How to Clean Up your Hard Drive

Cleaning up HD’s

Step 1

Click the Windows "Start" button. Move your cursor to "Settings" and "Control Panel." Double-click to open "Control Panel."

Step 2

Double-click the "Internet Options" icon – General Tab – Browsing History, click “Delete Files”. Click “OK” to confirm.  Once all files have been deleted, exit Control Panel.

Step 3

Open Firefox, Select "Tools" and "Options" from the Firefox menu if you are using Mozilla Firefox as your Internet Browser. Click the Privacy Tab, click the “Clear Now” button "Cache" section. Then under “Advanced” Tab – Network Tab – “Clean Now”.

Step 4

Press the "Start" button. Select "Run" from the menu. Type "cmd" in the Run box. At the prompt, type "ipconfig /flushdns." You will receive confirmation when the command runs successfully. Type "exit" after the command has completed.

Step 5

Right-click the "Start" button. Choose "Explore" from the menu. Double-click the "C;" drive. Navigate to the "Windows" folder and open it. Search for the "Temp" folder and double-click it.

Step 6

Choose "Edit" from the menu. Click "Select All." When all the temp files are highlighted, select "File" and "Delete" from the menu. Click "Yes" to verify that you want to delete all the files.

Credit for this information goes to Don Kelley:)