This Free Tool Can Help You Save a Lot of Disk Space on Windows

This Free Tool Can Help You Save a Lot of Disk Space on Windows

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Those on tiny hard drives know the daily struggle of juggling your files to avoid low storage space warnings. When you barely have enough hard drive space to run WindowsHow Much Space Do You Need to Run Windows 10?How Much Space Do You Need to Run Windows 10?Windows 10 is a compact operating system by design. We show you how you can strip it back even further to make it take up the least amount of disk space possible.Read More, you need to save space in any way possible.

If you’ve already deleted all the excess data on your PC but need more space, there’s another method you should consider: compacting the operating systemHow to Save More Disk Space with Compact OS on Windows 10How to Save More Disk Space with Compact OS on Windows 10What if you could easily and permanently save up to 6.6 GB of disk space on any Windows 10 device? You can with Compact OS and we show you how.Read More. This can save around 1.5 GB on a 32-bit system or 2.6 GB for a 64-bit installation. Usually compacting the OS takes some commands at the Command Prompt, but there’s a free tool that will do it easily for you instead.

The tool is called Dism++ and you can grab it from this forum post. You’ll have to sign up for an account on the website to view it.

Once you’ve downloaded it, unzip the file and run either the Dism++ x64 or x86 version if you’re using a 64-bit or 32-bit version of Windows, respectively. On the left sidebar, click the Disk Clean tab. Hit the None button at the bottom of the window to clear all check boxes, then check the Compact OS (Slower) box under the System header. Press the Scan button to analyze how much space this will save you.

The developers claim that this will save up to 33 percent disk space, but you’ll have to give it a try yourself to see. Note that compacting the OS is really only useful for those with tiny drives. If you have some 100 GB of unused space, the small increase isn’t worth compacting for. Thanks to MakeUseOf reader Yoda San7 Best Apps to Enhance Default Windows Features7 Best Apps to Enhance Default Windows FeaturesWindows has plenty of great default features, but some of them could be better. Here are seven awesome utilities to enhance anything in Windows.Read More for letting us know about this tool.

Still need to free up space? Check out large Windows folders you can safely delete5 Windows Files and Folders You Can Delete to Save Space5 Windows Files and Folders You Can Delete to Save SpaceWindows contains plenty of files and folders that nobody needs. Here are five items you can clean out if you're really hurting for disk space.Read More.

Have you ever compacted your operating system? Let us know how much space this tool saved you in the comments!

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