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Clean up your hard disk

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Windows XP
Windows 2000
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Windows 98
Windows 95
By erasing unneeded files and folders on your hard disk, you'll not only get more space, but make it faster and more responsive. Additionally, removing drivers and applications that are no longer used will clear more memory for your other applications, which can substantially improve overall system performance. Be careful, however - removing files that are still needed can cause some applications, or even Windows itself, to stop functioning. It's always good practice to move any files in question to a different directory or drive (or just simply rename them) before deleting them entirely. Again, backing up your entire hard disk is very important. See What to Throw Away for details, and a good place to start.


Written by: Annoyances.org
Last updated: Thursday, August 9, 2001

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