Is It Safe To Delete System Error Minidump Files
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Fun Facts Blog Contacts Blog Speed Up Your Computer with Microsoft's Disk Cleanup Tool As your computer's hard drive gets full, it can begin to seriously affect your performance. It's http://www.techworks-consulting.com/speed-up-your-computer-with-microsofts-disk-cleanup-tool/ a good rule-of-thumb to never exceed 75% of your hard drive's capacity. http://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/disk-cleanup-system-error-memory-dump-files.3856661/ Once your hard drive storage begins to exceed that level, it's time to do some cleanup. One of the most overlooked tools for maintaining a healthy and responsive computer is Microsoft's built-in Disk Cleanup tool. This utility has been around and included in Microsoft's operating systems for two decades system error now, ever since Windows 95 was released. This single tool can help you free up disk space, remove temporary Internet files that may be slowing down your computer, remove unnecessary software you may have forgotten you installed, empty your recycle bin, remove old backups, and even compress unused files. It is one of the safest ways to boost your computer's performance and clear system error memory up hard drive space. Watch Microsoft's short 1-minute video that summarizes the Disk Cleanup utility: First Step: Remove Unnecessary Files To open the Microsoft Disk Cleanup utility, click the Windows Start button, select All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and finally… Disk Cleanup. Select the hard drive you want to clean-up… After you click OK, Disk Cleanup will scan the drive for a few seconds… And now, the fun begins… This is where you get to decide what you want to delete (as if you knew what was safe to delete). So the first question you're likely to have when you get to this point is whether or not it's actually safe to delete these files. In most cases, the answer is yes. But, just to set your mind at ease, let's take a look at each of the items available so you know what they are. Type of File Description Downloaded Program Files When you browse the Internet, the web pages you visit may automatically download files that help their web
something useful to do with System error memory dump files, or can I safely tell Disk Cleanup to delete them? Robert Miles Guest, Jul 22, 2009 #1 Advertisements Jeff Richards Guest Unless you are attempting to diagnose the cause of the problem, it is safe to let disk cleanup delete these files. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) <> wrote in message news:%... > Is there something useful to do with System error > memory dump files, or can I safely tell Disk Cleanup > to delete them? > > Robert Miles > Jeff Richards, Jul 22, 2009 #2 Advertisements Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP Guest As Jeff said. *AND* Make a note of the disk space shown for WER logs in the Disk Cleanup window. See: Serious Disk Cleanup Problem in Windows caused by Broken Registration - The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/serious-disk-cleanup-problem-caused-by-broken-registration/ -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Desktop Experience] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Supporting Windows® 7, Vista & XP http://www.winhelponline.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <> wrote in message news:%... > Is there something useful to do with System error > memory dump files, or can I safely tell Disk Cleanup > to delete them? > > Robert Miles > Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP, Jul 23, 2009 #3 Guest Guest "Jeff Richards" <> wrote in message news:%... > Unless you are attempting to diagnose the cause of the problem, it is safe > to let disk cleanup delete these files. > -- > Jeff Richards > MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) > <> wrote in message > news:%... >> Is there something useful to do with System error >> memory dump files, or can I safely tell Disk Cleanup >> to delete them? >> >> Robert Miles >> > Looks like I deleted then too soon - after I deleted them, a function for sending error reports to Microsoft was unable to send error reports for some recent problems in a search function because it couldn't find the appropriate files. I couldn't diagnose the cause of the problem myself, but would like to have Microsoft