Best free disk cleanup tools for Windows 7 operating system

In this article, I discussed about disk cleanup tools for Windows 7 operating system. Many free disk cleanup tools are available in the internet. Mainly in this article i am going to discuss about Windows 7 built in disk cleanup tool and other third party disk cleanup tool.

Some times you are in the situation where your C or D disk has very less space. It might be filled with unnecessary files like temporary internet files, history of your search items, etc., . It will be difficult to clean up each and every file for you and you have to waste your time on doing this. To avoid this, we use disk cleanup tools. Though there are several free disk cleanup tools are available, i am going to discuss about the two best disk cleanup tools. They are "Disk Cleanup" and "CCleaner" . Both tools do their task effectively, but I prefer CCleaner as best one in the both tools

How to use built in Disk Cleanup tool in Windows 7

1. Open the Start Menu.

2. Click on All Programs, Accessories folder, System Tools folder, and Disk Cleanup.

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3. Select the drive you want to use Disk Cleanup on and click on OK.
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4. To Delete Unnecessary Non-System Files, Check the type of files box that you want to delete, and click on OK. Click on the Delete Files button. The files will be deleted and Disk Cleanup will close.

5. To Delete Unnecessary System Files, click on the Clean up system files button.

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6. Repeat the same procedure from third to fifth step.

7. To Open Programs and Features. Click on the Clean up system files button, and repeat steps from 3 to 4. Click on the More Options tab. Click on the Clean up button under the top Programs and Features section. Click on OK. In Programs and Features, select any program that you want uninstall.

In this way, you can use Disk Cleanup to clean un-necessary files in your system.

How to use CCleaner in Windows 7 operating system

CCleaner is system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space.

It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it's fast

1) Run the Program and click on the Analyze button and you'll get a summary of what can be cleaned.

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2) By checking and unchecking the cleanings rules in the Windows and Applications tabs, you can specify exactly what you want to be analyzed.

3) After Analyzing, it shows up how much space can be cleaned. Then click Run cleaner. Before clicking on Run Cleaner you have to close all your browsers.

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4) In the options tab you can select which drives should be wiped for clean space.

5) The time CCleaner takes to clean is very very less and its process is accurate.

6) The Registry Cleaner will show you problems it finds and can fix in your registry

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7) The System Restore tool allows you to view and delete any of the System Restore points that Windows creates for your PC.

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8) CCleaner has a comprehensive set of Options for you to customize it for your computer.

9)The Startup Tool shows you what programs are run when you turn on your computer.

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When we compare Disk Cleanup with CCleaner , Speed of CCleaner is fast, user interface is also simple, easy to understand when compared to Disk Cleanup

Best free disk cleanup tools for Windows 7 operating system

How to use built in Disk Cleanup tool in Windows 7

How to use CCleaner in Windows 7 operating system

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