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The best way to wipe unused space is to use a utility designed to do so like the old Norton wipe program. The poor man's version is to defrag several times. This does an OK job but there are programs out there designed to read blank spots and even written spots. FBI and law enforcement uses it. Looking to wipe before disposing or selling. Setup as a slave and format the crap out of it several times.
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Why you need to delete unwanted files?
Because unused files accumulate space on hard disk and also causes fragmentation of hard disk.
Low disc space?
An error message that tells you that you have low disk space means you are running low on space on your drive. You can free up space by deleting unused programs and files.
What is the definition of unused disk space?
Unused disk space is space on a hard drive (or another kind of disk such as a CD) which has not had any digital information written onto it or is free to be written over. Example: you buy a brand new 100GB hard drive and the only thing on it is your copy of Windows7 64-bit. About 20 GB of the hard drive are required to store the Windows7 operating system on, so you would have around 80GB left that is "free." This is unused disk space. An interesting fact, too: when you delete something by putting it into your "recycle bin" and deleting it, it doesn't actually "go" anywhere. The computer does not go in and actually "erase" that information from your hard drive, it just notes that the area where that information was stored is now "free" to be written over with new information, so this also counts toward "unused disk space."
How do you increase the size of THE back up disc on vista?
Right click on My Computer, Select the Manage option. Locate the Disk Management option in the Managment window, this displays the available disk drives. If unpartitioned space exists it will be displayed as such. By creating partitions in that unused space you may 'add' disk space. If no unpartition space exists. Buy another hard drive.
Should c-clean be used on a computer?
of course. its a disk cleaner that helps delete unused data and makes more space in your hard drive.
Is a utility that reorganizes the files and unused space on an computer's hard disk so that the operating system accesess data more quickly and programs run faster?
defragger
What is disk sanitizer?
DS is a secure way to wipe a hard disk for security reason
What is wrong with your computer if it shuts down very slowly?
It likely needs to be cleaned up. Do a scan disk and a defrag. Delete unused software to free up disk space. Run a virus scan and that should all help a great deal.
What is meant by Qualification of Utilities?
perform specific tasks related to managing computer resources.for example,the windows utility called Disk Defragmenter locates and eliminates unnecessary file fragments and rearranges files and unused disk space to optimize computer operations.
How do you clean your laptop?
get a cleaning disk to wipe it out and refresh the fan
How do you stop my Halo games from crashing?
wipe the disk with a clean cloth
Why is a fragmental disk slower than defragmental?
A fragmented disk contains temporary Internet files and unused program files that need to be deleted.YOLO
