I have a question about Clean up your hard disk:

my computer is very slow and when i try to drfrag it it takes hours to defrag how can i delete unnecessary files on my computer to make it faster and wht files do i delete.

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First run Disk Cleanup (My Computer->right click on Drive C->Properties.

Go into Windows\Temp Subdirectory (real careful in here). Delete all files in this 
subdirectory. If there are any *.tmp files currently in memory you will get an "access 
denied" warning - you can leave these particular ones until next time.

Next do a Find on *.tmp and *.chk files and get rid of all - delete from the Find 
window.

Next go into Add/Remove programs under Control Panel and look for any programs that 
you decided to load but that you no longer need. If you do not know what the program 
is then leave it.

Next explore My Documents and get rid of any files in here you no longer need.

At this stage you probably have heaps of files in the recycle bin. I suggest you 
leave them here for a week or so unless you are in a desperate hurry to clean your 
drive because you may need to restore some of them if you discover you deleted them 
in error.

It is also worth searching for any files in excess of 5mb - Start->Find->Files or 
Folders->Advanced->At Least 5000 kb. It will tell you if there are any big ones hogging 
disk space, but don't delete anything that you aren't absoluutely sure about, and 
if it is a program file that you want to delete, then delete it through Add/Remove 
Programs.









On Monday, December 9, 2002 at 11:29 am, gary mcdaniel wrote:
>I have a question about Clean 
>up your hard disk:

>
>my computer is very slow and when i try to drfrag it it takes hours to defrag how 
>can i delete unnecessary files on my computer to make it faster and wht files do 
>i delete.

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If you go into the control panel and open add/remove programs, yu should be able to remove almost everything. Only remove things you know you can. Delete all that u don't use. As for speeding up the defrag, all you can do is do it more often, that keeps it updated and faster. Defrag speeds up you're computer by moving files that you use often in you're system to the front of the computer. It can even cause you're defrag to go faster the more often u use it. I myself defrag every other day, just as all hardcore gamers should!


On Monday, December 9, 2002 at 11:29 am, gary mcdaniel wrote:
>I have a question about Clean
>up your hard disk:

>
>my computer is very slow and when i try to drfrag it it takes hours to defrag how
>can i delete unnecessary files on my computer to make it faster and wht files do
>i delete.

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Removing programs in Add/Remove Programs may not speed up the computer.  Many programs 
are listed in Add/Remove Programs but are run very rarely os why delete them?  The 
thing to do is reduce teh number of programs that startup when the computer is booted. 
 Go to Start, Run, enter msconfig and click OK.  Then click on the Startup tab.  
A list is displayed showing programs - if there is a tick in the box to the left 
of the name then that program is started automatically.  If the program is not necessary 
to start, remove the rick.  Reboot and see how performance is.  Warning - do not 
remove startup items for scanreg, systray, explorer if they are in teh list.  Also 
note that some programs may restart anyway - in which case, you may have to run the 
program and remove its startup actions by going to Options or Preferencees or some 
similar tool bar item






On Monday, December 16, 2002 at 7:02 am, Roger wrote:
>If you go into the control panel and open add/remove programs, yu should be able 
>to remove almost everything.  
>Only remove things you know you can.  Delete all that u don't use.
>As for speeding up the defrag, all you can do is do it more often, that keeps it
>updated and faster.  Defrag speeds up you're computer by moving files
>that you use often in you're system to the front of the computer.  It can even cause 
>you're defrag to go faster the more often u use it.  I myself defrag every other 
>day,
> just as all hardcore gamers should!
>
>

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If your defrag is taking too long makes sure only windows is running, disable your screensaver as this may keep resetting the defrag process. Before starting defrag it's good practise to run disk cleanup (this will give you the sytems advice on what files to remove) and maybe scandisk (first time only, then as needed) this will make sure your disk is empty of unneeded, unwanted or unnoticed files and make sure there are no errors on the drive. A regular defrag will keep your machine running smoothly. The first defrag will take a while but the following shouldn't take as long. My advice is to do it over night, over lunch or even split the disk clean up and defrag into seperate sessions so your not waiting for the clean up to finish before you start the defrag. Happy cleaning


On Monday, December 9, 2002 at 11:29 am, gary mcdaniel wrote:
>I have a question about Clean
>up your hard disk:

>
>my computer is very slow and when i try to drfrag it it takes hours to defrag how
>can i delete unnecessary files on my computer to make it faster and wht files do
>i delete.

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