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Miscellaneous Maintenance Questions

lynnalexandra
10 years ago

As I'm fixing up the family's computers, some general questions come to mind.

1 - how much space should be free on a hard disk. I know 40GB was recommended for my 160GB hard drive. But is this a percentage - or more of a fixed amount that should be free. How much space should be free on a 500GB, 1TB and 2TB drive? I'm guessing something in between a fixed percentage and a fixed size.

2 - What can I delete in my download folder? If I download things like set up files for ccleaner, antispyware, openoffice, Itunes, can I safely delete the files in my download folder once I install the program? Are there things I shouldn't delete? Should I pretty much delete everything unless it's personal files I haven't saved to another location on my computer?

3 - How often should I run a defragment program? on XP? does it need to be run on Windows 7 (I thought I'd read that files don't get fragmented as much in Windows 7).

Guess that's all I can think of for now.
Thank you.
Lynn.

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