Guest Mr. Low Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Hi, I run disk clean up regularly. If I tick clean up old compressd file what does this mean ? Can it eliminate useful old data or other program related files that are useful for good performance of my PC? Thanks Low -- A36B58K641
Guest Alias Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Re: XP Disk Clean Up : Whar are old compressed files? Mr. Low wrote: > Hi, > > I run disk clean up regularly. > > If I tick clean up old compressd file what does this mean ? > > Can it eliminate useful old data or other program related files that are > useful for good performance of my PC? > > Thanks > > Low > > > I don't tick that. It compresses files and doesn't eliminate them. You might want to add Crap Cleaner for clean ups. It does a far superior job over the XP native application. Get it at http://www.ccleaner.com/ Alias
Guest db.·.. > Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Re: XP Disk Clean Up : Whar are old compressed files? the compression of old files to help give you some hard disk space. the will uncompress if you initiate/launch an old program on your system. here is more info: http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?form=MSHOME&setlang=en-us&q=XP+Disk+Clean+Up&mkt=en-us in addition, i suggest you run this regularly too: http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/article/registry_cleaner_why.htm most of the time I select the custom option and skip the viral scans, but after a while you'll get the hang of it and what is best for you and your pc. -- db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> "Mr. Low" <lsk2141@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4DF5774F-E746-4933-A2B2-141BED226837@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > I run disk clean up > regularly. > > If I tick clean up old > compressd file what does > this mean ? > > Can it eliminate useful old > data or other program > related files that are > useful for good performance > of my PC? > > Thanks > > Low > > > > -- > A36B58K641
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