"A Monthly Purge"

Maintain your hard drive by performing "A Monthly Purge", in this EXACT order.
 

(1) Delete all files and folders with dates older than one week from C:\WINDOWS\TEMP.

(2) Purge your browser's history and Internet cache files.

(3) Run ScanDisk. . .but make these changes first. . .

  • Select the Standard radio button and 
    • Enable Automatically Fix Errors.
  • Click on Advanced and set these parameters:
    • Log File | Select. . .Replace Log
    • Cross-Linked Files | Select. . .Delete
    • Lost File Fragments | Select. . .Free
    • Check Files For | Select. . .Invalid dates and times
    • Check host drive first | Select. . .Disable"unless you've compressed your hard drive.
(4) Empty the Recycle Bin.