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A long time ago I tried a download that erased all the deleted stuff on my
hard drive but it was only a trial. I mean the stuff I downloaded and then
deleted later. I understand that things are still on the hard drive but the
delete function only erases the path. Correct? I understand that this stuff
eventually over loads the hard drive. What is the down load that will erase
this stuff. My PC has been getting slower lately and I want to remove all
that junk.
TIA
Phyloe

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"Phyloe" <> did say:

> A long time ago I tried a download that erased all the deleted
> stuff on my
> hard drive but it was only a trial. I mean the stuff I downloaded
> and then deleted later. I understand that things are still on the
> hard drive but the delete function only erases the path. Correct?
> I understand that this stuff eventually over loads the hard drive.
> What is the down load that will erase this stuff. My PC has been
> getting slower lately and I want to remove all that junk.
> TIA
> Phyloe

Hi

Have you read these?

°Mike°'s
Basic computer maintenance page:
http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html

°Mike°'s defrag page:
http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/defrag.html

On Wed, 5 May 2004 18:42:14 -0500, "Phyloe" <>
wrote:

> A long time ago I tried a download that erased all the deleted stuff on my
>hard drive but it was only a trial. I mean the stuff I downloaded and then
>deleted later. I understand that things are still on the hard drive but the
>delete function only erases the path. Correct?

Correct enough.

>I understand that this stuff
>eventually over loads the hard drive.

Not correct at all.

When you delete a file (presuming you also empty it from the Recycle
Bin), Windows simply removes the directory reference to the file,
indicating that the disk space occupied by this file is no longer
needed. The data still exists on your hard drive. HOWEVER, Windows
has been instructed that the space that data occupies is available for
use. So, even though you still may have tons of data on your hard
drive in the form of these deleted files, Windows can use that space
whenever it needs it. Your hard drive will never get overloaded with
deleted files.

>What is the down load that will erase
>this stuff. My PC has been getting slower lately and I want to remove all
>that junk.

You don't need a program to erase these deleted files; Windows can use
that space any time it needs to. Your computer is slowing down for
some other reason. If you want to permanently erase them anyways,
there are jillions of third party programs that will do this.

http://www.google.ca/search?q=perman...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Cheers,
dan

Have you defraged it first . Thats the 1st thing I would try .

"Phyloe" <> wrote in message
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> A long time ago I tried a download that erased all the deleted stuff on
my
> hard drive but it was only a trial. I mean the stuff I downloaded and then
> deleted later. I understand that things are still on the hard drive but
the
> delete function only erases the path. Correct? I understand that this
stuff
> eventually over loads the hard drive. What is the down load that will
erase
> this stuff. My PC has been getting slower lately and I want to remove all
> that junk.
> TIA
> Phyloe
>
> --
> I plan to die peacefully in my sleep like my Grandfather, not screaming in
> terror like his passengers.
>
>