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Increasing available, hard disk space, Uninstalling programs, Removing desktop icons

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Recover y Information is displayed for each drive on your PC. You may need to scroll the window to the right to see the capacity and the free space sizes. Increasing available hard disk space You can free up space on the hard disk by uninstalling programs or by using the Disk Cleanup utility to remove unneeded files. Uninstalling programs 1 Click Start. 2 Click Control Panel. 3 Double-click Add or Remove Programs, if present. 4 Click the program, and then click the Change/Remove button. 5 Click OK when the confirmation window opens. 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each program you want to remove. 7 Click Close. Removing desktop icons You can remove most desktop icons from your display by either deleting them or moving them to an unused icons folder. To delete a desktop icon, right-click the icon, and then select Delete. Important: You should not delete any unfamiliar desktop icons. If in doubt, do not delete it. Instead, use the steps to move the desktop icons to the Unused Desktop Shortcuts folder. To move desktop icons to the Unused Desktop Shortcuts folder: 1 Click Start. 2 Choose Control Panel. Quick Start Guide 97

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Quick Start Guide
97
Recovery
Information is displayed for each drive on your
PC. You may need to scroll the window to the
right to see the capacity and the free space sizes.
Increasing available
hard disk space
You can free up space on the hard disk
by uninstalling programs or by using the
Disk Cleanup utility to remove unneeded files.
Uninstalling programs
1
Click
Start
.
2
Click
Control Panel
.
3
Double-click
Add or Remove Programs
,
if present.
4
Click the program, and then click the
Change/Remove
button.
5
Click
OK
when the confirmation window
opens.
6
Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each program you
want to remove.
7
Click
Close
.
Removing desktop icons
You can remove most desktop icons from your
display by either deleting them or moving them to
an unused icons folder. To delete a desktop icon,
right-click the icon, and then select
Delete
.
Important:
You should not delete any unfamiliar
desktop icons. If in doubt, do not delete it.
Instead, use the steps to move the desktop icons
to the Unused Desktop Shortcuts folder.
To move desktop icons to the Unused Desktop
Shortcuts folder:
1
Click
Start
.
2
Choose
Control Panel
.