If programs take longer to load, and the computer slows down with each subsequent operation, you need to clean up system disk C from "garbage". Unused software products, remnants of incorrectly deleted software and files, saving errors due to disk fragmentation are the main reasons for uncomfortable working with a PC. Let's figure out how to clean up the system drive C from junk files and programs?
The "Temp" folder is located on the system C, it can also be found manually. It is also recommended to release user folders, OS storages. All of them are located on the main disk. But when manually deleting objects, you need to be extremely careful, otherwise there is a high probability of erasing the system file, without which the OS will not boot.
Important! Do not remove objects with an unfamiliar extension in the windows.old folder - files for system recovery are stored here.
Hello question! How to delete in command line some hard disk partition, for example - (D:)? For some reason I can't format it or delete it in« Disk Management", an error occurs.
I also wanted to know how to delete hidden hard disk partitions (including system and service ones)!
Hello friends! If you are unable to format or delete any partition on your hard drive, this may be due to several reasons:
If Chkdsk finds no errors, and Victoria shows that the hard drive is working, then try deleting the hard disk partition that cannot be removed on the command line, it's very simple.
Let's go to Disk Management on my laptop.
For example, let's remove first not system partition(M:) size 293 GB and re-create it.
Open command prompt as administrator
and enter commands:
diskpart
sel par 5 (with this command we select the fifth volume (M:) size 293 GB
del par (remove this section)
creat par prim (create a new partition)
format fs=NTFS quick (use quick format in file system NTFS)
assign letter M (assign the drive letter M :) to the created partition
exit
In a running operating system, in this way you can delete almost all partitions on a hard disk except for system or service partitions (recovery environment, 100 MB hidden partition encrypted (EFI) system partition, and hidden section with factory settings), but these partitions can also be deleted in Windows PE or by changing the hard disk partition attributes.
How to delete a system or service partition of a hard disk in the command line
For example, let's delete a hidden partition 100 MB encrypted (EFI) system partition.
I want to say that "for the sake of fun" you should not delete these sections, as this promises various problems in subsequent work operating system, because .
In the initial installation window of the operating system, press Shift + F10 and the command line opens.
We enter the commands:
diskpart
lis dis (with this command, we list all disks and drives connected to a computer or laptop)
sel dis 0 (select a single hard drive)
lis par (list all hard disk partitions)
The problem with garbage on the computer causes inconvenience from year to year for almost all users. In this article I will tell you how to clean the Local Disk C.
If your PC has become noticeably slower, it will be useful for you to clean up unnecessary files and thereby speed up your computer.
To learn how to do it yourself, read the full article or watch the video at the end of the article.
A lot of people are wondering slow work computer and spend hours looking for information on the Internet. One of the main reasons is clutter. local disk C. The PC starts to work slower because it is on this disk that the operating system is located, which is responsible for all the actions performed.
As a result of clogging the files of the operating system, we begin to notice errors in the processes of work and the slow response of programs. Imagine using a real-life example: you are running in sneakers, sports shoes to improve your physical fitness. Now take it, throw a sack of potatoes on each shoulder and try to run, how? I think the difference will be noticeable, the same thing on the local disk, while an empty one works quickly, a lot of garbage has accumulated, it began to work slowly.
That is why you should at least sometimes clean up your PC and delete unnecessary files.
Dear friends, first I want to draw your attention to the desktop of your PC, because many do not understand how to use it correctly. And its right condition is its purity.
All files and folders located on the desktop are recorded on the memory of the local drive C, so think ten times before uploading music albums and new movies to it, work right now, transfer all data from the desktop to the Local drive D or other available ones, this is significant will facilitate the work of the operating system and free up the memory of drive C. If you need quick access, to some programs or files, make shortcuts for them so it will be right.
Before proceeding to this stage, you need to understand a little that when you run any programs on your computer, the operating system creates temporary files, even when you just surf the Internet, some of the data is recorded as temporary files.
This is actually done to speed up the work, how? Let's say you opened the Odnoklassniki website, the system recorded several large pictures from the site in the folder with temporary files, and the next time you go to Odnoklassniki, the computer does not download information from the site's server, but takes several large pictures already recorded earlier in the folder temporary files.
Yes, this is useful, the folder with temporary files “swells up” to such an extent that the PC starts to slow down and most of the memory of the Local C drive is clogged, which sometimes also leads to errors.
To delete these temporary files, you just need to go to the desired folder with these same temporary files and delete everything from there. By the way, don't worry, there's no system files and you will not delete anything you need, feel free to go in and clean it.
To do this, go to the directory:
My Computer/Local Disk C/Windows/Temp
We went into this folder, circled all the files and deleted, emptied the trash.
This section can be divided into two stages. The first is quite simple, it includes the removal of old, already unnecessary games and programs. To do this, just go to the program control panel and delete those applications that you once installed yourself, when you see the familiar names, you definitely won’t get confused.
1. Go to the start menu - panel management-programs and components and we see the following window in front of us:
We find programs we don’t need in this window, select them and click on the delete / change button from above, so in turn with each unnecessary application or game. This process will also clean up the memory of the local drive C.
The meaning of the action is to identify the problematic folder or file, and for us these are objects that occupy a significant amount of memory. Not quite clear? Now I will explain everything.
We go to the Local Disk C and see the folders in front of us, the number may be different for everyone
Now we start analyzing each folder in turn, first we check the volume of the first folder
Our goal is to find out how much memory it takes on the computer
We looked, we saw that the folder occupies only 8.13 MB, we are not interested in such a size, we are only looking for huge files that weigh from several GB.
If you have difficulty understanding the volume of files or do not know how to distinguish between them, then I recommend using my online tutorial: How to master a computer from scratch. In it you will find answers to all your questions.
A little distracted, but nothing, let's continue, go to the next folder and also check its weight until you find folders whose volume scares you. Most likely - it will be two folders: Windows and Program Files.
As soon as we have identified a folder that takes up a lot of space, we go into it and also analyze everything that is in it through determining the weight. In the end, you will find files or folders that take up a huge amount of memory on Local C Drive, copy their name and look on the Internet for what kind of files and what program, most likely you will be surprised how much junk you find.
Attention, if you are a completely novice user, then do not use this method, just skip it, because in the process you can remove the necessary components or programs, which will lead to deplorable circumstances.
The creators of the operating system did not forget about users and initially added basic features to Windows for simplified cleaning of Local Disks. This is not always effective, but knowing this method will also be useful, and besides, it will not take you much time.
To do this, you need to go to my computer, select the local disk to clean up and right-click on it and select the properties line.
Now we will see information about the disk in front of us, we need to click on the clean disk button
You will need to wait for some time until the program starts, you will see something like this window:
When the program starts, you will see a window in front of you in which you need to check the boxes next to the sections that you want to clean, I just put all the checkboxes here and click ok.
Now you can relax a bit, then the automatic cleaning program will work for us. It is called Ccleaner, how to download it correctly and from where, you can read in the article how to clean the computer registry. After you have installed it, run it. We click on the cleaning section, first select the Windows heading and only after that we click the analysis button.
Now we will see in front of us all the files that the program can clean without harming your PC, on top where the analysis is completed, you can see how much space the program will free up for you. Click the clear button
After you have done such a huge job, you just need to bring the computer to its senses, for this you need to put all the files on their shelves. This will speed up your computer and save you from some errors. This process is called defragmentation. I recently devoted an entire article to this, which I recommend you read.
And now it's time to consolidate the knowledge, watch the video in which I myself do all the steps of cleaning the Local Disk C in order. Good luck friends and do not forget to subscribe to the news of my site, the subscription is a little lower, be literate in everything!
When working with a computer, a certain number of unnecessary files gradually accumulate on the disks. Many programs create temporary files, but not all delete them when they're done. Of course, only you can tell about most files whether they are needed or not, however, in your work, Windows system itself creates a lot of files that take up disk space for nothing. Program Disk Cleanup(Disk Cleanup), also belonging to the group of utilities, is used to remove unnecessary files from the disk. Disk Cleanup can be started either automatically or manually. Automatic start occurs when there is less free space on the disk than the limit set in the system. In this case, a dialog appears warning about this (Fig. 1). Please note that the less free space remains on the disk, the more often this dialog will appear.
Fig 1.Dialog warning about low free space
To start a disk cleanup where there is little space left, click the button Disk Cleanup(Disk Cleanup) of this dialog. If you want to run the cleaning program yourself, then open the folder My computer(My Computer) in main windows menu. Right-click on the icon representing the disk you want to clean up, and select the command from the secondary menu Properties(Options). In the dialog that appears, click on the icon Are common(General) to select the desired tab. On this tab, click the button Disk Cleanup(Disk Cleanup) to launch the corresponding program. The cleanup program searches the specified drive for files that can be deleted automatically. At the end of the disk scan, a dialog appears on the screen showing the results of this test (Fig. 2). The list in the center of the dialog shows the groups of files that can be deleted and the disk space they occupy.
Fig 2.Disk Cleanup dialog
During Windows work There are many files on the disk that are created for temporary purposes. When there is plenty of disk space, the number of these files doesn't really matter. When disk space runs out, deleting extra files can help solve the problem.
When viewing a disc, several groups of files are considered to be deleted6
First of all, this is the contents of the folder Basket(Recycle Bin), which contains the files you delete, since most of the files that fall into it are intended for final destruction.
Next comes the folder Temporary Internet Files(Temporary Internet files) containing files that appeared on the computer while using the Internet. These files are needed for quickly revisiting Web pages that you have already visited, and nothing bad will happen if you delete them.
Many programs during their work create temporary files to store some parts of the information being processed. Windows provides a special folder for these files. Sometimes these files are not destroyed when the programs that used them end. To delete such files, a special group is provided.
Several other groups of files are also offered for cleaning. To specify the deletion of groups of files, select the appropriate checkboxes in the dialog.
When you click the OK button of the dialog, the cleanup process will begin.
When asked if you really want to delete the files, you should answer in the affirmative by clicking the Yes button in the dialog that opens.
A dialog will appear with a progress indicator that illustrates the cleaning process (Fig. 3).
Fig3. Disk cleanup process
Sometimes deleting unnecessary files does not solve the problem of lack of disk space. In this case, the system may prompt you to delete a part Windows component or installed programs.
You can do the same yourself if you select the tab Additionally(More Options) dialog Disk Cleanup(Disk Cleanup) (Fig. 4).
Fig 4. Additional features cleaning
On this tab, you are offered three options to increase free disk space by deleting some of the files used by Windows.
First group
Controls allows you to remove some Windows features that you are not currently using. To remove part of the Windows feature, click the button Clear(Clean up). The first dialog of the Windows Components Wizard appears. This dialog contains system components that you can remove as a list. Selecting a list item displays a comment at the bottom of the dialog about what the selected component is, and also displays the amount of disk space occupied by this component. To mark a component for deletion, check the box next to the corresponding list item. Second group
makes it possible to delete earlier installed programs. Button press Clear(Clean up) in this group of controls will result in a dialog Add/Remove Programs(Add/Remove Programs. This dialog also lists currently installed programs. After selecting a program to remove, you will see the amount of disk space it occupies. To remove a program, click the button Delete(Delete). The Uninstall Wizard will launch.
Hello all friends!
If you care about fast work computer, then at least once every three months you need to carry out a global cleaning of the system from different kind garbage. If this is not done, the computer will simply slow down.
After a long work of the computer, a lot of garbage accumulates, getting rid of which you can free up gigabytes of free space on your hard drive, we will clear the disk of garbage in three steps. This article is for beginners. Use it and really notice the difference BEFORE and AFTER cleaning hard drive. The most interesting thing is that we will get rid of Temp folders more about her:
Cleaning up the system drive "C" in Windows 7 is a fairly simple procedure, but before using the programs, let's prepare our computer. For this we use standard means systems. We go to " Start» —>» Computer and see our disks. Hover your mouse over the C drive and click right button mice. We go into the property and run disk cleanup.
The cleaning program will start, it will estimate the volume, and prepare the files for deletion.
Attention! If you are cleaning a disk for the first time, it may take a long time, up to several hours. Therefore, for especially "neglected patients" it is necessary to set the cleaning for the night.
We put ticks everywhere before cleaning. Look in the basket, maybe there you still have the files you need.
Do not forget to go to the advanced tab, there you can delete unnecessary programs and restore points. 
Click " OK"—> « Delete files» Unnecessary junk removed. The preparation of the system is completed, let's move on to the "heavy artillery" - we will use a powerful program to remove residual debris.
We continue cleaning. And this will help us cool program its name is CCleaner. This is the most popular utility among garbage cleaners. Download the portable (portable version does not require installation) program. The download will start automatically. Run the program, click " Analyze» (Analysis), after scanning « Run Cleaner“(Cleaning). The language of the program changes like this: Options» —> « Settings» —> « language» —> « Russian«.
You can also clean the registry, I think you will understand - the interface is nowhere simpler. Let's move on to the next step.
The program is called FreeSpacer and install it on your computer. I will say a few words about this wonderful program.
I have been using FreeSpacer for a very long time, what I like about it is that there are no complicated settings, it all comes down to two actions, search and delete, it is distributed free of charge and does not remove anything superfluous. I also want to say about its effectiveness, it removed from my friend 20 gigs of garbage and this is not the limit.
Run the program and click " Search.» No other programs or background applications should be running on the system.
