Posts Tagged ‘disk cleanup’

Delete files using Disk Cleanup

Posted by Jason in Computer on April 17th, 2008

If you want to reduce the number of unnecessary files on your to free up space and help your run faster, use . It removes files, empties the Bin, and removes a variety of files and other items that you no longer need.

1. Open by clicking the Picture of the , clicking All , clicking Accessories, clicking Tools, and then clicking .

2. In the Options , choose whether you want to clean up your own files only or all of the files on the . permission required If you are prompted for an password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. (more…)

Remove Old Files After Vista SP1 Installation

Posted by Jason in Windows Vista on April 11th, 2008

My friend and I were discussing ’s since we both run Vista for our rigs. We’re on both ends of the spectrum though, with me running on Home Basic, and he, running on Ultimate. Not the same specs though since his rigs a juiced up gaming box and mine’s a workhorse lappie. One thing we’ve noticed is the memory consumption of . It’s taking up 1+ GB on a fresh boot. So we’re still running tests on whether this is just normal behavior or a classic up.

Anyway, this post is about cleaning up after has finished installing in your PC. The thing with installations ever since XP SP1 and SP2 is that they don’t really mop up after changing all of your files. In XP, you can see do the clean up via and Add/ but with XP, there’s no obvious process. (more…)

How to increase disk space in case of Low Disk space

Posted by Jason in Computer on April 3rd, 2008

Do you feel that the on your hard- is too little ? Does it seem that something fishy is going on which is eating your hard- space? If your answer is yes, read on till end to uncover the secrets of this type of behavior.

Some of the key reasons are:

* Temp files on C drive
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* files created during
* data
* Duplicate copies of large files like movies, songs etc.
* Deleting files for updates.

There are some more reasons as well, but these are most common reasons which can be observed. Now the important question, fix it ? Lets read on for the solution. (more…)

A Better Disk Cleanup

Posted by Jason in Computer on November 15th, 2007

This tip will show you create an unattended which will also empty your prefetch folder. This tip assumes you have XP installed in c:\.

Step 1.
Create a new text file and place the following contents inside:

c:\\\cleanmgr.exe /dc /sageset: 1
c:
cd \
cd c:\\prefetch
del *.* /q
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