Ways to kill your Windows and how not to! Part 4

Disk Cleanup is one of those utilities that should be run at least once on every installation of windows. This tool is most useful for taking care of temporary files such as those created when windows and other applications are installed.

The best times to run this utility are:

• after windows is installed
• after any large installations
• after any large uninstalls
• after and large updates or service pack installations

You can find this by following this click path:

• Start
• All Programs (Programs)
• Accessories
• System Tools
• Disk Cleanup

Especially after the installation of windows you can often recover several Gbs of hard drive space. And while you may think that's a good deal, add onto that the fact that all your defrags will be faster. Not to mention you can speed up disk performance by reducing clutter!

In the next and final part we will take a loot at what might be the most important disk tool around. Check Disk.