Tricks to Utilize Hard Drive Space Efficiently

Nowadays, we get hard disks in huge sizes but still most of the people quetch about not having enough space to keep all their data (both official and personal). A lot of these data are of use but there are many which is unnecessarily occupying your precious space which you can utilize in saving better things. So, what stopping you to get rid of them? Probably laziness! Or not enough knowledge about how to do it. Here are few of the best ways which can be really useful for you to manage your disk space strategically.
Cleanup your Desktop
It is very important to keep your computer clean with limited number of icons on your screen. Many people keep their computer cluttered with so many icons on their computer screen. Other than making your desktop look ugly, it eats up a lot of disk space and makes your computer slow. If your computer fits this description, it’s time for some beautification. Keep only those icons on your desktop screen which are really important and by that I mean only those which you need to access immediately (not your childhood album or favorite movies). Rest all the icons goes off the screen. Keep all other useful files into some other location (local drive) and delete all files, which are of no use.
Let go of all other unwanted files
There must be numerous files in your computer that are not of use anymore. These data are uselessly consuming your system’s memory. Delete every file from your computer’s permanent memory. You must have downloaded many files or software that was required only for a small period of time. Let go of all those files. There may be hundreds of movies, videos that you have seen so many times, delete all of it or shift it to cloud if you like to have a collection. There may be several files saved on more than one location, delete all keeping one copy of it.
Disk Defragmentation
Performing defragmentation is the best way to utilize disk space. Data that you store in your computer is saved in an unorganized manner. This contributes in reducing performance as when you view a file, computer has to look into different segments of memory to locate bits of information. Over time, when you delete few files, a lot of fragments of data is left empty. Defragmentation is the process of utilizing these spaces and rearrange a file so that one file exist at one place. Windows offer user friendly Defragmentation tools to rearrange data on hard disk and reunite fragmented files. This also help in enhancing your computer’s efficiency. You can schedule the defragmentation tool to run on their own, without bothering you or you can schedule it as per your need.