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Help and Support
For more information about keeping the hard drive space free of unnecessary files, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword disk cleanup in the Search box, then click the arrow.
Delete unnecessary files, such as temporary Windows files, to free hard drive space.
To use the Windows Disk Cleanup program:1Click Start, then click My Computer. The My Computer window opens.
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3Click Disk Cleanup. The Disk Cleanup dialog box opens.
4Make sure that the check box beside each file type you want to delete is selected. For more information about file types you can delete, read the descriptions in the Disk Cleanup dialog box.
5Click OK, then click Yes.
Checking the hard drive for errors
Help and Support
For more information about checking the hard drive for errors, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword checking for disk errors in the Search box, then click the arrow.
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If you use your notebook several hours every day, you probably want to run
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