Maintaining the PC

Cleaning Up the Hard Disk Drive

As you use your PC and store files, the hard disk drive begins to fill up and get cluttered, affecting 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 it.

1.Close all open programs.

2.Click the Start button on 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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