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Deleting unnecessary files

Help and Support
For more information about Windows
Update, click Start, then click Help and
Support. Type the keyword disk cleanup
in the Search box, then click the arrow.
Delete unnecessary files, such as temporary Windows files, to free hard drive
space.
To use the Windows Disk Cleanup program:
Click Start, then click My Computer. The My Computer window opens.
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Right-click the hard drive that you want to delete files from, for example
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Local Disk (C:), then click Properties. The Properties dialog box opens at
the General tab.
Click Disk Cleanup. The Disk Cleanup dialog box opens.
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Make sure that the check box beside each file type you want to delete is
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selected. For more information about file types you can delete, read the
descriptions in the Disk Cleanup dialog box.
Click OK, then click Yes.
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