HP Presario 6271AP Cleaning Up the Hard Drive, CAUTION:, Disk Cleanup, 3.Click My Computer, To Clean Up the Hard Drive, 8.Click OK, 1.Close all open programs

Maintaining the Computer

Cleaning Up the Hard Drive

As you use your computer and store files, the hard drive begins to fill up and get cluttered, which ultimately affects performance. To prevent this, you can delete files that you are not using.

CAUTION: You should not delete any unfamiliar files. If in doubt, do not delete.

To Clean Up the Hard Drive1.Close all open programs.2.Click the Start button from the Windows taskbar.3.Click My Computer.4.Right-click the hard disk drive you want to clean up.5.Click Properties on the pop-up menu.

6. On the General tab, click Disk Cleanup.7.Click the types of files you want to delete.8.Click OK.

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