How to Solve Windows 7 "Low Disk Space" Warning?

The symptom of Windows 7 low disk space

Computer users encounter Windows 7 low disk space warning, which will be shown in red as below:

If Windows 7 system partition is low disk space, it will cause many problems, such as below:

1. The system partition is not big enough to accommodate all your needs, such as software update/upgrade, or install programs.

2. Windows 7 Operating System is running slowly.

3. Windows 7 system may crash if the disk space is extremely low.

How to solve Windows 7 low disk space warning?

If you get Windows 7 low disk space warning system tray balloon notifications, from time to time, you may have to consider the option to free up some disk space. Here are some steps you may take to reclaim disk space in Windows 7.

1) Run Disk Cleanup utility.

2) Uninstall programs that you do not use through the Control Panel.

3) Remove all but the most recent system restore point using the Disk Cleanup utility.

4) Remove unwanted junk files by emptying Recycle Bin and deleting cookies.

5) Disable Hibernation and delete Hiberfil.sys if the space problem is critical on your system partition. It's a hidden file on the root directory of your system drive. Open Control Panel. Type Hibernate in the search bar. Select turn Hibernate On / Off.

6) Compress the files that you don't access frequently using the zip or the rar formats or move them to another drive.

Solve Windows 7 low disk space warning by partition manager software.

It is bothersome when Windows 7 runs in low disk space. The above methods could only solve Windows 7 low disk space problem temporarily. The easiest and fast way to solve Windows 7 low disk space problem is to extend the system partitions with partition manager software.

As magic partition manager software, EaseUS Partition Master can extend Windows 7 partition with simple operations by its "Resize/Move partition" feature. Furthermore, EaseUS Partition Master can extend NTFS system partition without rebooting the computer. The following is step-by-step instructions to extend Windows 7 system partition with EaseUS Partition Master.

The following is step-by-step instruction to extend system partition (C: drive).

1. Launch EaseUS Partition Master.

If there is no unallocated space behind the system partition, please follow the below steps. If there is unallocated space behind the system partition, please directly go to step 4.

2. Select partition E:, right click it, select "Resize/Move partition" and drag the partition handle leftwards to resize E drive. Then there will be unallocated space behind E: drive.

3. Move E: drive rightwards to let the unallocated space be behind the system partition (C: drive) and click OK.

4. Select the system partition (C: drive), right click it and select "Resize/Move partition", drag the partition handle rightwards to extend system partition (C: drive).

5. Click Apply.

For more detailed information, please visit resizing and moving partitions. However. there is another way provided by EaseUS can also extend system partition: Merge two neighbouring partitions.

• How to merge two partitions to enlarge system C drive?

You can use the free partition manager software to extend Windows 7 32 bit system partition. EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition is free for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 32 bit and 64 bit home users.

Through the above two methods, you will solve Windows 7 low disk space problem and get your computer run faster.

 

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