Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Disk Cleanup. Clean out the
temporary files and empty the recycle bin with this tool.
Gene K

"stuart wohl" <sbw@starband.net> wrote in message
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> My Dell 2.8 GHz HT with 512 Ram has started to slow down. I ran all of my
> spyware removals and did remove all that were found. The computer is
> still
> sluggish. Windows Explorer hangs and doesn't respond quickly. It takes
> several seconds to respond to commands.
>
> My hard drive 'properties says I have 9 GBs free. I have moved many of my
> .jpg's and bmp pics to my external (backup) drive.
>
> My question/problem is this. After moving these files I did not gain any
> drive space. Why?
>
> Also, I did a defrag (several times) but after it 'defrags' and I click
> "analyze" , it tells me I should defrag again.
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> Thanks
>
>