Windows reserves some disk space for its Hibernate feature. The Hibernate mode is a much better alternative to the Shutdown option. By default, the size of hiberfile.sys is 75% of the total amount of RAM installed on the computer. The hiberfil.sys can be configured to use anywhere between 50 to …
How Much Disk Space does Recycle Bin Uses by Default? By default, Recycle Bin uses 10% of the Disk space allotted to each user up to the first 40GB, and 5% of the disk space beyond the first 40GB. Note that this space is reserved i.e. unavailable for other files. …
What is Safe Mode Safe Mode is a diagnostic Start Mode for Windows used mainly for troubleshooting. Safe Mode loads only the essential drives and services required to boot Windows. None of the third-party drivers or startup programs and services is loaded in the Safe Mode. The knowledge of Safe …
The Hibernate Mode The Hibernate mode in Windows is a mix of Shutdown and Sleep modes. When you press the Hibernate button in Power options button in Windows Start Menu, all of the contents of the RAM are moved to the Hard Drive, and stored into a file called hiberfil.sys. …
Follow this step-by-step guide to boot Windows into Safe Mode using Windows’ in-built System Configuration (msconfig) utility. Step 1: Press the Windows key and R together to open the Run dialog box. Step 2: Type the word msconfig in the text field, and press OK. This will open Microsoft’s System …
Windows Recycle Bin The Recycle Bin is a great feature but it uses a lot of disk space. If you don’t use this feature too much or want to save some disk space then you can use one of the following two options – limit its maximum size or disable …
Windows has some great inbuilt tools that are either little known or not known at all. The most important thing here is having the knowledge that such tools exist in your Windows. You can access all of these by typing their name in Windows Start Menu Search or you can …
Netstat (Network Statistics) Netstat (Network Statistics) is a command-line networking tool found under the name NETSTAT.EXE in the Windows operating system. It can be used to display all kinds of data related to network connections. You can type various Switches along with the netstat command in the Command Prompt to …
Language Bar or Input Indicator The Language Bar or Input Indicator is a shortcut icon like many other icons that you get in the notification area of Windows Taskbar. And, like all of the other icons present in the notification area, you can turn this one On or Off too. If …
System File Checker – SFC System File Checker (SFC) is a Windows System tool that scans and checks all of the protected Windows System files for errors, and replaces the corrupt files with the cached copy of Windows files located in the WinSxS directory. If the files in the WinSxS are …