Any good freeware to clean up junk on the hardrive?

Vanity | 1-28-2009 | Frantzie

[Frantzie]

Does anyone have any suggestions for freeware to clean up harddrives especially getting rid of jpgs from an employee surfing too much.

[Frantzie]

Any good freeware tools to increase RAM? Like RAM recovery? I had System Mechanic but it is old.

Thanks.

[wildbill]

Revo Uninstaller to get rid of programs and files

[Frantzie]

Do you Uncheck anything that you do NOT want to delete when you run teh Cleaner in CCleaner? Thanks.

[diefree]

I have MemTurbo which I’ve had for years. I paid for it but don’t remember how much. It was cheap, I think.

[listenhillary]

When you run it or when you install?

Install I un-check add cc cleaner Yahoo tool bar

Running I un-check delete cookies so as not to lose stored passwords. (I think this works to keep stored passwords)

[library user]

Yep, that's a good one. I also like the obscure Tools Cleaner 2 (by de A.Rothstein & Dj Quiou).

* Click the Pt. Restauration button and press OK to the prompts.
* Click the Corbeille button and press OK to the prompt.
* Click the Fichiers temp button and press OK to the prompt.
* Click the Recherche button and let it run (it may look like it freezes but let it continue)
* Once it is done click the Suppression button and let it remove anything it finds.
* Close the program

[ken in texas]

Any good freeware tools to increase RAM? Like RAM recovery? I had System Mechanic but it is old.

Best solution is to add more memory to your system.

[library user]

This is an incredible freeware defrag below. It’s very fast and thorough - usually takes less than 10-15 minutes too.

http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag

[library user]

Best solution is to add more memory to your system.

Yup. I recommend this link below. It automatically scans your PC and tells you how much RAM you have, how much more you can add and direct links to merchants for whatever you want, if anything. Most efficient way to purchase RAM on the net, IMO:

http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/

[Squantos]

If ya want to have some fun with an older computer ye think is slow etc .......put this on it !

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Really great easy to use OS !

[diefree]

downloaded and in use right now. thanks.

[yazoo]

“Any idiot proof freeware to clean off jpgs from celeb pics and news pics?”

I’m not sure there is any program that is going to clean off specific files that aren’t associated with malware. Best way is just to do a search on *.jpg on the hard drive and then delete them. Be careful, you might delete JPGs that are supposed to be there. After deletion, then you can run a defrag or other program to clean up the hard drive.

[NerdDad]

Bump

[Axenolith]

It wasn't able to detect anything about my computer... I'm disappointed, particularly as the computer was made by their parent company... In 1997... (Micron Millennia, PII 350!)

ARF! Got to go to the bone yard to add memory!

[diefree]

I don’t know how long it took to defrag but it’s done now and what a difference.

I have so much free memory now and computer is very fast.

Thanks.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Ran great and sped things up. Recommended. Running all of my clean up utilities and will run again.

[PotatoHeadMick]

The problem with that of course is reinstalling all the programs that you do actually need it’s not all junk on your pc. I did exactly what you did frequently and then discovered that Norton for example only allows a limited number of installations and I had to go out and pay for a new cd.

[mojitojoe]

I like CleanUp! (free) and Registry Mechanic. You need to use both.

[dayglored]

> The problem with that of course is reinstalling all the programs that you do actually need it’s not all junk on your pc. I did exactly what you did frequently and then discovered that Norton for example only allows a limited number of installations and I had to go out and pay for a new cd.

I found that software vendors are in three categories, with regard to re-installation on the same hardware:

1. Software you can re-install any number of times without hassle or charge.
2. Software you can re-install a few times, then it requires an email or call to tech support to get a fresh key.
3. Software you can only re-install a few times, then it goes dead and you have to buy more.

I stopped using anything from category #3. There's always an alternative in either category #2, or better, #1.

In my experience, license managers (e.g. FlexLM), Adobe, and Norton/Symantec are among the worst offenders. But there are always alternatives, and I believe in applying market pressure by voting with my wallet. If they sell me a crippled product, it'll be the last one I buy from them.

[ken in texas]

One additional idea — does this machine run Internet Explorer 6? If so, IE6 defaults to a massive cache size. Clear the cache and change the size to something more reasonable.