How to Use Disk Cleanup in Windows Vista

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Use Disk Cleanup in Windows Vista

Computer not acting as quick as it should be? It could be all you need to do is clean it up a bit. Why not try the Windows Cleanup feature on Vista?

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Computer with Windows Vista (Also available on XP)

Step 1

First of all go to the start button in the bottom left corner, in Vista it's now shaped as a windows symbol.
Step 2

In Vista type "Disk Cleanup" in the search box, it should be the only search result. If you're using Windows XP, you should be able to find it under Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System tools -> Disk Cleanup.
Step 3

Now it'll ask if you'd like to clean up only your files, or the files for the whole computer. Just select the whole computer, it won't hurt anything. After it comes up with drive selection, pick your main hard drive, this is generally the C: drive.
Step 4

Now just wait for it to load all the files it can clean up... It could take a minute or two.
Step 5

I hadn't cleaned up this drive in a really long time.

Now just check all the file types you want to clean up and hit "OK" then "Delete files", if you've never done this before and you've had the computer for a while it may take a little while to clean up all those files. Your computer will be thanking you for it later. Enjoy the faster computer!

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woot said

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on 3/16/2009 Thanks for the advice on using Disk Cleanup in Windows Vista. I haven't cleaned my hard drive in a long time so I really need to do this!