May 1, 2008
HDD Optimization To The “Extreme” For Windows
Posted by Eru under Programming, Think | Tags: disk-space, hdd optimization, optimize, windows, xp |WARNING! this is for an advanced user
just few things that I do to Optimize the usage of my Hard-drive to the extreme
This things is extreme and may violate your OS warranty… so be a very carefull
1. Windows Help Files
did any of you read Windows help files? no?.. delete c:\windows\help\*.*
2. Windows Default Bitmap Wallpaper
did any of you use those? no?.. delete c:\windows\*.bmp
3. Windows Default Screen Saver
use screen saver? no? delete c:\windows\system32\*.scr
4. Ever read Other common app Help files? like IZarc, WinRar, Adobe Acrobat, Common Driver, Video Player? no? delete em *.chm,*.hlp,*.cnt
5. Familiar With the common app Readme.txt content? yes? delete ‘em
6. Windows Default Sound Scheme? did any of you use those? no?.. delete c:\windows\media\*.wav
7. Today’s application use language support, do you use language other than English? no?
delete the other language files
8. Ever use font other than your default? why do keep em (unless u’re designer but if you’re designer why don’t install the font just when you need them? it will optimize your PS, Corel and Windows)
9. Ever read manual *.pdf files inside your program files? no? delete em all
10. Do you need those fancy application skins? no? delete the one u don’t need
11. UPX all the executable files? (don’t know what UPX is? read the detail on this site) UPX
12. Temp Files
(that’s common) like c:\windows\temp or c:\Documents And Settings\YOURUSERNAME\Local Settings\Temp\
13. Prefetch? c:\Windows\Prefetch\*.PF
14. Ever Use Windows Java? (if u’re developer u probably have your own java) well..
c:\windows\java
15. Ever use Joystick or planning to have one? no? delete c:\Windows\System32\DirecX\Dinput\*.png
16. Some games use a common file for their video like .avi, .dat, or .mpg (open those file in a
common video editor and cut the file as short as possible) or even better some game
will run even without their movie files
17. Some games use a common file for their music like .mp3, .wav, or .ogg (open those file in a common sound editor and cut the file as short as possible) or even better some game will
run even without their sound files
18. Avoid Thumbs.db
and zip all of your manga scan per-chapter (and use acdsee or IrfanView
to read it)
19. Use Pascal Convention On File Names
example: Yellow Card - Paper Walls into YelloCard-PaperWalls (that will save extra bytes hehehe)
20. Use Duplicate File Finder on your Musics, Videos, Mangas And Pics Collection
maybe you’ll find
the same file DUPFile
Well manage to Clean 1.161 MB today ![]()
May 2, 2008 at 8:59 am
wahhh,,,
file bawaan windowsnya diapus2in,,,
iya sih emang pada jarang dipake…
coba jangan ya?
hmm hmm,,,
May 2, 2008 at 9:31 am
I’ve told you this is Extreme Optimization hehehe
Aww come on.. don’t be affraid
you’re IT professional now
May 2, 2008 at 9:50 am
kompi saya sekarang jadi lelet…entah mengapa…saya cobain ya…
eniwei reed,
kl program2 yang saat start up nyala…gmn matiinnya..?! dan saat saya cek di start-> start up, ga ada program2 itu….tapi program2 itu nyala…
owkee reed…thxx
May 2, 2008 at 10:14 am
@nai:
jawaban pendek.. install
TuneUp Utilities
jawaban menengah gunakan..
msconfig.exe (ketik msconfig di run)
dan coba ubah chekbox di tab StartUp
jawaban panjang…
gunakan Regedit ubah Run-key
May 2, 2008 at 4:33 pm
yakin ga papa tu? yakin? yakin nggak?? BENERAN YAKIN?!?!
Duh mo install the sims2 Bon Voyage HD ga cukup lagi. Hwaaa hwaaa…. :((
May 2, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Tuh kan…
d blog ny Eru, ada tuh avatar ny Nai. d blog ku g kliatan! Hiks
May 2, 2008 at 5:23 pm
@eve:
beuh SIM bon voyage ma Gigaan maenannya.. uda nyoba 7 sins 
yaa so far gw pake sih ga pernah crash
May 2, 2008 at 9:10 pm
7 sins? udah. hasil? muntah! hampir mirip nonton cloverfield and maen CS dah.
Kapoookk kapoookkk…
Actually i was pretty good at getting girls into bed.
May 3, 2008 at 11:17 am
@eve:
yah… padahal mo ngajakin men CS wk wk wk
getting girls into bed..
hmm I can see that
girls are better at it
(it’s obvious isn’t it)
May 5, 2008 at 9:20 am
Banyak juga ya “sampah” di Windows..
May 5, 2008 at 9:23 am
@kabarihari: Yep
May 5, 2008 at 12:49 pm
patut dicoba neh
May 5, 2008 at 1:44 pm
May 5, 2008 at 3:27 pm
@dinand: ah master… mending bikin tutor semacam ini untuk NIX he he he
@carra:
pake program yang namanya TuneUp Utilites juga bisa melakukan sebagian besar proses diatas
May 6, 2008 at 9:43 am
Bwt Windows Server 2003 biar tetep kenceng jalanin MOSS gimana Er
May 6, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Hehehe…
artikel yang sangat keren reed
tadi komputer saya lelettttt bangett
dan saya jalanin no. 1,2,12,13,15 dan itu aja udah menghemat banyakk
**yang lainnya masih ada yg binung**
trus..udah jalanin tune up utilities
dan tadi udah matiin program2 start up sama services2 yg kira2 kurang penting di msconfig **itu juga sambil nanya2**
sama lagi download DUP files…
Huahahah….ga nyangka bisa secepat ini komputernya…padahal ramnya cm 256…
thankkzzz….youuuu….. reedlerlicious
May 6, 2008 at 1:52 pm
@ries: upgrade processornya, naikin RAMnya wk wk wkw
hmm kalo gw sih mencoba meminimalisir jumlah web-app yang aktif (since mereka mengaktifkan wp3
), dan meminimalisir feature hehehe…
@nai: tumben kutukannya ga “kick in”
May 7, 2008 at 6:05 pm
*mengharapkan virtualization dari kantor, jadi dekstop cukup xp aja + remote dekstop*
May 7, 2008 at 7:08 pm
hi hi hi
Mine’s remote
**
saat depresed sama speed,
inget sama yang pake VM Windows 2003
**
May 7, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Ru.. W punya HDD maxtor yg 160 Gb, pas pengen booting tuh bunyi! Tapi gak bikin lag ataupun apa gitu! Caranya gimana tuh?
May 8, 2008 at 9:06 am
@Uchiro: eh… ga ngeuh ne
May 9, 2008 at 11:43 am
Doh…!!!