How To Do A Free Disk Cleanup

Last modified 22-Jan-09

Googling for cleanup tools reveals a broad set of softwares each of which approaches the HDD analysis & cleaning process from different angles. Various free disk cleanup software can be found using search engines, that can bring the benefits of their automated cleaning techiques to your system. But this is not all that these utilities are able to do, for example some can do free space cleaning, check the drive for porn and remove it, find unlicensed software installed on the computer, and help with free space recovery.

Regardless of the fact that cleaning up your hard disk is worth doing, we must think about the negatives too, before doing anything. We must concede that files could accidentally be deleted, when using cleaning software, or when cleaning the files yourself. Also keep in mind that the cleanup of the files that are no longer needed needs some time set aside, especially if manual scanning is performed but automated cleanup tools will take time as well. But generally the risks are minimal if due care is taken and the benefits are good compensation for any minor obstacles.