XP is a great operating system, but it can be slow when it comes to disk cleanup. To speed up disk cleanup, you can use the XP Cleanup utility. This utility will clean up any files that are not in the current directory, and will also delete any files that are not needed.
Do the following steps before running Disk Cleanup. If they are running Internet Explorer go to Tools Internet Options Browsing History Delete. This brings up the Delete Browsing History window. Delete Temporary Internet Files. Click Yes to the warning message.
Another thing to do is close out of all running programs. In fact you may want to boot into “Safe Mode” before beginning this step. go to Start Run type in %temp% … Hit enter or click OK.
This brings up the Temp file directory. Hit “CTRL+A” on the keyboard to select all folders and hit the “Delete” key.
Choose Yes to the verification message. Now make sure you delete those temp files from the Recycle Bin.
This should allow for a much faster Disk Cleanup process.
