What does disk clean up do?
*I would back up your photos onto CD or onto another drive. * If your hard disk dies for whatever reason, or you make a mistake, you can lose them forever. You will be very regretful afterwards. Do this before you do anything else. It does not take much effort to do. There are several disk clean applications available, although they all do the same thing. Essentially they are used to remove the following types of files: a) Temporary internet files b) Temp files c) browsing history d) in some cases, ‘wash’ the disk. This means overwriting unused sections of the disk so that existing deleted data cannot be resurrected or restored (easily). These sort of tools are good for maximizing the amount of disk space, and erasing your usage history. If you are running Windows XP, I would use the Disk Defragment tool to help speed it up a little. To access this, find the ‘my computer’ icon, right click and select ‘manage’. Find the ‘Disk Defragmenter’ item and defragment the disk. This speeds up th