How to Free up Hard Disk Space on Windows Vista

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Click Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools.

   Then click Continue when a new window prompts you to go through with the operation (this window may not appear if User Account Control turned off). ,, This may take a few minutes to complete, so be patient. , You can view these files before deletion by choosing View Files or View Pages for a file you have highlighted. , Disk Cleanup will begin deleting the files.
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   Step 2: Select Disk Cleanup.

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   Step 3: Choose which files to clean up

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   Step 4: either My files only or Files from all users on this computer

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   Step 5: in the window that will appear.

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   Step 6: Select the hard disk drive that you want to clean up in Drive Selection in the dialog box and click OK.

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   Step 7: Wait while Disk Cleanup calculates how much space that you will be able to be cleaned up.

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   Step 8: Click the Disk Cleanup tab

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   Step 9: and then select the check boxes for the files you want to delete.

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    Step 10: Click OK and then Delete files to confirm.

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