Running out of disk space? Try this first.

When your hard drive is nearly full, before you run out to get a new one, try this first. (XP)
Right click on the 'My Computer' icon on your desktop, click on 'properties', then select the 'System Restore' tab.



Then select the 'Turn off System Restore' checkbox and click 'apply'.
When that has finished, unselect this checkbox and click 'apply' again.

This procedure will clean up all the system restore checkpoint data that is created every time you install/uninstall software.

You'll be amazed how much disk space you now(possibly)have... ;-)

However, only do this when your system has been running well for a while! You will only be able to restore to this point.

Thanks to Bart Neefs (EDS) for this tip