Hard disk full is a natural thing. Especially for those of you who often store data on Drive D. However, what happens if Drive D is actually full of itself?
This kind of incident is quite common on any hard drive. As a result of the full Local Disk, the performance of the PC or laptop becomes slow.
To be able to overcome this, consider some ways to overcome Local Disk D full itself as follows.
1. Run Disk Cleanup
The first way is to use Disk Cleanup. This method is quite practical because we do not need to install additional applications. Windows has provided a tool called Disk Cleanup.
By using Disk Cleanup, we can manage which data is important and which can be deleted. To be able to use Disk Cleanup, please see below:
- Go to My Computer, then select Drive D.
- After that, right click on Drive D and select Properties
- After going to Properties, you can click the Disk Cleanup button
- Next, there will be a scanning process whose time really depends on the number of files.
- When finished, then you can choose which file types to delete. Some files that should be deleted are temporary files, log files, various files in the recycle bin, and various other unimportant files.
- You don’t need to be afraid of files that will be deleted because all selected files are very safe to delete.
- If you want to delete system files which are not visible by default, please press the Clean Up System Files button.
- If it’s still not enough, you can click the More Options tab and press the Clean Up button under System Restore and Shadow Copies.
- When everything is ready, you just click OK and wait until the process is complete.
Usually this method is powerful enough to delete junk files on a PC or laptop.
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2. Delete files or uninstall apps that have large memory
The next way is to delete files or uninstall applications that have a large size. It could be that the source of the full file itself comes from an application installed on Local Disk D.
Generally, applications that can increase memory are games, especially for online games. Because online games always ask for updates when connected to the internet.
Therefore, try to uninstall games that are considered to be a heavy burden on the hard drive. To remove the application, you can use the Control Panel or use a trusted third-party application.
The same is true for files that have large files. Try to backup first using an external hard drive if you think the file is still needed. However, if the file is no longer needed, then just delete it as usual.
3. Checking the health of the hard disk
The next way is to check the health of the hard disk used. It could be that the hard drive is indeed problematic and can get more damaged if it is not handled quickly. Therefore, checking the hard disk is very important.
For your own way, you can use the services of third-party applications. Because now it is very much to be able to check the health of the hard drive. In fact, it is not uncommon for these applications to delete junk files on the hard disk.
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4. Clean temporary files
Files such as cache can also fill the hard disk capacity suddenly. For those of you who install the browser on Local Disk D, then the memory is likely full because the cache file is quite large.
This condition is very reasonable and will continue to grow if this cache file is not deleted. But there are consequences if this cache file is deleted, namely all data including stored logins will be deleted as well.
For those of you who still want to delete this browser cache file, please use CCleaner. This one application has long been known as a program to remove junk files until they are completely clean. The method is also quite easy, just follow the instructions there and you can use it with just a few clicks.
5. Use antivirus
The next possibility is that Local Disk D could be full by itself because of a virus. Especially if you often save files from flash or internet to Local Disk D, then the chance of getting a virus is very possible.
Try to install an antivirus that has a good reputation. If you can, you use an Antivirus program that can protect your hard drive from malware. Malware itself is a virus program that originates from the internet.
Some examples of reliable antivirus are Kaspersky, Norton, Malwarbytes. How to use it is quite simple like CCleaner. You just click scan and select the disk to be scanned. After that wait for the results because usually this antivirus also deletes the virus.
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Those are some ways to solve Local Disk D full yourself. Hopefully this article can provide many benefits for all.
