Re: Cleaning hard drive by bigbob on April 13th, 2004 11:19:50 PM
Try this program called easy cleaner
Easy
also try this
3 S
" IF IT AINT BROKE - LEAVE IT ALONE "
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Re: Cleaning hard drive by papa23 on April 13th, 2004 11:28:59 PM
The best way to gain maore space is to purchase a second hard drive. They are pretty easy to install.
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Re: Cleaning hard drive by on April 14th, 2004 07:28:40 AM
start with your temp files then the safest way to gain space is to use uninstall for the programs or go to add remove programs
also if you have componants in windows setup you can uncheck things you don't need that were installed automaticly when windows was installed
defrag does not gain space it organizes the data that is already written making access to your files faster
you can also go to start programs accessories system tools disk cleanup and run that
i do not suggest just deleting files from your hard drive i have done this and messed up .dll files causing registry problems
if you do not feel comfortable doing any of these things then use a third party software
such as system mechanic or norton utility's
Scsi - What you call your week-old underwear
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Re: Cleaning hard drive by bill23 on April 14th, 2004 10:31:43 AM
i think Kailas is erring on the safe side, which is good. also do a search on the drive for files with extnsions such as .bak .gid or other temp files that have a ~ (tilda) in them as they are not really files you need to save. other temp files may be important to keep untill your software that you installed needs to access them. so beware as Kailas notes. any programs you no longer use or want could be un-installed ( not just deleted ) if it has an un-installer file that works. unfortanitley this is not always the case and third party software to help you un-install it may be the best way to go.
look around before you start willy - nilly.
cheers, Bill2
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Re: Cleaning hard drive by on April 15th, 2004 07:53:05 AM
Kailas
no offense intended
i was writing my own thing
i am not against your post
in fact your post is a very good idea
Scsi - What you call your week-old underwear
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Re: Cleaning hard drive by jaba03 on April 15th, 2004 10:01:08 AM
Here's a best way to get rid of not needed stuff.
Go to dos, and type in following keywords and hit enter after typing each one
deltree/y temp
deltree/y tempor~1
here's how to delete all the internet history, which you don't need.
deltree/y history
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Re: Cleaning hard drive by bill23 on April 15th, 2004 10:56:29 AM
my humble apoligilies to Kailis.
I'm afaraid I'm the stupid one for a bad choice of words. I thought you made a very good post.
Good advice and info. I hope I didn't offend.
Cheers, Bill2
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Re: Cleaning hard drive by schoempy on May 06th, 2004 02:17:48 PM
that is all nice, but how do you fraa space if you start by program change, from win 2000 to win.98 and after format
there is still not space for the new program
thank
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