CHAPTER 5
Managing and Reclaiming Disk Space
Thanks to continuous advances in hard drive technology over time, those storage devices have gotten ever larger and cheaper—so much so that not that long ago the notion that the typical person might use up all of the storage capacity of a typical desktop or laptop PC seemed quite far-fetched.
These days, while it’s still fairly unlikely that you’ll fill your PC’s storage entirely, it’s not inconceivable either. There are a couple of main reasons for this, which we’ll discuss in this chapter, along with how to check the amount of disk space in use (and thus how much is free). We’ll also examine how ...
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