User's Manual

Cleaning the Hard Disk
In the following chapters, you will find out how you can free up valuable space on your hard disks under Clean
hard disk and why it is useful to do so.
Under Clean hard disk, you can see old backups, unnecessary files and unnecessary Windows functions that can
be safely removed from the hard disk without any negative impact on your system.
Introduction
TuneUp Utilities searches for many types of potentially unnecessary files that can be deleted without causing
problems. It then shows you how much space can be freed up. First you will receive a list of all files in question
and you can then decide yourself which of them you would like to delete.
Particular attention is paid to security. As a result, in contrast to conventional procedures that "blindly" comb
through the hard disk using certain patterns, no unpleasant surprises such as sudden error messages or non-
functioning software occur.
The elements recommended for deletion are divided into three categories:
Unnecessary Files
For example, temporary files, the contents of the browser cache, temporary thumbnail views and automatically
generated log files and the contents of your Recycle Bin are all suggested for deletion.
These files take up valuable disk space that you can easily share. Of course you will have the chance to view
these files again before deletion.
Old backups
Backups are suggested for deletion that would usually be used to restore an earlier status of your system. These
include restore points and Windows Update backups. Of course you will have the chance to view these backups
again before deletion.
The most recently created restore point is always stored so you can restore the system to a previous status at any
time.
Windows Functions
Three optional functions from Windows are displayed. If you do not use these (maybe you didn't know that they
existed), you can turn them off and thereby free up valuable space on your hard disks. This includes the Win-
dows Desktop Search, Windows Messenger and the hibernation file.
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