How to Clean Out my Computer.?

Question

I have Win. XP Home Edition, I have reinstalled it, not upgraded or repaired it, 3 times now. Each time I thought I had cleaned out my computer and installed a fresh version of it. However today I noticed my computer was running slowly, and I was going to reinstall the program again.

What happened was I didnt have enough partitioned space to do it, and then I started looking into the photos, movies, music, files, etc. in my computer through the Search. There is a lot of stuff on here that has been here since the first time I installed the program. Also it seems that each profile I have ever set up when installing Win. XP is still in my computer.

How do I get rid of all this. Right now I am just going through every file, pic, movie, etc. and deleting them, theres a hell of a lot of them. I have used the Disc Cleanup, Disc Defragmenter, and everything is still here. I am trying to do this, without having to buy anything, please help.

Answer 1

If you don't care about all stuff on your computer (photos, music or any other files and information) you can choose the format your harddrive during installation process.

Answer 2

If its a Dell do this

Using Dell PC Restore by Symantec
NOTICE: Using Dell PC Restore permanently deletes all data on the hard drive and removes any applications or
drivers installed after you received your computer. If possible, back up the data before using PC Restore. Use PC
Restore only if System Restore did not resolve your operating system problem.
NOTE: Dell PC Restore by Symantec is not available in all countries or on all computers.
Use Dell PC Restore by Symantec only as the last method to restore your operating system.
PC Restore restores your hard drive to the operating state it was in when you purchased the computer.
Any programs or files added since you received your computer—including data files—are permanently
deleted from the hard drive. Data files include documents, spreadsheets, e-mail messages, digital photos,
music files, and so on. If possible, back up all data before using PC Restore.
To use PC Restore:
1 Turn on the computer.
During the boot process, a blue bar with www.dell.com appears at the top of the screen.
2 Immediately upon seeing the blue bar, press .
IF YOU DO NOT PRESS IN TIME, LET THE COMPUTER FINISH STARTING, AND THEN RESTART THE
COMPUTER AGAIN.
NOTICE: If you do not want to proceed with PC Restore, click Reboot in the following step.
3 On the next screen that appears, click Restore.
4 On the next screen, click Confirm.
The restore process takes approximately 6–10 minutes to complete.
56 Troubleshooting Tools
5 When prompted, click Finish to reboot the computer.
NOTE: Do not manually shut down the computer. Click Finish and let the computer completely reboot.
6 When prompted, click Yes.
The computer restarts. Because the computer is restored to its original operating state, the screens that
appear, such as the End User License Agreement, are the same ones that appeared the first time the
computer was turned on.
7 Click Next.
The System Restore screen appears and the computer restarts.
8 After the computer restarts, click OK.

Go to Microsoft Updates as you now will be WAY out of date.

Answer 3

C cleaner disk framenter that already on your computer just search for it (go to start, go to the right and u see a word that says search and you can take it from there)

Answer 4

If you have no desire to keep any of the data saved on your hard drive then your best bet is to format your hard drive and reinstall Windows XP. For detail instructions with diagrams, please read:

"How to format your hard drive and install Windows XP from scratch." (http://lifehacker.com/software/windows/geek-to-live-how-to-format-your-hard-drive-and-install-windows-xp-from-scratch-157578.php)

Answer 5

anytime u reinstall windows it "frags the files" you need to defrag the hard drive it will speed up your system a little meaning the hard disk will have less seek time for the files