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Division of Information Technology
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372

Help Desk
Phone:
910.521.6260
Fax:
910.775.4337
Email:
helpdesk@uncp.edu Location: D.F. Lowry Building, Room 110

Main Office
Phone:
910.775.4355
Fax:
910.775.4333
Email:
doit@uncp.edu Location: Carter Hall

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How to Run Disk Cleanup

cleanupWindows Vista

  1. Click Start.
  2. Click All Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk Cleanup.
  3. Choose which files to clean up. Select either My Files or All User's Files
  4. Select the drive to be cleaned up and click OK
  5. Disk cleanup will calculate the free space on your computer, which may take a few minutes.
  6. After the calculation is complete, confirm that only the following checkboxes are checked:
    • Downloaded Program Files
    • Temporary Internet Files
    • Recycle Bin
    • Temporary Files

  7. Click OK and Yes when prompted to delete files. Disk cleanup will delete the files and close automatically when finished.

Windows XP
  1. Click Start.
  2. Click All Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk Cleanup.
  3. Disk cleanup will calculate the free space on your computer, which may take a few minutes.
  4. After the calculation is complete, confirm that only the following checkboxes are checked:
    • Downloaded Program Files
    • Temporary Internet Files
    • Recycle Bin
    • Temporary Files

  5. Click OK and Yes when prompted to delete files. Disk cleanup will delete the files and close automatically when finished.

 

Updated: Thursday, May 26, 2011

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