8 ways to speed up Windows XP - Day 7

Day 7 – Clean up your hard disk

Time for one last big push on cleaning up XP. This time we are going to use a tool built into XP called 'Disk Cleanup Utility'. By using the 'Disk Cleanup Utility' we can free up space on the hard drive and improve performance.

Disk Cleanup allows you to :

• Remove temporary Internet files
• Remove downloaded program files (such as Microsoft ActiveX controls
  and Java applets).
• Empty the Recycle Bin
• Remove Windows temporary files
• Remove optional Windows components that you don't use
• Remove installed programs that you no longer use

To use Disk Cleanup

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, click Disk Cleanup and then click OK.

2. In the Disk Cleanup for dialog box, scroll through the content of the Files to delete list

3. Choose the files that you want to delete

4. Clear the check boxes for files that you don't want to delete, and then click OK

5. When prompted to confirm that you want to delete the specified files, click Yes

This process will take a few minutes to complete but it will free up a lot of useful space.

See you tomorrow for the final day of speeding up XP