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File and Disk AdministrationDiskSpace Cleanup ManagerDisk Cleanup is a new tool that removes unnecessary files from a disk. Also a part of Disk Cleanup Manager is a Low Disk Space Notification feature that is enabled for all hard drives. When the free disk space on a volume drops below a set threshold, a dialog box appears and prompts you to run Disk Cleanup. This dialog box appears only once during a Windows session and will not be reset unless you reboot the computer.
Disk Cleanup, What Drive The first screen for the disk cleanup program is pictured above. It is used to select the drive that will be cleaned up.
Disk Cleanup, Calculating Space After selecting the drive the disk cleanup program scans the drive for files in certain locations that may be deleted to free up space.
Disk Cleanup, Disk Cleanup Tab After scanning, the Disk Cleanup window appears (Figure 17). It has three tabs:
Disk Cleanup TabThe Disk Cleanup tab allows the selection of types of files and shows how much space those files take up. The types of files that the Disk Cleanup program reports on are:
Select the classification of the files you wish to delete and then click OK.
Disk Cleanup, Verification Dialog After proceeding, Disk Cleanup offers you one chance to back out of deleting the files.
Disk Cleanup, Deleting Files If Yes is clicked from that screen, then the Disk Cleanup program deletes the files. It provides updates advising from what location it is deleting files.
Disk Cleanup, More Options TabThe disk cleanup program also provides easy access to launch the:
These are available from the More Options tab
Disk Cleanup, Settings TabThe Settings tab has one checkbox. The checkbox allows enabling or disabling automatic running of the Disk Cleanup program when drive space runs low on the drive.
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