[SeniorTech] Removing unnecessary files from your computer
- From: "Jerry Taylor" <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:24:56 -0400
A tip from SeniorTech...
Your computer can pick up and store temporary files when you're looking
at Web pages and even when you're working on files in programs, such as
Microsoft Word. Over time, these files will slow your computer's
performance. You can use the Windows "Disk Cleanup" screen to rid your
computer of these deadbeat files.
To run Disk Cleanup:
1. In your Start menu, click My Computer.
2. In the My Computer dialog box, right-click on the drive you wish to
check for errors (for most of us this will be the C: drive, unless you
have multiple drives on your computer), and click Properties.
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3. In the Properties dialog box, click Disk Cleanup.
4. Use Disk Cleanup to help clear unused files from your computer. Disk
Cleanup will calculate how much space you can free up on your hard
drive. After its scan, the Disk Cleanup dialog box reports a list of
files you can remove from your computer, as pictured below.
This scan can take a while depending on how many files you have lying
around on your computer.
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View results from the Disk Cleanup dialog box.
5. After the scan is complete, in the Disk Cleanup dialog box, click
View Files to see what Disk Cleanup will throw out once you give it the
go ahead. You can check and uncheck boxes to define what you wish to
keep or discard. When you're ready, click OK.
Jerry Taylor
SeniorTech
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