Cleaning up your hard drive can take a bit of time especially if you want get of all the little pockets that store information about you, where you've been, what you've done and the files/searches/documents that you've either used or looked at recently... so that's enough chatter! On with the show....

Clear the Documents Menu
On the Taskbar hit Start
Select Settings
Click Taskbar and Start Menu
Click Advanced tab
Under "To Remove Records of Recently Accessed..."
Hit Clear
Hit Ok


Files you can 'safely' delete
Temporary files (*.tmp)
TIF files (Tempory Internet Files)
Files with ~ in the name
Internet history etc
Backup files (*.bak) IF you are certain you don't need them!
Scan Disk files (*.chk like file0001.chk) IF you are certain you don't need them!
If in doubt opt for moving the files rather than deletigng them. Create a new folder called OLDMARCH99 (or whatever) and store the files in there. If you haven't had to use them in say 3-6months then delete the contents. If you rename the folder with date (oldMARCH99) then you'll have some idea about when you archived them.


Clear Tmp files
Launch Explorer (Winkey+E)
Navigate to C:\temp
now you can either hit Ctrl+A (which is Select All)
or
Hold down the Shft Key and click on the first listing at the top
Scroll down to the last listing
Hold the Shft key down
Click the last listing (this will highlight ALL the files)
Release the Shft key
then continue with the...
Right Click one of the highlighted listings
Select Delete
At confirmation dialog box, hit Yes


Remaining Temp Files
Right Click the Start button on the TaskBar
Select Search
In Search For Files and Folder
At Seach for Files and Folder Named: type in *.tmp
Hit Search Now
This will generate a list of all the *.tmp files on your C:\ drive.
Delete the files if you're certain you don't need them. As a rule of thumb leave all files that cover the last few days, more if you've had problems saving files

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