Managing the space we take up and what's available on our hard drives that work with Windows 10 systems can seem a bit complicated. And even more so, if we do not have a clear and basic knowledge of this hardware, what is it for and what specific function it performs for the proper functioning of the personal computer.
Many times we find ourselves downloading all kinds of programs, applications and games left and right. Which can easily compress ours hard drive and this by not keeping track of the available space. So that our PC system can work in optimal conditions.
In the next tutorial we will explain, as we did with the article, how to know how much space Windows programs take up. And you will learn very simply what you should do so that you can see and know what's taking up space on my Windows 10 hard drive.
How to see and know what's taking up space on my Windows 10 hard drive
Since we are working with a work operating Windows 10, this allows us, thanks to the great improvements it has included, to efficiently manage it hard disk space. And if you don't know, this can be a very important knowledge that you should take into account, as having a full hard drive is the cause of many errors, such as:
Your computer may have unplanned or unexpected restarts, or your PC may suddenly shut down. It may fail when reading data or be very slow when writing information. And one of the most common is to have bugs or errors when you want to access an application or program.
To see and know what is taking up space on your Windows 10 hard drive, you need to do the following. But first you need to know that we will be using a feature available in the latest versions of Windows 10. And it takes care of an intelligent and automatic analysis of all storage drives.
Know the disk space via the storage sensor
To access this feature, we will go to Start menu, then we'll create a clip in the Settings option. In this way, the window will appear, where we can see different options. Here we will select creating a clip in the System option and then we need to create a clip in Storage.
Once we enter the section, we will look at detailed information about the current hard drive, the used space and the total hard drive space. We will also be able to notice the different categories and the space each of them is occupying on the disk.
We can also find the Show more categories option, if we create a clip there, it will show you its administration in a more complete way. Here we can also enable the Storage Sensor by activating the switch. Once activated, it will give you a file report that have not been used in 30 days and could be eliminated.
You will have full access to each of the categories it presents to see the space in use and the free space. We can also access this information via the Control Panel, then programs and features. And so we can see what space each of them occupies.
As you can see, it is very easy see and know what's taking up space on my Windows 10 hard drive. And you can do this through multiple access routes so that you always have this important information at your fingertips.
