When your hard drive is about to be full the
first task to try to get some space is to run the automated Disk cleanup.So
you can get rid of all the temporary files components of old
programs,various junk and the best of all you can do all this safely.
Figure
1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Click on Start /All Programs / Accessories /
System tools / Disk Cleanup.
On the first window you can choose whether to clean only your personal
folders or all the files Click the option you selected(See Fig.1)
In the second window select the drive
you want to clean and click OK (see Fig 2)
In the Disk Cleanup Windows Vista puts a tick in the
box next to the files that can be deleted safely but if you know what you are
doing you can check the box next to any other file and it will be deleted(See
Fig.3)
Tips
In the More Option tab contains other cleanup tools to remove programs and
System Restore restore point
On the temporary files you actually delete only files older than a week but
if you want to delete them manually go Start / Run or click the Windows logo + R
Type %temp% and press enter .A folder with all the temporary files
opens and you can delete them all.
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