Category: Geeks r Us
Hi all. When I ran disk clean up, it said that I had 602 mb of space that could be cleaned. I've used disk clean up before, but have not checked everything. Is it safe to check everything and letting disk clean up remove the files without harming my computer?
Uh, I don't know, but I wouldn't.
I don't remember what's in disk cleanup (I use c-cleaner) but I wouldn't run anything that erases stuff from my computer without being aware what it was going to clean.
Bob
You can check everything except you probably don't want to check the Catalog old files for content indexer. That takes up more space in the long one.
Disk Cleanup has things like Temporary Internet files, Error Reporting files, Temporary Files, and so on.
If you have installations that didn't run properly, or some bad shutdowns, or some errors / program crashes, this builds up. Plus your temporary internet files tend to build over time in IE. Especially any active content that downloads, say if you are watching videos online.
The worst thing that can happen is you might have to re-enter some saved passwords for online sites that you use, if in fact you do save your passwords.
You may have to log back into Facebook and other sites, that use cookies with expiration dates rather than storing passwords.
Anyone know where to find disk cleanup on a Windows 7 computer? I never had any trouble finding it on my old XP, but after reading this post earlier today I was reminded I haven't done a defrag or clean up since getting this computer. I found disk defrag and ran it but can't find disk cleanup.
Type disc clean upin the search box.
However, Windows 7 is set by default to do it for you, so you can forget about it if you want.
I second Leo. Check it all. It's not problem.
I use C Cleaner, because that does a better job.
But agtain, Windows 7 is already set, so just use it like you own it.
You can check to see that it is working, but that is about all you do.
Want it really clean, you use a 3RD party utility like I do, but that isn't really necessary if you aren't picky like I am. Smile.
There are a couple other ways to get to it, so if you want to know these post, and I'll tell you.
Sorry, I spelled “disk” wrong.
Should be “disk cleanup.”
You can also go to control panel, and click on administrative tools. Under that you’ll find several things you can do.
I'm using windows seven, and disk cleanup doesn't run by default. How can I set this up?
I will explain better, because my responses are lacking I think.
Windows 7, while set to defragment your drive by default has a schedule that can be changed or looked at if you desire.
As always there is debate to if it does a good job or not. My opinion is it does.
Here is how you see it, make changes, or manually run it.
Go to control panel. You can type that in the search box, or press Windows key, arrow once down, than type the letter C until you get there.
Find system and security.
Under that I shift tab up to it, but if you want to investigate all that is under that heading, simply tab.
If you like putting your computer in sleep mode, you might want to adjust the schedule so it doesn’t wake in the middle of the night. Some find the sound wakes them too.
Disk cleanup isn’t set on a schedule, so again just typing “disk cleanup” in the search box takes you to it quickly.
When you tap through the things under system and security, you’ll find free up disk space, that is also the disk cleanup.
The administrative tools applies to Windows 8, not 7. I didn’t say this.
I use both, so get lost sometimes. Smile.
Undder System and security, if you tab, you'll find the task scheduler as well to respond to the last poster.
Good luck.
I actually had to start typing clean up in search box. When I started with the word disk, it wanted to take me to diskdefrag, but at least I did find the schedule for defragging and changed it to a more convenient time.
The search box is setup to give you suggestions as you go. Depending on what is on your computer, or if you have it set to also search the net, depends on what you see as you go.
Example, the letter D starts to bring up things that start with D, so you have to continue typing until you hear what you want, or have typed it completely. After that, you still could have several items when you arrow down related to disk. Maybe you've got some files or something with Disk in the title.
Hope that helps.