Scrub Your Hard Drive Clean Feb 06, 2001 This article is to inform you about some great free downloads that will help you keep your hard drive free of junk files that build up over time (especially if you are downloading and trying out software). The files I am talking about are not your usual software programs but rather a series of batch files developed by Fred Langa. He has developed (with lots of imput from his readers) 5 variations on the theme he calls 'Scrub Your Hard Drive Clean". The files are listed in order of increasing "cleaning power". To quote from Fred Langa's web page: "1) Cleanup.Bat For Batch File Novices (Basic hard drive cleanup in a simpler, easy to edit and modify file) 2) Cleanup.Bat For Batch File Experts: (Basic hard drive cleanup in a more powerful, flexible [but harder to understand and edit] version) 3)WipeTIF.Bat Completely Erase All Temp Internet Files (More thorough cleanup: Compact your Cookies Index, and completely erase Everything in your "Temporary Internet Files" area!) 4) CleanALL.Bat: More Power! (Combines the power of Cleanup.Bat AND WipeTIF.Bat for truly awesome cleaning! Scrubs your Temp and Tmp areas, erases all Temporary Internet Files, and compacts your Cookies Index!) 5) Clean9x.Bat: Still More Power, Plus Extra Safety! (All the benefits of the above, with efficiencies and special disk-integrity checking.)" (1) Detailed instructions on just where to place the files on your hard drive once they are downloaded, how to read the files and finally how to run them is also provided by Mr. Langa. Once you have settled on which version best meets your needs (I use the strongest version - Clean9x.Bat) you can download a registry patch that integrates your selected version into the Recycle Bin Menu. This freebie is a must have for all us surfers/downloaders. You should also be aware the Fred Langa puts out a weekly newsletter that is second to none in providing useful information about the "care and feeding" of your PC. You can take a look at the most recent issue and subscribe at: Langa ___________________________________ (1) Quote from Fred Langa Scrub Your Hard Drive Clean at:http://www.langa.com/cleanup_bat.htm