Trying to purge file cabinet. What needs to be retained and for how long?
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Keep all tax records until the statute of limitation expires; I think it's seven years. Keep all "terms and conditions" type paperwork for any open accounts: insurance, credit cards, mortgage, etc. Keep receipts for major purchases at least until the warranty expires. Keep any records on which there's any hint of a dispute with anyone.\n\nAs for monthly statements, keep the most current one for each account, and you can toss the rest as soon as you've reconciled them and verified that you were charged correctly. You may want to keep a credit card statement if there's a purchase on it for which you plan to claim reimbursement (from your employer, etc.)\n\nWhatever you get rid of, be sure to shred!
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u can do it only on one condition backup that particular folder before deleting.(in a cd,pen drive,floppy....)\ndelete it,see if ur pc has been affected due to the absence of the file,if it has then  just put it back where it was simple \nfor further details contact ur local software technician!!!!!!
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You'll need a disk management program that is capable of repartitioning the drive on-the-fly. PartitionMagic from Symantec is one such product, but there are many others.
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You have to empty the folder first then you can proceed to delete it.
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Try dowloading CCleaner and running it.\nIt does a much better job than the standard Windows disk cleaner.  It does a good job of deleting unwanted files quickly and safely.  I have used it without any problems.\n\nDownload it here:\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/\n\nCCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. That removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it's fast! (normally taking less that a second to run) and Free (and contains NO spyware). \n\nCleans the following:\n    * Internet Explorer Cache, History, Cookies, Index.dat.\n    * Recycle Bin, Temporary files and Log files.\n    * Recently opened URLs and files.\n    * Third-party application temp files and recent file lists (MRUs).\n      Including: Firefox, Opera, Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Office XP, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and more...\n    * Advanced Registry scanner and cleaner to remove unused and old entries.\n      Including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more...
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you can remove any of them by formatin related local hard drive. must be C and D
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I am more interested in giving serious useful info. See my other answers also please\n\nyes, you may either go to windows explorer and go to the particular folder and delete the files.\n\nYou can go to Internet explorer Tool--> InternetOptions--> DeleteFiles option Button. (you may also clear history, and cookies)\n\nOr\nYour windows-StartButton--->  Programs---> Accessories --> System Tools  --->DiskCleanUp\n\nAll my answers should be verified for accuracy, the answers are only my suggestions.
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Hi Ashleigh...you are correct.  Drag the application and it's associated files into the trash.
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Go to www.filehippo.com and download\n\nCCleaner (it's free)
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http://www.diskcleaner.nl/
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Use ChaosShredder (free) or 12 Ghosts (shareware) to completely erase the hard drive with military grade security. (see link)\n\nThen bring it to any local thrift store, Goodwill, Salvation Army etc. \n\nOr check out the Cristina Foundation (see link)\n\nOr Freecycle! (see link)
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That sounds like a temp file for a DVD image or some very large program.  It's fine to delete it.
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They are all correct. There are several tools available to reduce the space used by files on your hard drive and unless you have used a good cleanup tool lately you probably have several files taking up space on your HD which aren't even connected to programs any more. You need an all in one clean up program that will remove the old files and delete unused registry entries also. CClean does a good job and it is free.
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If you have something that you want gone permanently then you have to write over it at least four times by using programs such as KillDisk or any other programs that write all zeros to your hard drive four layers down.  Even then it is recoverable but very long expensive process.   The department of defence approves of the security of drives that have been written over four times.
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if you were to delete them the normal way (sending them to the trash and then emptying the trash) they will not be permanently deleted\n\nif you were to delete the files like this it would be posible to get them back in under 10 min.\n\nyou would need to do a complete wipe.\na wipe cleans the drive by writing over the old data multiple times. Making it impossible to recover information, short for some government MIB type agency. \n\n\nlink has more info with free and paid for tools:\nhttp://www.pcworld.com/article/id,110338-page,1/article.html\n\n many of the free tools  do this just as well as the paid.
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I don't know of any free registry cleaning tool that does a good job. My recommendation is the VCOM System Suite. It has a very good regristry cleaning/defragmenting tool that can speed up your computer significantly. You may be able to get a copy of Systemsuite for around $39.
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Get all your files off of it that you want to keep, then reformat/reinstall the operating system