Has the C drive ever turned red? There are various system garbage cleaning and optimization software on the Internet, such as xx housekeeper, xx cleaning master , aside from the facts, these software are still useful. So how do I clean up the C drive when it turns red? Today, Xiaobian will share with you some tips and recommend some tools to clean up the space of C drive.
The C drive has turned red. Recommended tools to clean up space:
- Dism++:Use Dism++’s “Space Reclamation” function to clean up, you can use the default options, I usually select all (you need to pay attention to the risks indicated), especially after each systemupgrade, you can clear at least 10Gb or more of space.
Second, SpaceSniffer: is to use file scanning software. Display all the files on the C drive, especially large files, and see at a glance who occupies such a large space? Previously, I recommended SpaceSniffer, a tool that I use frequently. Find the large file, judge whether it is useless, and then delete it.
In addition to SpaceSniffer, there are two software with similar functions . Today, we will provide it to everyone, choose the one you like.
- WizTree. After running the software, select the C drive, and then click “Scan”, the speed is very fast, and the files in the C drive will be displayed in the form of a tree map. Find a large file and delete it. Be sure to make sure that the files are unnecessary and then delete them to avoid system damage.
- Diskitude . This software is only 10kb, and its scanning speed is slow compared to SpaceSniffer and Wiz Tree . The scan results are displayed in the form of radar charts, and the file size is also vividly displayed.
Summary of tools to clean up space: 1. Space recycling (Dism++); 2. File scanning ( Choose one of SpaceSniffer, WizTree, Diskitude )
C drive turned red to clean up the space occupied by WeChat:
The above methods can basically clear most of the space. But someone is not sure which files can be deleted when using disk analysis software? For example, if WeChat is installed on the C drive, it will take up a lot of space and need to be paid attention to. Here we recommend a WeChat-specific cleaning gadget. It is specially used to clean up WeChat. It is very simple to use, and you will see it at a glance, and I will not introduce it any more.
Open source address: https://github.com/yunlongzhuhuo/Windows-WeChat-Clean-Up-Tool
The c drive has turned red. Uninstall useless software tools Recommended:
The C drive takes up a lot of space, and another case is that a software that occupies a large volume is installed. Some are even around 10Gb and can be uninstalled with a full clean software. Today, I will introduce a green gadget Geek Uninstaller. The green software is only 10Mb in size. You can download and use the free version.
Official website: https://geekuninstaller.com/download
What should I do if the C drive turns red and the software cannot be uninstalled?
If a relatively large file is found on the C drive, such as the installed Office and Chrome browsers, they will occupy 4Gb. Although this kind of commonly used software occupies a large amount, it can’t be uninstalled all the time, right?
Today I introduce a few mklink commands to transfer them to the D drive (or whatever). Take Office as an example, transfer C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office to D drive. As you can see from the figure below, Office in the C drive occupies 1.6Gb of space.
Use the mklink command to transfer the office to the D drive. The steps are as follows:
- Cut all files in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office to D :\Program Files\Microsoft Office. In the process of cutting, if there are files (mostly dll files) that cannot be deleted, look at the prompt, which program is occupied, and prohibit it in the task manager.
Note: After cutting is complete, delete the Microsoft Office folder on the C drive!
- Run the command as administrator:
mklink /d ” C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office ” ” D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office ”
After the command is executed successfully, look at the C drive again, and a folder similar to a shortcut appears. This is actually a soft link, which is equivalent to mapping the files of the D drive to the C drive and does not occupy the C drive space.
So far, at least the C drive can clear more than 20Gb of space ~
So far, the above is the method of how to clean up the c drive that turns red. I recommend several tools to clean up the c drive space. For more quality tutorials, you can pay attention to the computer system city.
