When performing a Disk Cleanup, you have the option to compress your hard drive.

In the Disk Cleanup window, check the box next to the items (except 'compress old files') that are using up disk space, click OK, and then click Yes if you want to proceed.

In the General tab, click the Disk Cleanup button located next to the pie chart.

Right-click the hard drive you want to regain hard drive space.

How to disable hibernation mode in Windows.

If you turn your computer off instead of using hibernation mode, you can disable this feature to free up space. If you have more than one hard drive in the computer and the C: drive is the drive running out of space, consider moving the swap file to another drive.

On the System Restore tab, you can check Turn off System Restore on all drives to disable this feature completely, or click the Settings button and decrease the disk space usage.

In the System Restore window, click System Restore Settings.

Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and select System Restore.

Click the Apply button, and then click OK to disable system restore.

In the System Protection window that opens, select the Turn off system protection option.

Click the Apply button ( B) and click OK ( C) to disable system restore.

In the System Protection window that opens, select the Disable system protection option ( A).

In the System Properties window, click the Configure button on the System Protection tab.

Press the Windows key, type restore point, and then press Enter.

See the steps below for your version of Windows to disable system restore. Windows users can also reduce the default space utilized by Windows System Restore and can gain several gigabytes of hard drive space. You can regain a lot of disk space by uninstalling programs, including games you no longer use.

When prompted, click the Delete Files button.

In the Disk Cleanup window, check the box next to the items using up disk space, and click OK.

Select the drive that you need extra space on, and click OK.

Press the Windows key, type Disk Cleanup, and press Enter.

There are a few options for clearing space in Windows: Run the Disk Cleanup option

Disc cleanup