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| Two important tasks that need to be done regularly are disk cleanup and disk defragmentation. Disk cleanup rids your computer of the miscellaneous detritus that accumulates—temporary files of all sorts and old setup files.
Disk defragmentation is needed less frequently, but is still required because files tend to get increasingly chopped up over time. Both problems slow your system and both are easy to solve. |
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The Disk Cleanup tool is found by clicking Start -> All Programs->Accessories -> System Tools ->Disk Cleanup . You can just run the tool by clicking it and following the prompts. It will clean your PC of all temp files. |
| To automate the whole process to run while you're away from your computer: |
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Click Control Panel, then click System and Maintenance, and then click Scheduled Tasks |
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Double–click Add Scheduled Task to start the Scheduled Task Wizard. In the list of applications you want Windows to run, click Disk Cleanup, and then click Next. |
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Select a frequency for the task—weekly is good—and click Next. |
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Select a day of the week and time for the task to run. |
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Enter the name and password of a user. The program will be run as if that user started it. Check the box to open Advanced Settings when you're done. |
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In the Run box, add the following to the end of the path: /sagerun: 1 and then click OK. |
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Disk Defragmenter
You can also automatically defragment your hard disk, although it doesn't need to be done as frequently as cleaning up your hard disk. Open Scheduled Tasks , and double–click Add Scheduled Tasks to start the Scheduled Task Wizard. When you get to the list of applications, click Browse , and navigate to windows\system32\defrag.exe , and click Open . |
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