Gateway E-5400 - Manual (Page 84)

Maintain and manage your hard drive 77
To delete temp files:
1 Open Windows Explorer, and select Tools , Find , then Files and Folders .
2 In the Named text box, type *.tmp
3 In the Look in drop down list, select your drive letter.
4 Click Find Now . The list of temp files appears.
5 Click Modified above the list. To see the Modified button, you may need
to maximize the Find window. The list is sorted by date.
6 Highlight all the files in the list except those with today’s date.
7 Press S HIFT + D ELETE . A dialog box opens asking if you want to delete the
files.
8 Click Yes . The files are deleted.
Deleting temporary internet files
As you visit Web sites, your browser stores temporary internet files on your
hard drive in a memory cache and a disk cache. Files in the memory cache are
removed when you turn off your computer. Files are saved in the disk cache
until the space designated for the cache is full. See your browser’s Help files
for instructions on emptying the disk cache.
You can save space on the hard drive by decreasing the size of the internet
file disk cache. See your browser’s Help files for instructions.
Emptying the Recycle Bin
When you delete a file from your hard drive in Windows, it is not immediately
removed from the hard drive. Instead, the file is moved into the Recycle Bin.
Because files are stored in the Recycle Bin and not deleted from the hard drive
immediately, you can retrieve a file that you accidentally delete from the hard
drive.
To delete all the files from the Recycle Bin, right-click the Recycle Bin icon
on the desktop, then click Empty Recycle Bin .
You can save space on the hard drive by decreasing the size of the Recycle Bin.
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