User's Manual

How to Gain Disk Space Using the Areas Suggested for Cleanup

1. In the Start Center under Increase performance click All functions followed by Gain disk space.

2. Select the drive on which you wish to gain disk space.

A bar chart shows you how much free space you have on the selected drive. You also see at a glance how

much space you could free up in each area.

You can now remove unnecessary files and old backups and also remove or disable Windows functions.

Removing unnecessary files or old backups

1. Click Unnecessary files or Old backups.

The system opens a list of files or old backups found. You see at a glance how much space you could free

up. To exclude individual file or backup types from being cleaned up, clear the relevant checkboxes.

For each file or backup type you can also view a description in the right-hand window area by selecting it.

2. Click Cleanup

Cleanup may take several minutes. While the cleanup is taking place, very occasionally it can appear that

TuneUp Utilities is not reacting. This is for technical reasons and is no cause for concern. As soon as the

cleanup is complete, operations will continue normally, and a message indicating that the cleanup was

successful will be displayed. You can close this dialog.

Disabling or removing Windows functions

Click Windows functions to view the status of the individual functions.

For every function you receive a description that helps you decide how to proceed. The system shows you how

much disk space is taken up by an activated function.

You can disable or remove the following optional Windows functions:

Hibernation file

Hibernation mode is when your computer is shutdown without needing to close any windows, programs or

documents that may be open first. All data in the memory of the computer is saved to the hard disk. If the

computer is turned back on again, you can continue from the point at which you broke off your work. All

previously opened windows, programs and documents are immediately restored.

Even if you do not require hibernation mode, the hibernation file takes up valuable disk space. It is exactly the

same size as your computer's memory. If, for example, your computer has 4 Gigabytes of memory, the

hibernation file will also take up 4 Gigabytes of space on your hard disk. This is because in hibernation mode the

entire content of the memory must be saved.

If you do not use hibernation mode, you can disable it here and thereby free up the disk space it would

otherwise use. You can of course reactivate it at any time.

Windows Messenger

Windows Messenger is a program that lets you exchange instant messages with friends. If you do not use

Windows Messenger, you can easily remove it from your computer here.

Should you need it again in the future, you can download Windows Messenger for free at any time, for example

from the TuneUp Support Page and reinstall it.