Gateway 7400 Manual De Usuario
Maintaining and managing your hard drive
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Deleting Windows temporary files
During normal operation, Windows constantly creates new temporary (.tmp)
files. You can safely delete all but the most recent .tmp files.
files. You can safely delete all but the most recent .tmp files.
To delete .tmp files:
1
Open Windows Explorer, then select
Tools
,
Find
, then
Files and Folders
.
2
In the
Named
text box, type *.tmp
3
In the
Look in
drop down list, select your drive letter.
4
Click
Find Now
. The list of .tmp files appears.
5
Click
Modified
above the list. To see the
Modified
button, you may need
to maximize the Find window. The list is sorted by date.
6
Highlight all the files in the list except those with the current date.
7
Press S
HIFT
+ D
ELETE
. A dialog box opens asking if you want to delete the
files.
8
Click
Yes
. The files are deleted.
Deleting temporary Internet files
As you visit Web sites, your browser stores temporary Internet files on your
hard drive in a memory cache and a disk cache. Files in the memory cache are
removed when you turn off your server. Files are saved in the disk cache until
the space designated for the cache is full. See your browser’s help files for
instructions on emptying the disk cache.
hard drive in a memory cache and a disk cache. Files in the memory cache are
removed when you turn off your server. Files are saved in the disk cache until
the space designated for the cache is full. See your browser’s help files for
instructions on emptying the disk cache.
You can save space on the hard drive by decreasing the size of the Internet
file disk cache. See your browser’s help files for instructions.
file disk cache. See your browser’s help files for instructions.
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