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What’s the ideal free space to maintain on your computer’s hard drive?

Most experts recommend that at least 20% free space of the hard drive should be kept free so that this extra space can be used to store temporary files by applications you use, defragmentation programs, or new files/programs that you add in to you computer.

Follow up:

You should consider to upgrade your hard drive if the free space in your hard drive has reduced less than 20%. Or alternatively you could get an externatl hard disk. Prices are dropping dramatically, so now could be a good time.

To find out how much space you have left, go to “my computer” and click-right on the drive (most of the time C: or D. When you choose “properties” it should give you an overview of the amount of space used.