disk cleanup

Hi all, I upgraded form Windows Vista 64-bit to Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. It must have not been a clean install bc i had several Windows.old folders. I deleted some of them but still have windows.old and some of windows.old.000. I want to keep windows.old, but wish to delete all of windows.old.000...

Alright so I just did a clean install of Windows 7 and want to keep my Link Removed (I am very obsessive about keeping my laptop as clean as possible). As seen in the title I use programs such as CCleaner, Remove Empty Directories (it is a program), and Glary Utilities to achieve this...I also...

In another thread from a senior member whs : I absolutely recommend to put the OS on the SSD. And leave all system files on the SSD. Just get rid of the hiberfile (the command is powercfg - h off) and reduce the pagefile to 2GBs. And if you got SP1 via the update cycle, delete the Link...

I know I have a paper I wrote in here somewhere called "Best Practises" w/ heaps of good stuff to follow. Just thought I mention/remind that there are 3 basic things do to, @ least daily, that are suggested as minimum household chores: 1. Internet Options - Delete & Delete 2. CCleaner 3...

when I try to install the new beta I get this Error Message. "Setup was unable to use the existing partition because the system volume does not contain the required free space". The System reserved drive shows 14.7 mb free of 100 mb. That does seem pretty full doesn't it? How could I clear some...

I have an old Toshiba Satellite L355-S7905 that was handed down to me back in 2009. It gave me some problems beforehand (needed a new OS twice since I got it) but over the past year it's been fine. Suddenly, out of the blue, the OS crashed on me a few days ago. The crash was pretty bad and the...

Hi all, I hope I am in the correct area for the issue I am having. :frown: My laptop is stating that I have used up 647GB out of 680GB but myself & one other have gone through the entire laptop, & the entirety of my laptop does not equal up to the amount in which it says. There is no visible...

CCleaner Professional: A Beginner's Guide Link Removed (Fully supported) Link Removed IT Professionals Mitchell Anthony (Public Relations Manager) and Mike Fara (Administrator) from Windows 7 Forums take a look at CCleaner and offer up a quick how-to for new and beginner users. The CCleaner...

So Recently, I've brought a new graphic card to upgrade my new CPU, new hard drive and window 7 64 bit SP1 to upgrade my computer. I've installed everything..and when i started to browse youtube or watch any other video it starts to freeze (screen, mouse, audio, keyboard) and i waited it out for...

Applies to Windows7 and Windows8 A few Tips - A (Potentially) Useful, Valuable Compilation Many people miss Quick Launch in Windows 7. Although the new/redesigned Taskbar is what it is it can still be felt that there is a worthwhile purpose served by Quick Launch. It is (still) really a nice...

Link Removed Paragon Software is known to make backup and restore products for home and business users, as well as software designed to partition and alter hard drives. When you buy a copy of Paragon software, you have traditionally always been able to create a recovery disc that uses the WinPE...

Hey folks... I recently reorganized my computer and this included a fresh install of Windows 7 on a new disk. I backed up all my data on the old disk so that I could make sure I wasn't losing any important documents or whatever. I'm now sure I've got everything off the disk that I needed and...

CCleaner is one of the best freeware disk cleanup utilities available. Strangely enough, the program does not announce to users that it can actually be configured to run whenever (and as often) as you want via Task Scheduler. To do this, you first need to configure CCleaner the way you'd like...

Read here how you quickly recover space on your hard disk, deleting unwanted files. Link Removed

Please look at this image first: Link Removed I am running Windows 7 64bit. I have 15 updates that continue to fail. YES, I KNOW THE IMAGE SHOWS "1" - that's because I wanted to see if could actually perform one SMALL update. They're just a bunch of Security Updates for MS Office programs...

I have windows 7 64 bit. In the bottom right on the taskbarthere is an arrow pointing upwards, click on and a small menu comes up, then click on the words "Customize...". Then there is a bigger menu, there you can customize the icons that show up to allert you. I have uninstalled a program...

Hello All I use Windows 7 Pro on my Sony VAIO Laptop and I have noticed in the last few weeks that it has became slower and slower so I did the defrag, virus check, disk clean up, windows tweaks and tips un-checked most of the start-up programs and it did make the computer faster except for the...

Hi, I am having an annoying problem that I would appreciate some help in resolving. I have deleted and reinstalled a game program, now, three times. Prior to the last installation I went thru and defragged and used disk cleanup. I got the same results: Instead of installing new files from the...

A few Tips - A (Potentially) Useful, Valuable Compilation Many people miss Quick Launch in Windows 7. Although the new/redesigned Taskbar is what it is it can still be felt that there is a worthwhile purpose served by Quick Launch. It is (still) really a nice place to have certain items... in...

I reinstalled my windows 7 because i had a virus on my computer, they hacked me... The problem is: I reinstalled windows 7 and deleted windows.old [ 69gb ] But my (C:) should be more space than this.. I have nothing left on my computer, and i have done a disk cleanup. Why is it only...