Pre-diagnostic scans

[grits]

I do feel dumb asking even tho' I've seen in someone's sig. that "the only dumb question is one not asked".

Is it safe to run CCleaner , not the registry part, at default settings that clears out several different 'log' files, then come here to ask for help with "slow PC", where I may be asked to post some info that 'might be' gone due to CCleaner cleaning? Or am I as usual a million miles off base? I ask because I've read some posts where the helper has asked the poster to upload different logs to be looked at.

 

[andrew129260]

Please see my tutorial on how to use ccleaner safely. Ccleaner is generally very safe and is great to run every couple of months or so. Disk cleanup is a safer option for basic users.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/818-disk-cleanup-open-use.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/306648-ccleaner-delete-junk-files.html

 

[grits]

Sorry I took so long to reply. I have used CCleaner a lot but generally uncheck several of the defaults because I wasn't really sure of their meaning & didn't want to delete something that may be asked for should I have to ask for help, example, Index dat files, Memory Dumps.
The same goes for Disk Cleanup, don't understand some of the choices.

 

[andrew129260]

Read the tutorials thoroughly. They will answer the questions on what each option does.