Performing a disk cleanup on a computer that has Windows is easy and hassle
free. It is great for the inexperienced computer user as it deletes the files
for you and is therefore safer than doing it yourself. The disk cleanup can
delete unused and temporary files from your hard drive. Files such as the ones
in the recycle bin, temporary internet files, downloaded files, compressed old
files, and more.
Where is the disk cleanup tool?
Go to the Start Menu in the bottom left and
choose all programs
Then Choose Accessories, then
System Tools.
Here you will see the Windows Tools
available.
Choose Disk cleanup from the
menu.
It will then ask you to select a drive.
It usually starts with C: which is the main drive.
Press ok when you have chosen a
drive.
Then it will show you the disk cleanup
window for the drive you selected.
Put a tick in the boxes if you
would like those files deleted. For example if you want the temporary files or
the recycle bin files deleted then put a tick next to them.
Press ok for the process to
start.
Notes:
You
can also go to the next tab for more option. It will clean up a few other
things that may be taking up space.
You
should use disk cleanup before you perform any other maintenance like
defragging your computer as there is no point moving unwanted files around.
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