The solution to the decreasing hard disk space of ThinkPad products is as follows:
1. Turn off the Rescue and Recovery scheduled backup function.
The Rescue and Recovery software will enable the scheduled backup function by default. This function will automatically back up the system regularly. The default path for backup is C:\RRbackup (hidden). This function can be turned off manually. Function.
1. First run the Rescue and Recovery software, go to the Start menu--Programs--Thinkvantage--Rescue and Recovery. After the program is running, click "Set Plans and Preferences" (some new versions of Rescue and Recovery, you need to click "Enable Advanced Edition" on the left first).
2. Uncheck the "Schedule backup" option.
3. Delete the generated RNR backup, click "Advanced" and select "Delete Backup".
Note: If there is an unexpected shutdown or power outage during the automatic backup of the system, deleting the backup in the RNR software may not completely release the space occupied by the hard disk. You can enter safe mode and delete the C:\RRbackup folder. , RRbackup is a hidden file in the system.
2. Turn off Windows System Restore
"System Restore" can restore the system to its previous normal state when there is a problem. It will be in the computer Generates multiple restore points, but it takes up a lot of hard drive space.
How to turn it off under Vista system: Open the Control Panel, enter "system" in the search box in the upper right corner of the window, and then click "Turn on or off automatic creation of restore points" in the search results.
At this time, a "System Properties" window will pop up. If you do not want to enable "System Restore"uo; Remove the check mark in front of the functional partition, click the "Turn off System Restore" button in the pop-up window, and then click the "OK" button.
3. Turn off thumbnail display
There is a dynamic icon function in Vista, which can display files in the form of icons, such as word files. Just use the first page of the document as the icon, video The file uses the first frame as the file icon, which looks good and can be easily searched. However, it also has disadvantages, because the system spends a lot of time to generate thumbnails of each file for the file icon, and also automatically saves them. , which will take up a lot of hard disk space and system resources. If the computer configuration is not very good, you can turn off this fancy function. Closing method: Open the "Computer" window, press the "Alt key" to display the window menu, then click the menu "Tools - Folder Options", click the "View" tab in the pop-up window, and then click the "Advanced" setting option. Just uncheck "Always show icons, never thumbnails".
4. Turn off the system hibernation function
By default, the Vista system turns on the system hibernation function, which will cause the system hibernation function to be stored in the root directory of the system disk. There is a hibernation file that is about the same size as physical memory and takes up a lot of hard disk space. You can turn off the hibernation function to free up hard disk space, click Start - All Programs - Accessories, right-click "Command Prompt" and select "Run as administrator".
Enter "powercfg –h off" in the window, and press Enter after entering to turn off the system's hibernation function.
After the above operations, as long as no new software is installed on the hard disk or new data is copied, the capacity of the hard disk will not change significantly. In addition, some Trojan viruses may automatically copy files on the hard disk, causing the hard disk capacity to continue to decrease. Therefore, in your daily use, you must also pay attention to virus protection and update virus protection software in a timely manner.