i have a 16 of them on my computer and 14 of them r each 64 kb. What are they? If they have no purpose, then can i delete them? what are other types of files that have no purpose on a computer but take up space and can be deleted? (For instance, a list of file endings including but not limited to '.dmp' or '.exe' would b helpful)
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Every time your system or an application crashes on your computer, a minidump file is generated that contains a snapshot of your memory at the time of the crash.\n\nIt's completely safe to delete.  It's a file that is created when fatal errors occur, the file can be used for trouble shooting and debugging purposes.
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Try typing the name in "search" that should bring up all the files associated with it then you can delete them.
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Delete it all.Those are sometimes viruses.
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http://windirstat.sourceforge.net/\n\nWindirstat if you have the space then download it and run it on your drive c.  It will show you where the biggest files are and exactly what is taking up how much space in a nice little picture form!\n\nNormally youll see like old files you forgot about and can delete those I freed up like 20gigs myself.
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I use mac, so i think you go to tools, and there will be something to clean out files that are unuseful. Sorry i cannot remember the name of the program.
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Define "completely deleted"....\n\nIf you simply delete a file, then the area of hard disk that it previously occupied is marked as unoccupied. The data is technically still there.\nIf you _shred_ a file, then the disk space is similarly marked as unused, but first it is overwritten with random nonsense several times, to obliterate any previous data or any signature of the previous data. Generally speaking people only do this when they have particular reason to - most users need not shred anything unless they're totally paranoid.\n\nRawlyn.
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in windows explorer, right click on the C: drive <properties> see how much diskspace is left, do disk cleanup.  If that doesn't free up space use explorer to find out files you no longer need.  You might also go to control panel and delete programs you no longer need.
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I think this is a temporary file.\nwhen you are downloading a file the pc gives it this name. \nwhen the download finishes, then it gives it the correct extenstion.\n\nstef
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If you want to deleat any files, just find them using the file manager/windows explorer and deleat them.  This shouldn't be as big a problem as you are making it out to be.
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Delete some of the files that you do not need or use, and it usually runs faster.  I don't mean just erase like two or three files, I mean a lot.  I had over a thousand songs on my computer, and it ran very slow.  I deleted a lot of them (i now have 300) and a lot of other files and programs that I didn't use or need, and it runs so much faster!  Try that, if it doesn't work, then I don't know what to tell you.
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Nah, just format D:, assuming you don't have anything there you want. If you do, you'll either need to move what you want to keep off of it first, or you can just go through and delete it manually. As long as you're booting from C: it shouldn't be using any of the windows files on D:, so you wont have any problem deleting them.
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Probably a utility for some kind of wireless device.\nSearch your hard disk and see where you find it, and check the file properties.\nBy the way, the last letter before .exe is a small L, not a capital i.
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Yap you can delete this whole folder it will not hamrmfull for your computer but be carefull do't delete others well in the system volume information folder there are always a lot of viruses but they cannot harm your computer if you do't delete them then also no problem...
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As a serious tip, if you need more disk space, delete things, or buy a new hard drive.  The 'compress old files' is a terribly implemented feature in Windows XP.  I recommend not using it.
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download killbox and install it, run it and follow the instructions to remove the file, it eill remove it on the next reboot before windows loads it, that is why you can't delet it cause it is already loaded in memory. run regedit and remove any trace of it in the run and runonce folders\nthen hope it is gone
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What kind of file is that?
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You said this was an easy question,\nLIAR, lol:)\n\nMy computer mispalces files too, the best advise is poke around till you find it.\n\nI hope someone who is more computer literate helps you. Sorry, technology doesn't like me.