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A:
It's fairly easy to create more space on your hard drive. You can buy
software to help you uninstall software, but give Uninstall
Manager 3.0, which is downloadable shareware. This will let you search
for old .tmp files you don't need and help get rid of things you might not
want.
Follow
these four easy steps before installing new software.
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First, go into Control Panel and select the Add/Remove
Programs tab. Look for any programs you don't use and uninstall them.
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Next, go to the Start menu, navigate to Programs, move
to Accessories/System Tools, and select the Disk Cleanup option.
Download Program Files, Recycle Bin, and Temporary files can all be
checked. You can select Temporary Internet Files as well, but it will
slow your Net access.
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Now go to the START menu, select Find/Files or
Folders. This will let you search for large files. Type in *.* for the
file name, and select your C: drive in the "look in" area.
(Take into consideration that there may be many files.)
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When all the files are returned, sort on the Size
column twice, and then scroll to the top. All of the very large files
will be at the top. Don't go deleting files too blithely, but anything
with a .jpg, .bmp., .wav, or .tmp is probably OK to delete. Delete
these big files.
Use
your computer for a while. If everything seems fine, you can empty the
Recycle Bin to permanently get rid of those large files.
continue
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