Cleaning Up and Zeroing Drive C for Windows VMs and Drive Images

Contents Background General-Purpose Drive Checking Windows System Checking and Repair Add, Tweak, and Remove Programs Shrink or Delete Unnecessary Files Defragmentation and Free Space Consolidation Zeroing Free Space Hole-Punching (i.e., Reclaiming Zeroed Space) . Background Over the years, I had made many backup images of Windows drive C installations. I don’t remember exactly how I […]