From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   relic wrote:   
      
   > Ted Bundy wrote:   
   >> Over the years my Windows XP OS has grown to where it's now almost   
   >> 5Gb.  Is there a tool to easily identify elements that are no longer   
   >> used?  I do common tasks like deleting temp files, run Ad- Aware and   
   >> defrag periodically, but it's reached the point where my C drive is   
   >> only 60% free (42% OS, 30% program files and 20% documents).   
   >   
   > Format and reinstall. It will run faster too.   
      
   Seems a bit drastic.  How about doing a search for *.*  (including hidden files   
   -- you DO show the extensions, right?) and sorting the result by size.  You'll   
   probably recognize a lot of big files that you'll be happy to delete.   
      
   I don't have my windows machine on now.  Can you also sort on last access time?   
     Anything you haven't accessed for 2 years is probably safe to delete.   
      
   I once found a runaway swap file that never deleted itself, just kept growing   
   and growing and growing...   
      
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