What happens when i use "disk Clean Up" on my computer?

6 Comments

1. jahmiester_haz_arrived says:

   July 30, 2010 at 6:19 am

   it compresses all your old files in your computer and gives you a option for deleting:

   Downloaded Program Files

   Temporary Internet Files

   Offline Webpages

   Microsoft Error Reporting Temporary Files

   Recycle Bin

   Temporary files

   WebClient/ Publisher Temporary Files

   So basically this little nifty program cleans up all your waste files, saving hard drive space
2. mac_fixit says:

   July 30, 2010 at 6:19 am

   No it won’t delete your videos, it cleans up all the random bits of data on the hard disk and files everything else in a tidy manner – bit like cleaning up your bedroom.
3. Q says:

   July 30, 2010 at 6:19 am

   it just kinda moves things around on your computer to make more room. it just organizes a little bit. It doesn’t actually delete anything, you should use it atleast once a year.
4. Stefan L says:

   July 30, 2010 at 6:19 am

   Depending on which alternatives you tick, it removes Temp-files and empties your trash and stuff.
5. plyio says:

   July 30, 2010 at 6:19 am

   when you delete something it makes a blank space there where it used to be, it basically just reorganizes so there are no spaces, because that space takes up a little memory. You delete a couple hundred spaces and it can make your computer run a little bit better. Thats the idea anyways
6. teacherladi33 says:

   July 30, 2010 at 6:19 am

   Excellent question!! The fact that you are looking at this means you are trying to maintain your system. Disk cleanup tries to look at the disk drives on your system, and will look for ‘useless files’ such as temporary files which are created when you visit a website, or temporary files which are put on your system when you install software or files which were on your system for a long time and have not been used for a long time and will delete the ones which will not effect the operation of the PC or offer to compress older files which you have not used for a long time. Typically a PC has one drive and it is called "C:\" but if you have other disk drives in the system or if your single drive is partitioned, (sliced up) into smaller parts, they will show up with other letter than "C". Temporary files waste alot of disk space and you can feel comfortable running the disk cleanup utility with the defaults and you will be in better shape. Click on the ‘start button’ and choose "help and support" and you can learn more about this.