1. Delete unnecessary files in the system (1) Delete system file backup In the "system32\\dllcache" directory of the system file, there are nearly 250MB files, which are backups of Windows? XP system files. When the Windows XP system files are replaced, deleted or modified, Windows XP can automatically extract the corresponding system file restores to ensure the stability of the system. This folder cannot be deleted directly, but you can clear it by typing the Sfc.exe /purgecache command at the command prompt. Linux failure win2003 installation (2) delete driver backup windows7 failure Delete the Driver.cab file in the directory of the Windows XP system directory "driver cache\\i386", this file saves the backup of the hardware driver, generally do not need to use. Even if you need to install new hardware, you can insert the Windows XP installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. (3) Delete the useless input method In the “Windows\\ime\\” folder, there are files related to the input method. The traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean input methods are useless to most of us. We can &ldquo ;chtime”,“imjp8_1”,“imkr6_1”Three directories are deleted, they are traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean input method, so we can save 80MB hard disk space. (4) Deleting help files The help of the initial system of Windows XP is very useful, but as you become more familiar with the system, the help files become more and more redundant, so you can consider removing them. XP help files are stored in the Help folder under the system installation directory, you can delete all the files and directories under it.
2. Reduce the hard disk space occupied by the system (1) Turn off the system restore System Restore can return the computer to an earlier time (called the restore point) without losing our recent work, but it takes a long time, It takes up a lot of hard disk space. Therefore, it is necessary to manually set it to reduce the amount of hard disk usage. Open the “System Properties” dialog box, select the “System Restore” tab in the dialog box, and select the “Close System Restore on All Drives” checkbox to turn off System Restore. If you do not turn off System Restore, you can set up a restore only for the disk or partition on which the system resides. First select the partition where the system is located, click the “Configure” button, in the pop-up dialog box, cancel the “System Restore” option for this drive and set the amount of disk space for system restore. (2) Turn off hibernation support Hibernate function will take up a lot of hard disk space, if you use less, you can close it, the method of closing is: open “ control panel & quoquo; double-click & ldquo; power options & rdquo;, in the pop-up In the “Power Options Properties” dialog box, select the “Hibernate” tab and deselect the “Enable Hibernate” checkbox. (3) Reduce or disable virtual memory When the physical memory of the system is relatively large, you can consider reducing the value of virtual memory or even canceling the virtual memory. When you have 512MB 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 virtual memory. For the method of setting virtual memory, see “Preparing the page virtual memory” in the previous section. 3. Clear Temporary Files (1) Clear Temporary Files of the System Temporary files of the system are generally stored in two locations: the Temp folder in a Windows installation directory; the other is X:\\Documents and Settings\\“username” \\Local Settings\\Temp folder (X: is the partition where the system is located). Files in both locations can be deleted directly. (2) Clearing Temporary Internet Files A long period of time will result in a large number of temporary Internet files. Regular deletion will save a lot of hard disk space. Open Internet Explorer and select “Internet Options” from the “Tools” menu. In the pop-up dialog box, select the “General” tab, and click “In the Temporary Internet Files” column. Delete the file & rdquo; button, and in the pop-up "Delete Files" dialog box, select the "Delete all offline content" check box and click the "OK" button. You can also set the disk occupied by the temporary Internet files to an acceptable range. Click the “Settings" button in the "Internet Temporary Files" column, and then in the “Settings" dialog box (Figure) Set the disk space occupied by temporary files, or move the folder of temporary Internet files to another partition to reduce the disk usage of the system partition. 4. File Compression in NTFS Partitions
Windows XP provides file compression attributes 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 the “property" command in the shortcut menu, and then click in the “General” tab of the “Properties" Click the “Advanced” button and check the “Compress content to save disk space” checkbox in the “Compress or Encrypt Properties” column of the new dialog box. After you confirm the ” you will find The disk space occupied by files is greatly reduced. 5. Clear the Windows XP shared folder “shared folder This folder is useful when we use the workgroup. You can put the files you want to share directly into this shared folder without any settings. However, in practical applications, many people do not need this feature. We can disable this feature by modifying the registry to save disk space. Open the Registry Editor and find the subkey {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}” under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion \\Explorer\\My Computer\\NameSpace\\DelegateFolders. Delete it. It is best to make a backup before deleting, or write down this value so that you can restore it instantly when needed.