Re: Need for disk Cleanup
From: Carrie Garth (PostInGroup_at_invalid.cxg)
Date: 07/30/04
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:04:56 -0500
||| "Prat" <Prat@discussions.microsoft.com>
||| wrote in message
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||| Why do i need to do disk cleanup? Does it help in perf
||| issues. <SNIP> XP automatically suggets a cleanup when the
||| disk space free is less than 200 mb. <SNIP>
|| "Carrie Garth" <PostInGroup@invalid.cxg>
|| wrote in message news:%23$9m72idEHA.3964@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl
|| Since problems may result in rapid file growth on a volume, by
|| default Microsoft Windows XP proactively monitors disk
|| space.<SNIP>
||
|| Cleanmgr.exe is designed to facilitate the clearing of
|| unnecessary files from your computer's hard disk without
|| harming any of your programs. Files such as:
||
|| Temporary Setup Files
|| Downloaded program files (ActiveX controls and Java applets
|| downloaded from the Internet)
|| Temporary Internet Files
|| Old Chkdsk Files
|| Recycle Bin Files
|| Temporary Files
|| Temporary Offline Files
|| Offline Files
|| Catalog Files for the Content Indexer
||
|| <SNIP> BTW, are you a fan of Red Dwarf?
||| "Prat" <Prat@discussions.microsoft.com>
||| wrote in message
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||| Still I havent got my question answered as to how regular
||| cleanup addresses perf issued.
|||
||| Why do you think i am a fan of red dwarf??
Disk access is common performance bottleneck. Think about it,
if your disk is nearly full, the remaining free space is likely
to be fragmented, and this increases the time that the disk must
seek to find each sector. Performance for components that read
from, and write to, the disk are adversely affected.
Of course, "perf issues" encompasses a wide range of topics
(hardware, software, disk activity, role of the computer, etc.).
And whether or not having a large number of unnessary files on
your hard drive effects the everyday performance of your
computer, I cannot say.
However, in my case I regularly remove files such as those listed
in the "Files such as:" list. And I have found that deleting the
10's of thousands of TIF files, temp files, Recycle Bin files,
(cr*p files), on my hard disk greatly improves the performance of
many of the tasks that I perform frequently, such as:
- Searching my hard drive using Windows Explorer, in particular,
for "A word of phrase in the file:" (which I do very frequently)
- Enumerating, and searching, directories on my local computer
from my remote computer - a 200 MHz Pentium processor and 80
Megabytes total of shared RAM (which I do very frequently)
- Using ntbackup.exe to backup my files (which I do frequently)
- Searching my hard drive using the Indexing Service and Advanced
Query Language (which I do occasionally)
- Running chkdsk (which I do occasionally)
- Running defrag (which I do occasionally)
- Cataloging my data partition, and my System Partition, using
the Indexing Service program cidaemon.exe (which Microsoft
Windows XP does automatically, during idle times)
For a few performance related reasons that Microsoft considers
monitoring disk space as important see the following Microsoft
Documentation:
Windows 2000 Resource Kits
Windows 2000 Professional Resource Kit
Performance Monitoring
Examining and Tuning Disk Performance
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/prork/pree_exa_xiep.asp
<SNIP>
The disk system handles the storage and movement of programs and
data on your system, giving it a powerful influence on your
system's overall responsiveness.
<SNIP>
Windows 2000 Resource Kits
Windows 2000 Professional Resource Kit
Performance Monitoring
Examining and Tuning Disk Performance
Resolving Disk Bottlenecks
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/prork/pree_exa_fhiy.asp
<SNIP>
A disk that is developing a bottleneck might cause the entire
system to slow.
<SNIP>
Google Search:
(bottleneck OR performance) Disk Access sitemicrosoft_com
http://www.google.com/search?q=(bottleneck+OR+performance)+Disk+Access+site:microsoft.com
And in regards to me asking if you are a Red Dwarf fan. You are
using the name "Prat". And while prat might be a frequently used
informal/slang term spoken in the UK and elsewhere, I am a US
citizen and have only heard the word "prat" from watching the Red
Dwarf series on PBS (Rimmer frequently uses the word prat).
Google Search Prat Red Dwarf
http://www.google.com/search?q=Prat+Red+Dwarf
Rimmer info
http://www.btinternet.com/~ianohare/RDcAJR.htm
Red Dwarf
http://members.optushome.com.au/philharmonica/reddwarf.htm
Now... "Back to Reality"!
Sad Geezers Guide to Red Dwarf
Episode 5_6 - Back To Reality
http://www.sadgeezer.com/RedDwarf/epis5-06.htm
White Midget - Plot Inconsistency Project
http://reddwarf.miguelandreas.me.uk/info/pip/season_5.php#5-6
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