Spring-Clean of Windows Machines

Remove large items e.g. video files (to separate storage or delete).[http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/last-minute-spring-cleaning-of-your-windows-xp-system]

  •  Windows: [Start > Run > Cleanmgr.exe]
  • Defrag (registry as well as volumes)
    • No slowness problems so didn’t try that.  If it ain’t broken…

Resulting filespace usage:

  • Windows 7
    • System Disk (Boot Camp) 41 GB
    • …includes Documents 175 MB
  • XP SP3
    • Initially:
      • System Disk 42 GB
      • …includes My Documents 21 GB, mostly large downloads.
    • Finally (once these downloads were migrated elsewhere):
      • System Disk: 20 GB
      • My Documents 370 MB

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