How to clean the disk from unnecessary files.

In this article I would like to tell you how to clean the C drive of "garbage" and other unnecessary files.

I would like to say at the beginning of the day what to do is not necessary, so that there are no such problems with a lack of disk space. The biggest mistake of many inexperienced users is the automatic creation of the folder "Downloads" on the local disk C. And in the future, upload everything exactly in this directory.

No need to download files and save them on the system disk .. What is fraught with this? The fact that the space will quickly fill up, and then, if suddenly reinstall the operating system, all this will be lost. Upload them to another local drive

Also, do not save different files in the folder "my documents". All for the same reasons.

Then, many people, when they copy something from a flash drive or a disc, like to "throw off" all the information on the desktop. Again, this is not very desirable.

How to Clean a C Disk

First, you need to move the download folder to another local disk. Thus, you will significantly free space. Next, clean the desktop of unnecessary and cumbersome files.

You can use the standard utility to clean the disk of unused information. To do this, go to the "Start" menu, select "All Programs" there. Then click on "standard" and then click on "service". There you will find the cherished program - "cleaning the disk."

The utility is quite simple, but you need to be careful not to delete something necessary and valuable.

What do you need to do next? Delete all unused programs and other files.

The software can be uninstalled using the standard "Add or Remove Programs" panel.

How to Clean a Disk With Your Own Hands Without Utilities

You can manually go to the "Program Files" folder and delete all unnecessary. Particular attention should be paid to the assemblies of software from a single company. For example, Adobe, Microsoft Office and others. In such folders there are several programs at once, and not all of them are needed. More precisely, not every user needs the whole set. And installers often do not bother to choose and place the entire set immediately.

Remove all software that you do not need. In extreme cases, it can be re-installed.

Next, go to the folder C: \ Users \ Your User Name \ AppData \ Local \ Temp \. This is a directory of temporary files. Most programs remove temporary fragments after installation, but some do not. Here this "garbage" that remains there, it is necessary to remove manually.

There are some inexperienced users who install games on the system disk, rather than on the data disc. If you have the same situation, then this information will need to be reinstalled or transferred from the C drive to the D section.

Then we go through the program "Total Commander" in a personal folder. Why this program? All because it is very convenient and you can display hidden files and folders with one click.

In the C: \ Users \ User Name \ folder, different folders are opened. We are interested in Local Settings and Application Data.

In them you will find different folders of your games and programs. All the files that you deleted, you need to find here and delete the folders with the configuration and "save". With software, you need to do the same.

Most programs store there temporary files and settings data. For example, "Photoshop", can store there files for several gigabytes.

We delete and there everything is not necessary.

If you do not have enough space, then radical measures must be taken .

How to clean a C: A cunning way

You will need to disable the swap file. On the Windows XP operating system, this is easier. Just in the properties of the computer we find the power tab and there we disable the paging file. It is approximately equal to the amount of RAM.

In Windows 7, this is a little more complicated. To do this, you will need to create a text file on your desktop with any name. For example, 123.txt.

Then open it and enter powercfg-h off. After that, save and rename the file. The name does not matter. Only the file extension is important. From * .txt it is necessary to make * .cmd.

Next, run the file and enjoy the free space on drive C.