Cleaning of hard drives

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• How to clean my hard drive

  Hi team,

  Run a mac mini with v10.11.4 El Capitan.

  Use the utility disk on a monthly basis - is this the best way to clean my hard drives and external?

  See you soon

  Noel.

  What do you mean by "clean"?

  If you give the Mac enough time it automatically performs the maintenance of the system. It's when you allow it to sleep for long periods of time.

• How can I clean my hard drive

  How can I clean my hard drive

  'Clean up '?  Do you mean delete?  If so, follow the instructions to clear it down here:

  What to do before you sell or give away your Mac - Apple Support

  'Clean up' means to get rid of some extra too much room?  See 'Release of disk space' here:

  OS x: what is 'other' space about this Mac? -Apple Support

• Any suggestions to clean the hard drive of personal data, so that I can give my laptop without security concerns?

  Any suggestions to clean the hard drive of personal data, so that I can give my laptop without security concerns?

  Richard's suggestion is about as extreme as you can get. Of course, it works very well and the data is not recoverable, but unless you have State secrets then it might be a little overkill. It is the only way to be sure that the data is destroyed, but 100%!

  There are programs such as (Darin of Boot and Nuke) DBAN or KillDisk which can erase the disc at the point where it would take massive resources (money, time and material) to retrieve all the data. Then, a new installation or Windows recovery would be needed. But you don't have to replace the hard drive. It is effective even against the pirates experienced more than 99.9%.

• should I trust to clean your hard drive with all the files listed?

  I'm working through Windows Vista, step by step manual. I have a question on system and maintenance > administrative tools > free space disk (also called "Disk Cleanup").

  I want to clean my hard drive to free up space and improve performance by using this feature.

  I'm in the box to answer when you check in the files, that you need more, or not deleted on a conclusion of programs.

  in any case, I want to check a box for "temporary files" that amount to 8 gigabytes of memory.

  How do you know if it is safe to do so?

  could I be delete something important?

  I would just leave it be?

  I looked at windows vista help on this, and he said that you can safely delete temporary files that have not been modified in over a week.

  However, I see no list of dates in the box diologe/check page.

  any ideas anyone?

  Yes you can trust disk cleanup to safely remove your files, otherwise the option is not there.

  Confusion between Yes! but it removes only the files that have not been modified in over a week.

  Your computer will run faster and better especially with 8 GB free.

  You can manually delete these files if you wish and also see and choose only those that you want to remove.

  To do this: open the box run by pressing the Windows Logo key and the R key.

  Type: folder and OK or enter.

  You can sort by update for a better choice.

  To do this: click view on the menu, point on group BY and click Update, if the descendant is not chosen to go back and click on it.

  Alternatively, you can delete the temporary files that way:

  Open race box, type: temp, OK, you can delete everything, and if windows needs some we won't let you delete those he needs.

  Open, run, and type: recent, you can remove all if you like or keep those you want to if you use recent items on the start menu.

• Is to do a reset of the best way to clean my hard drive on my desktop windows 7

  I have a HP Windows 7 PC desk top and the hard drive is almost full with only 50 concerts remaining out of 584 concerts.  Everything is slow. I have a 1.5 T external HD that contains copies of all the files that are located on the C drive.

  (1) do a reset clean all files and software that I added?

  (2) I can then just transfer a few files that I need on a regular basis of the hd on the PC cleaned hd post?

  (3) is the best way to release my PC hd?

  (4) should I use recovery on the D drive, or should I use the disks I made when the computer is new?

  (5) it will be easy to upgrade to Windows 10 when it is available, or should I wait.

  (6) it is the fastest way to free my hd PC.

  Thanks for your help!

  Hello

  1 Yes; but a bit excessive as everything is erased including data; Back to the State nine and all updates must be resettled, as well as the 3rd party programs reinstalled, etc...

  2. Yes.

  3. There are other options; Read further down.

  4. the recovery discs are made from the recovery partition. but the recovery partition by pressing F11 repeatedly, is easier IMO.

  5. you have 12 months to upgrade free of charge once Windows 10 is out

  6. it is an option

  This is the procedure normally, we recommend you to free up space on your hard disk:

  This free program allows you to see what is taking place.

  http://www.Jam-software.com/treesize_free/

  Here's how to understand Treesize Screenshots:

  http://www.Jam-software.com/treesize_free/screenshots.shtml

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  Also check how much space system restore uses:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/how-much-disk-space-does-System-Restore-require

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  You can clean your hard drive using these two methods.

  "Delete files using Disk Cleanup"

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/delete-files-using-disk-cleanup#delete-files-using-disk-cleanup=Windows-7

  Using the free CCleaner program:

  http://www.Piriform.com/CCleaner

  In NO case use the registry cleaning Option in CCleaner

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  Download, install, update and scan your system with the free version of Malwarebytes AntiMalware:

  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

  And Norton Backup, if you are using Norton, can do strange things with filling of hard drive space.

  See you soon.

• I get the error "Server execution failed" after cleaning my hard drive without deleting Windows 7

  * Original title: Server execution failed

  Tried to clean my hard drive without deleting windows 7 and now, that message is what I get for all

  (Moved to repair and recovery)

  You do not have a format to get rid of your data.

  You do a format when you want to do a clean install of the operating system.

  As you all saved, I suggest that you continue on the new facility, then copy your data back.

  An evaluation of the system of pre-boot build 4124 is Dell.

  http://en.community.Dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19422031

  See you soon.

• Can I clean the hard drive before installing Windows Dell & as I've heard doesent clean properly. And how to clean the drive of DART?

  Can I clean hard drive before installing Dell Windows 7 / as I have heard it is not clean everything properly. So how to clean the hard drive?

  Or can I restore my office before you install Windows 7 in the first place when it's new?

  Kind regards

  Bert Pooler

  Yes, you can restore the State as it was when new...

  Your computer is equipped with a recovery instead of disk partition...

  This is how the recovery partition is accessible to most popular brands...

  For Dell, press CTRL + F11 directly after switching on the device

  You may need to try several times to get everything above to work. If after several attempts, you have no chance, or the machine indicates that there is no recovery partition, your only option is to contact the computer manufacturer and ask for the model recovery discs...

  After the reset, you should get all the updates from Windows Update EXCEPT for hardware devices. Then, you install a good antivirus. ONLY AFTER you have done this, if you replace the stuff of backups or install anything else.

• How to clean the hard drive on a Macbook.

  Hi there Apple community support.

  I am trying to clean my internal hard drive. Lately my Macbook has been telling me that my startup disk is almost full, so I was passing by and clean all my files on the hard drive. Also, when I looked at the "about this mac" window to see what was on the hard drive, he told me there were about 50 GB of apps and about 50 GB of movies, this seemed a bit strange that I have not a lot of other apps on my Macbook apart from those he came with, and I also deleted a large number of films I've had. So basically I don't see why my boot drive is full after I deleted a lot of things out of it.

  Thank you

  Morgan

  Make sure you emptied the Recycle Bin.  Did you also removed the unwanted items from your download folder?  You empty the trash in the Photo app?

  OS X El Capitan: increase the disk space

  Thinness of your hard drive

  

• I need to clean my Hard Drive on my Tecra M3

  I am a new user to the site and need help from members of the forum.

  I need help to wipe my Hard Drive clear. I would like to completely reinstall Windows XP.

  I currently have a virus that requires my computer to start with fees o/s. My computer is completely glogged with virus & spyware.
  I have Norton, however, does not reach the internet for update/save.

  Can anyone give me directions or the best approach to wipe my hard drive of Windows XP to reinstall total?
  I have already tried several times to re - install Windows XP, the current operating system. The current setting of the o/s has XP service Pack 3.

  Thank you

  Sircas

  Hello

  You can format with Windows itself during installation. You can also format with other software like Acronis driver cleaner, Partition magic, East-Tec DisposeSecure create a bootable media. I use them when I want to perform a low-level format, they are shareware, but you can find in Google how to activate the. You can also do a free search utility

• clean the hard drive before getting rid of pc (Windows XP)

  I'm upgrading to dispose of my old pc.

  I want to format the c drive to delete all data, etc. (if this is the way to do?)

  Would appeciate of help there

  Hello

  To be sure to remove all the data files, and then run a shredder on the free space. Then put it and if you want
  Re - install Windows or leave the field blank. (Data can be retrieved from just a format, although it is expensive).

  CCleaner has the ability to erase free space.

  CCleaner - free - download of Piriform or FileHippo (below the offer costs).

  CCleaner is our system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your
  system - allowing Windows to run faster and free up valuable disk space. It also cleans
  traces of your activities online such as your Internet history. In addition, it contains a fully featured
  registry cleaner. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and
  contains NO Spyware or Adware! -Includes the reader - wiper (Tools - wiper Drive), which has different
  levels of wiping securiity of free space or the whole disc.
  http://www.Piriform.com/ccleaner/download

  Forums - help for CCleaner here
  http://Forum.Piriform.com/

  You can try this or similar utilities.

  Destructive PC is a software removal and data file shredder free, can permanently delete files,
  records and make it unrecoverable, completely destroy the files you specify, make it impossible
  for anyone to restore deleted information! Prevent your company data, important documents and
  personal information of remedial classes.

  PC Shredder is a Freeware. It's free for personal and commercial use. Destructive of documents PC works on
  Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista. There is none
  requirement of the minimum hardware requirements for PC Shredder runs correctly.
  http://www.pcshredder.com/

  Eraser - free - an advanced security tool for Windows that allows you to completely remove
  sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting many times with carefully selected
  bosses.
  http://eraser.Heidi.IE/

  Best utility of free secure erase
  http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-secure-erase-utility.htm

  There are other tools available from Freeware to commercial products - BING or Google.

  I hope this helps.

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• How to clean the hard drive of the computer

  I need to know how to erase my hard drive to get rid of a virus

  Hello Nguyen,

  Thank you for visiting Microsoft Community.

  I understand you want to wipe your hard drive to remove any infection by the virus from your computer.

  I would be grateful if you can provide us with the following information to help us better understand the issue.

  1. When you say 'I need to wipe my hard drive to get rid of the virus', do you mean you want to remove the virus from your computer or to completely erase your hard drive by erasing all the data on it?
  2. You want to clean install a new copy of Windows on your computer after removing all your data from the hard drive?

  If you do not want to delete all your data and do not want to clean your computer of viruses, you can scan your computer with the Microsoft Safety Scanner.

  Download and run Microsoft security scanner from the link below.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

  Note: The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  However, if you want to completely clean your computer, just remove the hard drive and pure, install a fresh copy of Windows on your hard drive, you can read the article below to do so.

  How to perform a new installation of Windows?

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/clean-install

  Important note: Perform a clean installation will mean that all your data currently on your hard disk will be permanently lost. It is strongly recommended to have all your important data saved enough on any driver external before performing one of the suggestions above.

  Hope this information is useful. Do not hesitate to write back for any further assistance with Windows, we will be happy to help you.

• Importing and organizing photo files lightroom 5 for the first time. Clean photo hard drive files

  I have a trial version of lightroom 5 and would like one once and forall to restore order to my two drives hard and lightroom 5 collection. Some photos in lightroom 5 seem to have lost their way. Some are in folders of Windows 7 and others are 9 elements. I made backup copies of some records and would like to have a more systematic approach to save them in the future. I have a NAS (network access storage) device and an additional hard drive, I thought that it would be better to use my cell phone as main for my photo files working memory such that it would be faster to work with the NAS or external and then again everything down to the NAS and external. I consider that the main challenge group all files and as much as possible to preserve the sides I gave photos; I would like to eliminate duplicats. on both the hard drive and in lightroom. I watched one of the vidios of initial training on the 'library' of the adobe help section and the presenter talked about two ways to import photos. the first and I think that I will use in the future is to open lightroom and import from the SD directly rather than having the Windows 7 import, and then ask to lightroom to find them. If anyone Kow of an exhaustive enumeration of the instructions on how to clean up my hard drives that would be extremely useful? Peter

  I doubt that it is a list of instructions to wipe a hard drive, because each starting situation is different and your 'own' is probably very different than my "clean".

  But let's clear up a few things first. From your writings, it seems that you think that you have stored pictures in post-secondary education and photos stored in LR. This is not correct. None of these programs to store your photos. All your pictures are on your hard drive, in folders, somewhere.

  Regarding the missing photos in Lightroom, when you move or rename your photos and folders outside of the Lightroom, Lightroom doesn't know where they are and bring back them as being absent. To fix it, see: http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm related to that, you don't want to 'clean up' things in Windows and also "clean things" upward in Lightroom. Instead, once you import photos into Lightroom, you must do all the managing photos in Lightroom, not Windows, otherwise you'll just create several missing files.

  Regarding duplicates, Lightroom has some tools to detect duplicates. He will try to prevent duplicates during the import, and if you are unable to import duplicates, you can use the "auto stack by Capture time" to try to find additional duplicates. But if those who do not work, then're it pretty much on your own.

  With regard to put photos on your laptop to work on them rather than on your external hard drive, I think you will find that this gives a fraction of a second speed improvement that you may even not notice, which will be offset by the time you spend moving somewhere else photos when finished. So just put the photos in their final destination on your external HD or a NAS file and don't bother moving them to the internal HD.

  Which leads to another point. Once you have done this 'cleaning', your workflow should be to put the photos in a place and then do not transfer! (Exception: not enough space on the disk or moving to another drive/computer) Make your life easier as possible.

  One last point: seriously consider using keywords and other metadata for the Organization, rather than move photos/files from here to there, to reach the organization. These tools in Lightroom will give you the possibility of organizing in a much more powerful and flexible organization and what you can do by moving the photos/files from here to there. (Note: If you want all the photos in a sort of centralized location because it meets your storage needs, can do that because it meets your storage needs.) In this collection of photos in a centralized location, using keywords and other metadata to achieve organization and research)

• I bought a new desktop computer... and you want to clean the hard drive of my 9 year old machine. How can I do?

  I have removed my bank details, etc., but feel that I need to wipe the hard drive completely.

  Hi JohnSykes952,

  Try the Dariks boot and nuke.

  http://www.DBAN.org/

  How to clear a drive with freeware.

  http://www.ehow.com/how_6167204_wipe-disk-freeware.html

  DBan FAQ

  http://www.DBAN.org/FAQ

  You will need software to burn the program on a disk for use of disc burning.

  Try IMGBurn.

  http://www.ImgBurn.com/index.php?Act=download

  Guide ImgBurn

  http://www.ImgBurn.com/index.php?Act=guides

  Good luck..

• How to clean my hard drive completely

  I want to regularly wipe my hard drive. How can I do this?

  Hello

  If you want to reduce the number of unnecessary files on your hard disk to free up disk space and help your computer run faster, use disk cleanup. It removes temporary files, empty the Recycle Bin, and removes a variety of file system and other items that you no longer need.

  Check out these links for help:
  
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/delete-files-using-disk-cleanup
  http://www.Microsoft.com/atwork/maintenance/speed.aspx

  Kind regards
  Afzal Taher
  Microsoft technical support engineer