Monday, May 30, 2011

Clean up junk files

The dialogs may be different on your PC
  • The problem: Windows fails to clean temporary files leading to huge unwanted files getting built up. These files eventually become junk files which serve no purpose and if left unattended can eat up quite a lot of space.
  • The solution: Follow these steps:
    1. Go to My Computer->Right click on the Drive that you want to clean->Properties->General tab->Click on Disk Cleanup.
    2. Wait patiently while Windows finds the files and makes some computations.
    3. After a while the "Disk cleanup" dialog will show up, make sure that you check to delete all the files in the list.
    4. Press OK.
        That wasn't difficult now, was it? Although the process may take a long time you can continue to use the system normally.

Note:
  • As part of the cleaning process Windows compresses files that are seldom used. For files which are not accessed in ages it's not a bad idea and might free up considerable amount of space on your system. 
  • The OS partition needs cleaning at all times. The other drives can be skipped.

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