

This will seem like a no-brainer to most of the people reading this article, and that’s why it’s the first step. “Because computers are so flexible now - from music and videos to pictures they’ve downloaded from their phone - there’s just a lot of sources of data that end up on your PC,” says Jamie McGuffie, president of Plymouth, Mich.-based EdgeRunner, which produces SpaceMonger, a great Windows-based tool for seeing how much space your files are taking up.īut before you need a program like his, there are several other steps you should take to put your hard drive on a diet. Or, if you’re on a Mac, you get the alarming alert window that says, “Your startup disk is almost full.” “Low Disk Space” reads the flag on your PC’s system tray. Coyote hitting a brick wall, your computer has stopped you in your tracks. You’re cruising along the Internet, mouse in one hand, coffee in the other, and then - wham - like Wile E.
