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Category Free Softwares

September 20, 2008

Behold, our favorite free utilities for cleaning out your Windows PC:

1. WinDirStat - You can't field dress a moose until you evaluate the size of the beast. This free diagnostic software will analyze any computer, drive, or external device, and provide an informative visual display of the hard-drive memory usage. Find out what's taking up the most space and then eviscerate.

2. CCleaner - Beneath this software's meager, yet logically designed, interface lies a bevy of tools for keeping your machine tidy. Aside from uninstalling any applications on your computer, CCleaner can also quickly analyze and backup your Registry, then delete unnecessary files.

3. Auslogics Disk Defrag - Once you've trimmed the fat from your PC to the point where you've got 15 percent of your hard drive free, it never hurts to defrag your disk. Auslogics' free app couldn't be any simpler, and the tool runs very quickly--even on older XP systems.

4. Process Explorer - Though not for beginners, this Windows Task Manager replacement is the ultimate tool for learning about your system's running processes and resource usage. If something doesn't feel right with your machine, look here first. Right-clicking any process entry unleashes a wealth of info and management features.

5. ImgBurn - If you're running out of room on your hard drive...and your external hard drive...and your various Flash drives...burn your data to DVD. It's one of the cheapest and easiest backup options, and the free burner ImgBurn makes it even easier.