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.

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