wizardmao
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windows 10? then edge lor

I uninstalled IE.
Using Win 7. When i install OS, i dont just install everything. I do custom installation. Basically here is a good guide for it back then. Not sure if some stuffs are outdated nowadays.
Dont attempt this if you dont know what u are doing, i take no responsibility if yr PC cannot boot up afterwards

Basically a stripped down Win 7 that doesnt have a lot of extra stuffs I dont usually need(Which most majority users dont either). Year 2011 SSD very expensive ah..
Most back then use 60GB/120GB only.Been many yrs liao, i cant remember what i did either. Was in 2011 when i built my old PC, then iirc only reformat once or twice in 2012 / 2014.
After installation of OS, perform optimization etc. Actually a lot of ppl think that installation of OS takes up tons of HDD space. This is because they dont know by default a lot of capacity in the HDD are allocated to stuffs like,
System restore points space that chalks up a truckload of used capacity over time, if user doesnt clear those up manually periodically. I disable system restore.
Page file, Those who know this will know what it does. I disable too.
Crash dumps, some user complain their PC slow down a lot after some crashes or etc. A lot dont realize it could be due to crash dumps again taking up truckload of HDD space, thus slowing the overall PC performance over time.
Hibernate etc.
Been many yrs, I cant recall liao. I believe when back then after doing up everything I check properties my SSD used space only took up ~4GB or so(I remember it was a very small amount that even i was pretty shocked and satisfied after hours of work put into it from reading guides/tutorials from the net
).