i am kinda new to the internet. what does the term "disc cleanup" and what does it do exactly??

Answer 1

I think you probably have some spam sites hitting you with pop ups that say disk cleanup when you browse the internet. Don't accept any of them. They will wipe out your disks and/or add spyware to your computer.

Disk cleanup truly means, just making space in your disk (storage of your computer) to remove unnecessary files and items such as temporary files , unused programs, and so on.

Answer 2

uhmmm ok. disc cleanup has nothing to do with the internet
To keep a PC running smoothly, regular maintenance is critical. Many users shy away from maintenance tasks, thinking it is a long, drawn out manual affair, but the Disk Cleanup Utility can easily determine which files on a hard drive may no longer be needed and delete those files. In addition to freeing up potentially significant amounts of hard drive space, using Disk Cleanup on a regular basis can significantly improve system performance.

Answer 3

Go to HELP AND SUPPORT from the start menu and type in "disk cleanup" in the search box. This is for windows xp. This is what mine says.
Disk Cleanup helps free up space on your hard drive. Disk Cleanup searches your drive, and then shows you temporary files, Internet cache files, and unnecessary program files that you can safely delete. You can direct Disk Cleanup to delete some or all of those files.
That's all, good luck...

Answer 4

Well, it's actually nothing to do with internet. When you run "disc cleanup", windows will clean up some rubbish (eg: compressed old file, recycle bin, internet temporary files... etc) in your harddisk to free up more space. Normally you should run it at least say... once a week.

Answer 5

Clean up your hard disk
Disk Cleanup, which comes with Windows Me, helps you to free up space on your hard disk by removing files you don't need. You can also permanently delete any type of unnecessary file, including:

Deleted files in the Recycle Bin.
Temporary files.
Cached Web pages that you don't use.
Downloaded program files temporarily stored on your hard disk.
When you run Disk Cleanup as part of the Maintenance Wizard standard maintenance routine, the settings allow you to select exactly which types of files are to be deleted.

When run as a separate tool, Disk Cleanup gives you even more control: it calculates how much space you can save by removing each type of file, and offers descriptions and views of the files. You can even remove optional Windows Me components that you don't use (for example, desktop theme files).

You can also use Disk Cleanup to uninstall programs that you want to remove.

When to run Disk Cleanup
As part of standard maintenance, Disk Cleanup should be scheduled to run at regular intervals, perhaps once a month, at some convenient time when your computer is not otherwise in use.

Here's how to run Disk Cleanup:

Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup.
Choose the drive you want to scan from the drop-down menu, and wait while the program calculates how much disk space is available for cleanup.
To delete obsolete files, click the Disk Cleanup tab, select the check boxes next to the files that you want to remove, click OK, and then click Yes.
To remove Windows components, click the More Options tab. In the Windows Components area, click Clean Up.
To see what is included in any component, select the component, and then click Details. If you want to remove individual items within any component, clear the check boxes of the items you don't need.

To remove installed programs, click the More Options tab. In the Installed Programs area, click Clean Up.
On the Install/Uninstall tab, click the program that you want to remove, and then click Add/Remove.
Follow the instructions on your screen to remove the program.

Learn More
Defragment your hard disk
Check for errors by running ScanDisk
Tune up by using the Maintenance Wizard

Answer 6

This will make it pretty clear. Note that Windows has a defragmenting utility onboard, whereas a Mac requires outside software such as Disk Warrior. Its one of a Mac's few inherent lacks, but a minor thing, IMO.
Also, go into your preferences and set everything to zero where the retention of websites visited and the like are stored. If you do this, a lot less trash will build up and possibly slow down some operations over time.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312

Answer 7

disc cleanup does not have anything to do with the internet.
It's a utility that you may want to use if your computer is running slow, or there are too many programs running, or you simply want to disable built in programs you don't want to use. There is a help menue for disc cleanup in the utility.

Answer 8

Usually disc cleanup describes a process of removing temporary files, empty your recycle bin, etc. depending on your config, it could also mean compressing seldomly used files.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

i may be way out of line but i think it is fairly useless. you should, however, check on the defrag next to that function in the tool section. need to defrag everso often. if you are using xp click on analysis and it will tell you whether you need to defrag. my uncle was in the ss.