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How To’s Series Part 17: Disk Cleanup

Jul 20, 2010
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Christopher Rice

 

And now onto the next article in the How To series, Disk Cleanup.

And now onto the next article in the How To series, Disk Cleanup. 

It is important to maintain the integrity of your hard disk, so
here is a tool from Microsoft to help you do so.

To access it, go to:  Start > Programs > Accessories >

System Tools > Disk Cleanup

When you click it, you will see a pop-up collecting information
regarding the disk and its files.  After a while, you will be presented
with the following po-up window:

All you have to do to get this started is click OK.

When you do, you will be presented with the following screen:

Click Yes and you can watch the progress of the cleanup.

It really is a simple process that has the benefit of buying you a lot of free disk
space.

Let me know if you know if any similarly useful tools,

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