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In this guide, you\u2019ll learn ten top tips to save space on your hard drive.<\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/pcmatic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">free PC Matic diagnostic scan<\/a> conducts a thorough analysis of your system&#8217;s hard drive and the files that fill it.&#8211;PC Pitstop<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Uninstall Unneccessary Software Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although it\u2019s an obvious tip to start with, some serious space can be saved by uninstalling unneccessary applications. You have three options:<\/p>\n<p>1. Scan the list of installed programs manually (Click the Start button, click Control Panel, and click Add\/Remove programs \u2014 Uninstall a program.)<br \/>\n2. Use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revouninstaller.com\/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html\" target=\"_blank\">Revo Uninstaller<\/a> to completely remove software and its traces.<br \/>\n3. 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Use a program like <a href=\"http:\/\/mintywhite.com\/software-reviews\/productivity-software\/easy-duplicate-finder-scans-your-drive-for-duplicates\/\" target=\"_blank\">Easy Duplicate Finder<\/a> to locate and remove these files.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mintywhite.com\/windows-7\/7maintenance\/10-top-tips-save-space-hard-drive-hdd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tips continued here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This excerpt appears with the permission of Windows Guides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hdsave150.jpg\" alt=\"hdsave150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-44810\" \/><\/p>\n<p>10 simple routine &#038; preventative maintenance tips that can help conserve hard drive space &#038; create more room for pictures, videos, music and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":66012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3883],"tags":[4520],"class_list":["post-44798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-windows-guides","tag-hard-drive-maintenance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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