Getting Started
5–3
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.
To Clean Up the Hard Drive
1. 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
.
CAUTION:
You should not delete any
unfamiliar files. If in doubt, do not delete.
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