Windows 7 / Getting Started

Starting with your parameters

First, you need to set the Disk Cleanup parameters. Because Disk Cleanup can be run in many different ways, Windows 7 allows you to store many different sets of parameters, each set identified by a number. In this case, I (completely arbitrarily) call this set of parameters 9. Follow these steps to set your Disk Cleanup parameters:

  1. Choose Start. Immediately type cleanmgr /sageset:9 in the Search box and press Enter.
    The Disk Cleanup Settings dialog box appears.
  2. Select the check boxes that correspond to the types of files you want Windows 7 to delete.
  3. Click OK.
    Windows doesn't run a disk cleanup. It merely saves your Disk Cleanup settings, identifying them as "number 9."
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In this tutorial:

  1. Maintaining Your System
  2. Coping with Start-Up Problems
  3. Creating a system repair disc
  4. Using the system repair disc
  5. Running in Safe Mode
  6. Working with Backups
  7. Restoring a file with shadow copies (previous versions)
  8. Maintaining previous versions on different drives
  9. Creating data backups
  10. Managing and restoring data backups
  11. Getting back the image backup
  12. Maintaining Drives
  13. Running an error check
  14. Defragmenting a drive
  15. Using System Restore and Restore Points
  16. Creating a restore point
  17. Rolling back to a restore point
  18. Scheduling the Task Scheduler
  19. Starting with your parameters
  20. Scheduling a task
  21. Zipping and Compressing
  22. Compressing with NTFS
  23. Zipping the easy way with Compressed (zipped) Folders
  24. Using the Windows 7 Resource Monitor and Reliability Monitor
  25. Controlling the Control Panel
  26. Removing and changing programs