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3 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Define "hard drive cleaning".

 

-Moved to Programs, Apps, and Websites-

all the crap in my program files and just junk thats never actually used

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4 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Define "hard drive cleaning".

 

-Moved to Programs, Apps, and Websites-

old games that were installed thats left junk on my pc

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3 minutes ago, Lilninjsways said:

all the crap in my program files and just junk thats never actually used

You can just delete those normally.

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1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

You can just delete those normally.

what are the files that have the names of games that are uninstalled?

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2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

You can just delete those normally.

and what happens if i just "wipe" all of it

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1 minute ago, Lilninjsways said:

and what happens if i just "wipe" all of it

 

1 minute ago, Lilninjsways said:

what are the files that have the names of games that are uninstalled?

I don't know what exactly you're referring to.

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Spacesniffer is good at showing you what's taking up the most space. Other than that, just go through folders and delete stuff. You can delete any windows.old folder and do a disk cleanup, other than that it's pretty manual. 

 

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I use WinDirStat, then check which folder takes the most space and delete the folder manually.

Other than that, I just use Disk Cleanup, though most people use CCleaner.

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OP please clarify 

are you trying to free up space? or just OCD like myself to get rid of unused folders?

 

If you feel like there may be large files taking up space then install WINDIRSTAT, it will show you visually what is taking up the most space 

 

Other wise START > SHOW HIDDEN FOLDERS > ENABLE

then C > USERS > YOUR USER ID > APPDATA > LOCAL  and or ROAMING  and start deleting folder from old game files that you dont need anymore. these never cause any issue though  and hardly take up any space. 

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Wipe the drive using an external drive closure, and you're good to go.

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