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Did you know? Windows reserves 10% of hard disk space for the Recycle Bin.

If you have a large hard drive, a considerable amount of hard disk space will be reserved. For instance, on a 250 GB hard drive, 25 GB (25,600 MB) of disk space is reserved. That's a massive amount of space that can be used more efficiently for your programs and data storage needs. Consider this: A music CD consists of approximately 700 MB, so for the reserved 25,600 MB, you could store about 36 Music CDs. But remember, do not reduce the reserved disk space to zero, because Windows needs some space to restore files you accidentally delete.

Follow the steps below to reduce the amount of space reserved by the Recycle Bin.

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How to Reduce the Amount of Space Reserved by Recycle Bin

By default, Windows reserves 10% of disk space for the Recycle Bin. On a 40 GB hard drive, that's 4,096 MB (1 GB = 1,024 MB)! On a 60 GB hard drive, that's 6,144 MB!
1,024 MB is sufficient space for the Recycle Bin.

Here's how to reduce the amount of space reserved by Recycle Bin:

Step 1: Locate the Recycle Bin on your desktop (the location varies on most computers).

Step 2: With the right mouse button, click on the 'Recycle Bin'.

Step 3: With the left mouse button, click on 'Properties'.

Step 4: With the left mouse button, click on the (slider) and continue holding down the left mouse button.

Step 5: Drag the slider to the left, to decrease the amount of space reserved by the Recycle Bin.

Step 6: With the left mouse button, click on the 'OK' button.

You have now reclaimed some of the space previously reserved by the Recycle Bin!
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