How to Make Disk Cleanup Compress Files in Windows XP?

We are always in need of more
hard drive space on our computer.
The feature of Disk Cleanup
compress files in Windows XP is
very useful for attaining this goal.
Disk Cleanup cleans up the files in
addition to restore some space in
the operating system. It deletes the
temporary files. The feature of Disk
Cleanup Compress Files in Windows
XP gives you the opportunity to
compress old files. By default, the
Disk Cleanup compress files in XP
which are older than fifty days.
Sometimes you don't want the Disk
Cleanup compress files in XP that
are older than fifty days. You would
just like to compress very old files
e.g. the files older than 120 days. In
that case, you can alter the settings
of the Disk Cleanup utility in
Windows XP.
In order to use the Disk Cleanup
utility you have to follow these
simple steps:
Open My Computer.
Right click on any one of the hard
drives.
Select Properties.
The following dialog box will appear.
Click on Disk Cleanup.
The hard drive will be scanned to
find out how much of space can be
saved. Under the "Files to Delete"
list, select Compress old files.
Click on the Options button.
The Compress Old Files dialog box
will appear. Change the number of
days to wait for older files to be
compressed.
Click on the OK button.
You can also change the number of
days to wait for newer files to be
compressed. In that case, you will
have to change the amount of days
to a lesser number e.g. 30 days.