Quick ways to Clear Up Space on Desktops/Servers

Running out of space is a fairly common problem, especially if the machine in question is running space intensive applications like Net Backup or SQL. If you ever need a quick way of freeing up some space, it's worth giving these a shot:

Delete Old MS Patch Ghost Files

Enable View Hidden Folders in Folder Options in Control Panel
Go to c:\windows
If you see a large number of ghost folders with names like $NTUninstallKB32451345$ then you can delete these folder to free up some space

Clear Down the Event Logs

Events Logs can fill up pretty quick since they're being written to almost non-stop. Each log can take up a couple of hundred MBs if it starts getting full so regularly clearing them down can help save space.
To clear down a log simply right click on it and select Clear Log...
You should be met with a message suggesting you save the log somewhere before clearing it out. This can be useful if you think you'll ever need to refer back to it in the future

Move the Page File

This is the area of space the machine will use if the RAM is full. If you need to free up some space on your C: drive moving it to another drive (if there's one avaiable) or simply setting it to "No Paging File" (though this can be risky). You can find the Page File info at the following locaiton:

My Computer à RC à Properties à Advanced à Performance à Advanced à Virtual Memory:Change

 

Other Basic Things to Check

Empty Recycle Bin

Run a Disk Cleanup on the drive

Check the temp folder on C: drive

 

If none of this helps, it might be worth downloading a directory space analyist such as Treesize (http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/) which will trundle off and find out what files/folders are taking up what amount of space on the drive.