We all are pretty sure we know how our computers work. But don't judge too quickly. Here we've collected some facts that may radically change your user habits.
FACT #1
Your PC Has Huge “Ghost” Folders
System files on your hard drive take up gigabytes that don’t show anywhere. In fact, 60 gigabytes on average, according to MacPaw engineers. These files are mostly useless — logs, caches, temp files, and application leftovers (like old start up items) that have been there for years.
And what’s even sadder, you can’t access them even if you have admin rights. The folder may contain hundreds of items but due to system errors it will appear to you as empty. If it happened to you, your PC probably deserves a good portion of cleaning.
FACT #2
It Stores Everything
Every picture you viewed on Facebook (or elsewhere on the web) may stay on your drive forever. Until you clean it manually. For instance, Twitter alone stores image cache of many gigabytes within the depths of your PC. Even the most innocent websites store their cache in virtual memory, which means your computer eventually gets slower. And, the longer an apps work in the background, the more cache it generates.
Normally, browsers create cache to give you a quicker access to the websites you’ve already visited. But very often this turns into real mess, resulting in browser freezing, persistent notifications, and irritating pop-ups.
Your PC remembers everything you clicked, watched or even typed to your friends. Think of chat history from your messengers. Some of the messengers store your private data remotely on their cloud servers (which is really a somebody else's computer). To sum it up, a regular browser cleaning is a habit worth starting.
To wipe away browser cache we recommend using the most trusted cleaner out there, CleanMyPC. Packed with powerful Uninstaller it will set your computer back to the day you first got it.
FACT #3
Some Apps Drain Battery
Junk applications or a stealthy malware running in the background can drain your computer battery faster. Surprised? Yes, some junk programs could be constantly overloading your CPU (and thus a battery) and there’s no easy way to get rid of them. Ironically, this may happen after you’ve downloaded an antivirus software (some free antiviruses can be a nightmare to delete).
Every application which heavily exchanges data with an online server is a potential battery-drainer. The same goes for numerous opened tabs in browser.
But if your battery dies too fast you shouldn't immediately rush to a store to buy a new one, there's still something you can do. First, go to Task Manager/Processes and check which programs are using more power. Quit and uninstall all the unused vampire applications.
FACT #4
Your PC Loves Copies
The amount of hidden copying which your computer makes is staggering. By their very design solid state drives create and erase big blocks of memory each time you copy & paste files. Skipping the small details, your PC needs many times as much memory as the actual size of a file you’re copying. Every piece of digital content simply can't be moved from folder to folder, but only copied.
And as we said earlier, everything you see or listen in the Internet is also first copied to your drive in a form of local cache. We are not trying to scare you here, but there's also applications cache (another member of evil caches family ) that holds gigabytes of files copied by all your applications. Such temporary copies are one of the reasons your PC gets sluggish over time
CleanMyPC frees up gigabytes of memory on your drive by going through hidden system folders. It wipes away tons of temp files, fixes registry errors and makes your computer faster.
FACT #5
It Has Less Space Than Advertised
Your advertised hard drive capacity will always be different from the one shown in Windows. This is because hard drive manufacturers purposely count digits in a way that promises more GB than there actually is. The confusion happens due to different calculation systems. To the hard-drive manufacturer 1 GB is 1000 MB, while Windows considers it to be 1024 MB. This mismatch may cost quite a lot of space lost from your memory.
The simplest way to get yourself more free space on a hard drive is with CleanMyPC, which optimizes memory usage and effectively removes all the "extras" that are safe to delete .
FACT #6
It Works Better Under 15% Rule
It has always been a rule of thumb among computer geeks, that you should keep minimum 15-20% of free space on your main hard drive. This is just a rough estimation, but the more drive space you have, the faster your computer works. A computer magazine once performed a test on this, which concluded that the difference in speed can reach as much as 35%.
If you work with heavy graphics or video rendering, even more free space is recommended.
FACT #7
Nothing Is Deleted
Many people don't realize that there are more Recycle bins on our computer besides the the ordinary Recycle bin . Each hard drive part and each external drive has its own hidden trash folder, where previously deleted items remain.
And again, a few people know that deleting a file and even emptying the Recycle bin doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Although space is marked as “available” your data is still there until it’s overwritten with new information. That’s why forensic data experts can retrieve files from erased drives.
For a secure guaranteed file deletion it’s better to use special tools, like CleanMyPC’s Uninstaller utility. When put through Uninstaller, the file is made totally unrecoverable — just select or drag your files to the shredder and click "Shred." Voila, that's it!s
But CleanMyPC does so much more than just securely erase files. It helps you clean your entire computer, run basic maintenance, monitor its hardware health, and win back vast amounts of memory. Download the latest CleanMyPC and see what a difference it makes on your computer.