temporary folders, the most important of which are "$Windows.~BT" and "Windows.old":

* $Windows.~BT folder, mainly Used to store Win10 installation files, the volume is about 3~4GB.

* The Windows.old folder is mainly used to store system files before the upgrade, which is used to restore the previous system. This volume is related to the user's current system, generally not too small, 10~15GB is common.

Well, understand this, you will know that your C drive will shrink so much. To put it simply, Win10 is not too big to take up space, but various temporary files and backup files take up your hard drive.

So if you are satisfied with Win10, what if you don't want to leave these backup files?
◆How to clean up temporary files

Although the two folders take up a lot of space, but you can't simply delete them, the reason is very simple, and the system properties they have will protect them from being deleted by you (prompting users Insufficient permissions). In fact, one of the most tricky ways is to use the disk cleaning tool in the system directly.

1. Right-click the drive you want to clean and select “Properties>;

Right-click on the disk to be cleaned

2. Click “Disk Cleanup ”, from the pop-up dialog box, select "Clean up system files";

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