Skip to Content
Troubleshooting & Maintaining PCs All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition
book

Troubleshooting & Maintaining PCs All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition

by Dan Gookin
March 2021
Beginner to intermediate
464 pages
10h 42m
English
For Dummies
Content preview from Troubleshooting & Maintaining PCs All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition

Chapter 2

More Mass Storage

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Reviewing storage media capacity

Bullet Discovering huge files

Bullet Finding and removing big files

Bullet Cleaning up the storage media

Bullet Removing unused programs

Bullet Using compression

Bullet Adding another hard drive

Bullet Cloning Drive C

This chapter is brought to you by the word capacity. It’s a great word, especially when applied to mass storage on a computer. The greater the media’s capacity, the more room for storing your stuff — not just programs and your documents but also massive files, such as your music collection, movies, and grocery lists. You need the storage space!

The Mass Storage Pie

A new mass storage device is full of potential. That’s because it’s empty. ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

The PC and Gadget Help Desk: A Do-It-Yourself Guide To Troubleshooting and Repairing

The PC and Gadget Help Desk: A Do-It-Yourself Guide To Troubleshooting and Repairing

Mark Edward Soper
PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Robert Bruce Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781119740308Purchase Link