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Hi - Can anyone help me. I have been clearing out files from my computer and found a folder Quarantine. This has loads of .bup files in it. Is it safe to delete them all or is it relevant to something else.
Sorry to be stupid but the title says it all!
Thanks:confused:

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  • Conor_3
    Conor_3 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    Yes, it's safe to delete. It's a folder where your antivirus software sticks infected files.
  • Buggins
    Buggins Posts: 344 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Thanks Conor - it should free up quite a bit of space then.
  • Conor_3
    Conor_3 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    If you're wanting to free up some more space and the PC is running fine, go to "My Computer", right click on the C drive and select Properties. Select Disk Cleanup, Options then click the button in the System Restore section which will delete all but the last System Restore point.

    The last PC I did this on free'd up 1GB which on a 5GB HDD, was fairly substantial.

    After doing that, run CCleaner. (https://www.ccleaner.com)
  • muz
    muz Posts: 142 Forumite
    Conor wrote: »
    If you're wanting to free up some more space and the PC is running fine, go to "My Computer", right click on the C drive and select Properties. Select Disk Cleanup, Options then click the button in the System Restore section which will delete all but the last System Restore point.

    The last PC I did this on free'd up 1GB which on a 5GB HDD, was fairly substantial.

    After doing that, run CCleaner. (www.ccleaner.com)



    Wow, thank you for that!! Just cleaned up my restore points, and freed up 2.09Gb !! :T
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