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PrivaZer Is Arguably The Best System Cleaning Tool For Windows
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<blockquote data-quote="BoraMurdar" data-source="post: 174086" data-attributes="member: 2291"><p>Let's share some of my findings from my experience using these tools.</p><p>Well, the most garbage filling your hard disk comes from :</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Browsing the web</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Temporary folders</strong> from <em>C/Windows </em>and <em>C/Users</em> (WIndows XP is <em>C/Documents and Settings</em>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Windows Updates and Office Updates</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Logs and backup files</strong> created by various programs</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Extracted installation files</strong> from programs that were installed on your system but remained after uninstalling them (like NitroPDF or CyberLink products, they are packed in one type of installer and when installing unpacks to a different one, usually .mse to start installation, these installers are used to start uninstallation of the same products and usually can be found in <em>C/Users</em> or hidden <em>C/Program Data</em> )</li> </ul><p>So, for example, after installing fresh Windows 7 SP1 + Office 2013 SP1 and updating them via Windows Updates to this date, you can find ~ <strong>2-3GB</strong> of "garbage" on your system.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion the best combo for removing all this unnecessary files are<strong> CCleaner</strong> + <strong>Wise Disk Cleaner</strong> + <strong>PrivaZer</strong> (free combo).</p><p></p><p><strong>CCleaner</strong> for removing the browsing activities and some logs from your system...</p><p><strong>Privazer</strong>, like it name says, for removing the traces that concerns privacy on your system from various programs, and some cool options like cleaning traces in RAM, hiberfil.sys, pagefile.sys, free space ....</p><p>And <strong>Wise Disk Cleaner</strong>, can be used from time to time, and can be used as a portable edition, as this edition has also full functionality.</p><p>This tool has awesome function to find almost any temporary file on the system</p><p><img src="http://i1-win.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Wise-Disk-Cleaner_4.png?1392794634" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>, to find unused installation files (Windows Installer Baseline Cache ) , also Windows Downloaded Installation Files, logs and backups from Windows Updates</p><p><img src="http://i1-win.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Wise-Disk-Cleaner_5.png?1392794634" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Also, I need to remind the users of these tools that they can remove <strong>.bak </strong>files, that were created by various programs for restoring (for example) previous version of the program if needed, or restore some updates (ESET), so after removing these files, those programs maybe will not be able to restore some settings, or your previous work in Adobe Photoshop, FL Studio...</p><p><strong><span style="color: #b30000">Watch carefully what are you removing from your system</span></strong></p><p></p><p>In my testings Windows Disk Cleaner was unable to remove all Windows Update Backups and all temporary files</p><p><img src="http://tr2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2014/01/16/d00db652-c0c7-471f-bf40-3166cec56cd3/resize/620x485/WinUpdateCleanupFigD_011614.png?hash=f9e899c0617ca17e448a81c0414bf408" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Thanks <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite116" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoraMurdar, post: 174086, member: 2291"] Let's share some of my findings from my experience using these tools. Well, the most garbage filling your hard disk comes from : [LIST] [*][B]Browsing the web[/B] [*][B]Temporary folders[/B] from [I]C/Windows [/I]and [I]C/Users[/I] (WIndows XP is [I]C/Documents and Settings[/I]) [*][B]Windows Updates and Office Updates[/B] [*][B]Logs and backup files[/B] created by various programs [*][B]Extracted installation files[/B] from programs that were installed on your system but remained after uninstalling them (like NitroPDF or CyberLink products, they are packed in one type of installer and when installing unpacks to a different one, usually .mse to start installation, these installers are used to start uninstallation of the same products and usually can be found in [I]C/Users[/I] or hidden [I]C/Program Data[/I] ) [/LIST] So, for example, after installing fresh Windows 7 SP1 + Office 2013 SP1 and updating them via Windows Updates to this date, you can find ~ [B]2-3GB[/B] of "garbage" on your system. In my opinion the best combo for removing all this unnecessary files are[B] CCleaner[/B] + [B]Wise Disk Cleaner[/B] + [B]PrivaZer[/B] (free combo). [B]CCleaner[/B] for removing the browsing activities and some logs from your system... [B]Privazer[/B], like it name says, for removing the traces that concerns privacy on your system from various programs, and some cool options like cleaning traces in RAM, hiberfil.sys, pagefile.sys, free space .... And [B]Wise Disk Cleaner[/B], can be used from time to time, and can be used as a portable edition, as this edition has also full functionality. This tool has awesome function to find almost any temporary file on the system [IMG]http://i1-win.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Wise-Disk-Cleaner_4.png?1392794634[/IMG] , to find unused installation files (Windows Installer Baseline Cache ) , also Windows Downloaded Installation Files, logs and backups from Windows Updates [IMG]http://i1-win.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Wise-Disk-Cleaner_5.png?1392794634[/IMG] Also, I need to remind the users of these tools that they can remove [B].bak [/B]files, that were created by various programs for restoring (for example) previous version of the program if needed, or restore some updates (ESET), so after removing these files, those programs maybe will not be able to restore some settings, or your previous work in Adobe Photoshop, FL Studio... [B][COLOR=#b30000]Watch carefully what are you removing from your system[/COLOR][/B] In my testings Windows Disk Cleaner was unable to remove all Windows Update Backups and all temporary files [IMG]http://tr2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2014/01/16/d00db652-c0c7-471f-bf40-3166cec56cd3/resize/620x485/WinUpdateCleanupFigD_011614.png?hash=f9e899c0617ca17e448a81c0414bf408[/IMG] Thanks :D [/QUOTE]
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