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Old 01-12-2008   #6 (permalink)
Dave


 
 

Re: System Cleanup - a discussion please

I use Disk Cleanup and CCleaner.

CCleaner scans your computer, and lists files that can be deleted. You can
look at the list before you tell it to delete them. You can also tell it
what files to ignore.

http://ccleaner.com/


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"Dr. Strangelove" <DrStrangelove@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Sorry Andre, but Disk Cleanup only does a fraction of what is needed.
>
> Doc
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> Its simple 'Disk Cleanup'.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "Dr. Strangelove" <DrStrangelove@xxxxxx> wrote in
>> message
>> news:E45DB4FE-CDEE-409B-A839-A1FFDD852553@xxxxxx
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>> > There are various methods and tools to clean up trash files, temp
>> > files,
>> > personal settings, Office temp, restore points, IE temp, etc, etc.
>> > And,
>> > there are a multitude of places for the trash to accumulate. However,
>> > there
>> > is no one list of what to clean, where to clean, how to clean, and in
>> > what
>> > order.
>> >
>> > Let's say you have your system tuned and want to do a backup without
>> > having
>> > all of the trash, temp, and settings be on the backup. What steps,
>> > system
>> > tools (ie Disk Cleanup), and methods do you use?
>> >
>> > And, for those of us paranoid about using unknown third party tools,
>> > what
>> > manual methods can be used?
>> >
>> > Doc
>>
>>
>>
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