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.

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