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Cleaning Up the Hard Disk Drive

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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. 5-4 6. On the General tab, click Disk Cleanup. 7. Click the types of files you want to delete. 8. Click OK. Getting Started

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