HP Pavilion 7924 How to Use

Freeing Up Space on Your Hard Disk Drive

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Your HP Pavilion home PC comes with a hard disk that has 20 to
120 gigabytes (GB) of total disk space, depending on your model
(1 GB equals 1 billion bytes). Your PC comes with preloaded software
programs and a hidden partition within the hard disk that take up a
certain amount of hard disk space.

Hard Disk Hidden Partition

The hidden partition:

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Houses a backup version of the operating system and the programs
included with your model.

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Takes up about 4.5 GB of hard disk space, reducing the total
amount of space available.

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Replaces the need for system and application recovery CDs.

Use the following procedures to:

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Determine available disk space.

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Uninstall unneeded programs.

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Use the Disk Cleanup utility.

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Reinstall programs that came with the PC.

Displaying Available Hard Disk Space

To view the amount of space on your hard disk:

1 Click Start on the desktop.
2 Click My Computer.
3 Click the Local Disk icon under Hard Disk Drives. The amount of

free space is displayed under Details on the left side of the screen.

Increasing Available Hard Disk Space

You can free up space on the hard disk by uninstalling programs or by
using the Disk Cleanup utility to remove unneeded files.

Uninstalling Programs

To uninstall programs:

1 Click Start.
2 Click Control Panel.
3 Double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon.
4 Select the program to be removed, and click Remove.

Using the Disk Cleanup Utility

To u se t he D i sk C le an u p ut il i ty :

1 Click Start.
2 Click Control Panel.
3 Click the Performance and Maintenance icon. You may need

to scroll down to view this icon.

4 Click the arrow next to Free up space on your hard disk. The disk

cleanup window appears.

5 Select the files you want to delete, and click OK.

Reinstalling Programs

You can reinstall any program that came with your HP Pavilion. For
programs that came on CDs, just reinsert the CD and follow the onscreen
instructions. For preinstalled programs, follow this procedure:

1 Click Start.
2 Choose All Programs, hp tools,andthenclickhp application

recovery.

3 Select the option to reinstall the applications shipped with your PC,

and click Next.

4 When the preinstalled application list appears, select the programs

to reinstall and click the Install button.

5 Restart your PC after reinstalling the programs.

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