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.www.syngress.com 189_XP_05.qxd 11/9/01 2:35 PM Page 217Working with System Tools " Chapter 5 217Figure 5.10 The Disk Cleanup for Win-XP Dialog Box Showing theAmount of Redundant Files5.You need to select the check box for the category you want to clean, ordeselect it if you do not want that category to be cleaned.For examplethe category Temporary Internet files is your local cache of Web pages.You may want to keep these files to speed up access to your favoriteWeb pages.6.After you have selected all categories of files you want to clean up,click OK.7.A dialog box comes up that ask you Are you sure you want to performthese actions? Click OK.8.The Disk Cleanup dialog box appears (see Figure 5.11), and the physicaldisk might start to rattle.The dialog box enables you to monitor theprogress of the cleanup.A small note:The green progress bar can reachthe end before the process is finished, in which case the bar empties andstarts over again.9.If Disk Cleanup finishes, the dialog box disappears and no furtherreporting is given.Figure 5.11 The Disk Cleanup Dialog Box Informs You about theProgress of the Cleanupwww.syngress.com 189_XP_05.qxd 11/9/01 2:35 PM Page 218218 Chapter 5 " Working with System ToolsSeveral categories need some additional explanation:Compress old files This option will only show on NTFS volumes; itenables you to compress files that are not used within a predeterminedperiod.Compressing files has the advantage that you can, over time, freeup a significant amount of storage, without the files being removed fromthe volume.The obvious disadvantage is that accessing a compressed file isslower than usual, because it has to be decompressed before you can use it.Remember that once a file has been compressed, you need to manuallydecompress the file if you want to start using it again.As you scroll downthe list to select this category, the description in the frame below willchange, and the button changes to Options.Clicking the button willbring up the Compress Old Files dialog box (see Figure 5.12).This dialogbox allows you to change the cutoff date for unaccessed files to be com-pressed.The default value is 50 days and the maximum value is 500 days.Figure 5.12 The Compress Old Files Dialog Box Lets You Determinethe Cut-Off Time for CompressionCatalog files for the Content Indexer This is also a category presentonly for NTFS volumes.As the Indexing Service runs on your systems,it will frequently update the catalog, leaving older catalog files behind.The size of the files depends on the number of files/documents on thevolume.Remember that you are in control in starting and stopping theService.Let s get back to the point where Disk Cleanup gives us the overview of theamount of disk space per category that can be freed (see Figure 5.10).As men-tioned earlier the Disk Cleanup window has a second tab called More Options,which has a page showing three frames (see Figure 5.13), each accompanied withits own Clean up button.The first two options give you an easy entry to thetools that can help you remove unnecessary applications:Windows components This Clean up button starts the WindowsComponents Wizard.www.syngress.com 189_XP_05.qxd 11/9/01 2:35 PM Page 219Working with System Tools " Chapter 5 219Installed programs This Clean up button starts the Add or RemovePrograms tool, which you can also find under Start | Control Panel.System Restore This Clean up button opens a dialog box thatprompts you with Are you sure you want to delete all but the mostrecent restore point? What a restore point is and how this should be han-dled is discussed in the section Restoring Your System. Figure 5.13 The More Options Tab Presents You with an Easy Entry to OtherCleanup ToolsNOTEIf you are running out of volume space and cleanup does not free upsufficient space, you can always compress a complete NTFS volume orany directory on a NTFS volume.In the former case, bring up thevolume s Properties dialog box (see Figure 5.8) and select the check boxCompress drive to save disk space and click Apply to confirm.This willbe followed by the Confirm Attribute Change dialog box, that lets youdecide if you want this change only for the root of the volume, or forthe complete volume.The complete volume is the default selection,which you should go with by clicking OK.If you want to compress a single directory, bring up the directory sProperties dialog box, click Advanced, and then select the check boxCompress contents to save disk space and click OK to confirm.www.syngress.com 189_XP_05
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