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
- Initially: