Advanced daily health check

I started using Iobit Uninstaller and was offered the Daily Health Check

It is a trial - 15 days, price upon end of trial is very reasonable.

I tried it and it removed over 9gb from my PC and 4 gb from my laptop.

It also removes 2-3 gbs daily - garbage files, etc.

I haven't had any problems since then.

I always use disc cleanup and that never came close to this program.

Anyone tried this program? - Opinions?

http://www.advanceduninstaller.com/daily-health-check/


I would have used a link from MG, but couldn't find one.

 

Hi my friend , my suggestion is that i am using manually steps :

Start - Run command typing %temp% - ok
removing all files
Start - Run command typing temp - ok
removing all files

* in some cases folders don't remove you have to use this utility

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/unlocker.html

Start - Run command typing cleanmgr - ok
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315246

alternatively you can use this

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/temp_file_cleaner.html

i prefer the manual way though :wave

 

The easiest way to find out is simply to run the program and it will show you what is has found prior to you allowing it to delete anything.

In my case, the first day I ran it, it found temp files on all browsers, old Restore points, Application leftover files and it amounted to over 9gb.

 

Like DavidGP, I've used pretty much every system "cleaner" app that I've been able to download. Typical fodder for these apps is:

• Temp files in temp dirs (all users)
• Temp files with strange extensions, outside of temp dirs
• Browser caches, cookies, etc.
• Windows LOG files

If clean only every couple of days I've typically gotten rid of several hundred MBs at a time. One time the trash slightly exceeded 1 GB using an app called Windows CleanUp. But 9 GBs ! Even 2 to 3 GBs daily is difficult to fathom. I'd be very interested to know what files are making up all of these GBs. You mentioned that the IObits app deletes "Old Restore Points". Not sure why the app would need to do this since Windows is by default configured to delete the oldest restore point each time it creates a new restore point (that is, once the cumulative restore points exceed the user's configured maximum space allowance for restore points).

In any case, if the app is deleting restore points, then it's at least conceivable to believe that the IObits app deletes 2 to 3 GBs per day. The obvious question is this: What happens when you need to utilize restore points to fix your system? And why even bother creating restore points if they're just going to be deleted a few hours later?

If you figure out what constitutes this 2 to 3 GBs of daily garbage, please let us know.

Finally, I wouldn't put it past IObit to simply fabricate those numbers in order to impress potential buyers of their software. They're very good at trumping up the alleged capabilities of their apps.

 

I can only tell you that my C drive has been decreased from 77gb to 68gb after running the program and I'm very satisfied ( since it is an SSD,I like to keep it no more than 60 % full).

 

This is the report from today.

Almost one gb removed.

 

Thank you for the pic, that's very helpful. As I suspected, the majority of the recovered disk space is from the deletion of restore point(s). You should take a look at how much disk space your system is allotting to keeping restore points and decide if it's right for you.

In Windows Explorer, right click on "Computer" >> Properties >> System Protection menu item >> System Protection tab >> Highlight your SSD >> Configure button.

From there you can use the slider to adjust the amount of space that your system uses for storing restore points. Once it reaches that maximum amount your system starts deleting old restore points to make room for new ones. My guess is that you have it set to store 9 to 10 GBs of restore points and that's how you managed to use the IObit program to delete 8 to 9 GBs on that one occasion.

 

This is what it had been set at.

 

This is current check - as you can see, no restore points mentioned.

Still over 1 gb removed.

 

Strange. According to the program pic that you posted, the sum of the deleted files for that run was approximately 300 MB, yet the program alleges that it deleted over 1 GB. Am I missing something?

 

When it shows pic, it doesn't allow to show full screen.

There were other files below- I should have copied both, sorry.

All I can say is that this program gets rid of temp files on all browsers, without me having to go to each one individually.

I posted this program, not to upset anyone else.

I am not suggesting anyone has to use it - that is their choice.

I just ran another scan and will post all files it found - this time 1.76gb.

Over 1gb was recycle bin, but there was still .6gb left.

 

OK, I just looked at the pic again and noticed that the list of deleted items scrolls down out of view. Next time you run the program, would you scroll down and take another screen shot. I'm very intrigued as to what the program could possibly be deleting. There are the system's temp folders, miscellaneous temp files, and assorted log files... but I can't imagine those making up 700 - 800 MBs.

Shoot, I think I'll just download and install the program. Certainly I think that most people would want to use a program that safely deletes over a full GB of useless files on a daily basis. But I'm not convinced that such a program exists. I let you know what I find when I run the program for myself.

 

There's something going on here we haven't quite got to the bottom of yet. If Win 7 grew at this rate every day without this program to prevent it from doing so then in a month or two it would double its size or more. I've got Win 7 x64 on a 120GB SSD too and since I set it up in April it hasn't grown at all. Win 7 was 39GB then and today it's 38GB. It goes up and down but has never reached 40GB. One reason for this is that in order to avoid unnecessary writes to the SSD I moved all Windows and browser temp files and log files to HDD but after three months even they are still under 500MB.

I suspect that the program is deleting files which will get deleted anyway, but just sooner, as rusty suggested in relation to sys restore points. OK, that may mean you are permanently a few GB down on what it would be otherwise, but the impression being given that 1GB or more is being saved every day is just not the case as I see it.

 

Hi David,

Don't use hibernation.

I've got 5 internal hdds and that's what I do.

I have 16gbs of ram.

Thanks for reply,

Paul