Over time, unfinished downloads, remnants of earlier installations, and other junk files accumulate, consuming your disk space. While removing these unwanted materials can be cleaned up using Disk ...

We have many files and folders on our PC. Some people delete unnecessary files and folders regularly, and others when the disk space is low. Whenever it may be, we see some files and folders that are ...

To make sure a deleted file can't be recovered, you'll need to use a third-party shredding tool. Here's a look at three such free programs: Eraser, File Shredder, and Freeraser. We all know that ...

QUESTION: When I do a full virus scan on my PC, the program says I have 683,000 files. How do I find and get rid of the unnecessary files? ANSWER: Depending upon your setup, there are a few things you ...

Thinking a deleted file is truly gone is wishful thinking — but Windows’ sDelete tool can wipe it permanently and make it impossible to recover.

Duplicate-file-finding programs expect you to manually check each file for deletion. That’s not practical for Edward Derbyshire, who has “121,000 duplicates” to delete. Before I tell you how to delete ...

After running 64-bit Vista for a week or so, and realizing I had no reason to be running it, I did an in-place installation of 32-bit Vista. It moved the Program Files, Windows, and Users folders to ...