During c: drive cleanup i could get back 1 gig odd if i compressed old files. Dozy me did this as my c drive is a 10gb partition and had about 800mb left. Anyhow comps been a bit slow since then and i think it could be this thats the cause. So any ideas how to reverse what drive cleanup did with the compress old files?
How to uncompress "compressed old files" from drive cleanup
- Thread starter SkeeterUK
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explorer, tools, folder options, -show hidden and system files
go to c:\windows\
you can delete the hidden folders that begin with $ (these are windows update uninstallers)
-i think these are the files it compresses
use ccleaner slim (from here http://ccleaner.com/download/builds.aspx ) to clean up temp files -look in the options for applications first tho, by default it removes all cookies + history
disable system restore (takes up a few gb)
possibly install JDiskreport it shows you where your biggest files are, very good tool
go to c:\windows\
you can delete the hidden folders that begin with $ (these are windows update uninstallers)
-i think these are the files it compresses
use ccleaner slim (from here http://ccleaner.com/download/builds.aspx ) to clean up temp files -look in the options for applications first tho, by default it removes all cookies + history
disable system restore (takes up a few gb)
possibly install JDiskreport it shows you where your biggest files are, very good tool