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What types of files might you not want to delete during disk cleanup and why?
Piggletsmommy03
Here are some of the files you may or may not want to delete depending on your situations.
1. Recycle bin - Sometimes you accidentally throw things away, so you might want to check it and make sure.
2. System logs - Normally, you can delete these, but if you have system problems you'd want to review them.
3. Service pack backups - You may need these if Windows updates causes unintended problems.
4. Thumbnails - There is no harm if you delete them, but it will take longer to view thumbnails in a folder.
5. Old personal files - Disk Cleanup doesn't have this option, but other utilities like Ccleaner will offer to remove any files you haven't used in a while. If you have a library of documents, music, sounds, videos, graphics, photos, etc., and it took years to build them, you likely don't want to lose those.
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoMaybe shortcuts. Some disk cleaning software removes shortcuts (file favourites etc). There's usually an option to un-tick that function in most disk cleaning programs.
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