Question

A user continually gets the following warning message that his hard disk space is low: ``You are running out of disk space on drive C:``. He says he knows his disk space is low, but he doesn`t have time to deal with the problem. He would like to know if there is a way to disable the message. Can this warning be disabled? Is so, how? Is it advisable to do so? Write an email response to the user with your answer.

Answer 1

Can this warning be disabled? If so, how?

In order to disable the low disk space warning checks in Windows 10, you only need to follow the steps given below:

Step 1: Open the Registry Editor.

Click on Start Menu.

Type ‘Run’ and press the ‘Enter’ key. A ‘Run’ dialog box will open.

Type ‘regedit’ and click ‘Ok’. A ‘User Account Control’ dialog will appear. Give access to the app by clicking on ‘Yes’.

A new window with the label Registry Editor will open.

Step 2: in the Registry Editor, locate the folder with the name ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER’ under the option Computer and click on the expand symbol next to this folder in order view all the inner folders.

Step 3: Keep on expanding the folders till you reach the current window’s registry key. The path should be HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion after expansion of the folders.

Step 4: Under CurrentVersion, click on the key named Policies. (If there is subkey called Explorer available then skip to step 6.)

Step 5: From the menu select Edit -> New -> Key. A new key with default name New Key #1 will be created. Change the name to ‘Explorer’ and hit the Enter key.

Step 6: Select Explorer and then click on Edit -> New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value.

Step 7: DWORD created will have New Value #1. Change the name to NoLowDiskSpaceChecks and press Enter.

Step 8: Right-click on this newly renamed DWORD and click on Modify. A pop-up with ‘Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value’ will open.

Step 9: In the pop-up, change the ‘0’ to ‘1’ in the Value data field.

Step 10: Select ‘Ok’ and close the Registry Editor.

Once you have followed these steps, your Windows 10 will stop giving you low disk space warnings but take great care during this process as changes are made directly in the registry and it is better to take a backup of your registry keys before editing anything

Is it advisable to do so?

No. If storage is low, it can affect the entire performance of the system and degrade it. The user should delete unnecessary files from the drive or he/she should increase the storage capacity as soon as possible.