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When you are running your Windows system, a lot of junk files will be generated continuously and left over in your system C drive. For a long period of time, these accumulations of junk files will occupy a large space of your drive, which will slow down the running speed of your computer. In order to avoid that situation, you'd better clean up the C drive regularly. Formatting C drive is not an appropriate choice as it may cause file loss and system error. Well, how to clean C drive without formatting? In this article, you will learn How to Clean C Drive without Formatting in Windows 10/8/7.
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When you are running your operating system, many temporary files will be produced and stored in the C drive. So if you want to clean the C drive in Windows 10/8/7, you can regularly delete these temporary files to free up more space. If you don't know how to do this, you can refer to methods mentioned in this article to clear the temporary files.
If you have a large number of duplicate files on your C drive, it will also take up disk space. Unfortunately, Windows 10/8/7 does not come with a tool to clean up duplicate files, so the process of manually finding and deleting duplicate files is troublesome and time-consuming.
This is the time to download a trusted third-party software. iSunshare DupFiles Genius is a trustworthy software that helps you find, locate and delete duplicate files with high efficiency.
Step 1. In the main interface of the software, click the + button to select the C drive to scan and click Next to continue.
Step 2. You can select one or more folders to exclude from scanning, check the types of files to be scanned, set the maximum and minimum size of scanned files, and check the box to skip scanning hidden files and system files, etc. After completing the settings, click on the Start scanning button.
Step 3. Click the box in front of the File Name, click the Delete button, and select Yes in the pop-up prompt box to confirm the deletion of the duplicate files.
Many programs are default to install in the C drive. These programs will also take up some space, which will make your computer slower and slower. Under this circumstance, you can uninstall some seldom used programs on Windows 10//8/7.
Step 1. Go to Control Panel, click Uninstall a program under Programs.
Step 2. Right click the programs that you want to delete and then choose Uninstall to remove it from your computer.
Disk Cleanup is a very useful utility that you can make fully use of to clean useless and junk files and free up more space to make your computer faster. Now learn how to use Disk Cleanup to clean the C Drive.
Step 1. Open This PC/My Computer in the desktop, right click the C drive, and then choose Properties from the drop-down menu.
Step 2. Click the button of Disk Cleanup in order to delete some useless files from the C drive.
Step 3. Under the section of Files to delete, choose files that you want to clean up from the C drive and then hit the OK button to confirm your action.
And click Delete Files to make sure your action if you are asked "Are you sure you want to permanently delete these files".
Another way for you to clean C drive in Windows 10/8/7 without formatting is to turn to a powerful third party tool to help you. You can use iSunshare System Genius to clean junk files from C drive and optimize your system safely and efficiently in just a few clicks. Now download and install it on your computer and then follow the below guidance to clean C drive without formatting.
Step 1. Once you have installed the software of iSunshare System Genius on your computer, open it and you will come to the Home page. Then click the Scan button to scan junk files and invalid registries for your computer.
Step 2. When the scanning is finished, you will get the registry scan result and junk files scan result separately. These files are selected by default. In order to clean C drive and free up more spaces, click the Clean button to remove all of them from your computer.
Step 3. After the cleanup is completed, click the OK button to confirm. Now you can close the software. You can use this software to regularly clean up junk files for your PC.
Another powerful function supported by the latest version of iSunshare System Genius is to clean up space on C drive with only one click. This feature is very convenient to use and easy to operate. With this feature, what you need to do is just click the button of "Release", and then wait for the software to clean up the C drive and free up more disk space on the C drive. Now follow the below instructions to learn how to use iSunshare System Genius to clean up space on C drive with only one click in your Windows 10/8/7 computer.
Step 1. Launch the software of iSunshare System Genius and go to the function of System Disk on the left panel. Under the tab of System Disk Cleanup, you can check how much space is available on your C drive and how much space you can clear from your C drive.
Step 2. To clean up space on C drive, you just need to click the Release button to proceed. The process of C drive cleanup won't take long to complete. It depends on the how much space in your C drive to free up. After the process is finished, a small window will pop up and remind you that "Cleanup done", you can click the OK button to confirm.
Files which are removed by users will go to the recycle bin. So the recycle bin actually is a temporary place to store the deleted files and folders. However, these files will also take up part of the drive space. So in order to release more space, you can empty the recycle in.
Step 1. Right click the icon of the Recycle Bin on the desktop and select Empty Recycle Bin.
Step 2. Then a warning windows will pop up, click the button of Yes to go on.
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