How to: Determine available and used disk space.
Solution:
Display the ' Properties' sheet for the drive in 'My Computer'.
1) Double-click 'My Computer'. (The 'My Computer' window appears.)
'My Computer'
2) Select the drive.
3) Do one of the following:
a) Select the 'File' menu and select 'Properties'. (The 'Properties' window appears.)
b) Display the drive's pop-up menu:
1] Right-click the drive icon.
2] Select 'Properties' from the pop-up menu.
4) Read the disk space statistics from the pie chart or the numbers above the chart.
'Disk space'
5) (Optional) If disk space is low, do one or more of the following to free up disk space:
a) Backup and delete unneeded files from the drive:
b) Delete unnecessary Windows files.
c) Reduce the amount of disk space reserved for the 'Recycle Bin'.
1] Right-click 'Recycle Bin' to display the pop-up menu.
'Recycle Bin'
2] Select 'Properties' from the pop-up menu.
'Recycle Bin' pop-up menu
3] Click the 'Global' tab.
4] Move the slider to the left in the 'Maximum size of Recycle Bin section.' (The percentage of the drive dedicated to deleted files is displayed.)
