Most of us store a lot of irreplaceable data on our computers including financial records, digital photos, favorite recipes, music and video files, etc. Unfortunately, your hard drive will eventually fail, a computer virus or program bug could corrupt your data, and a power surge, fire, or theft could take out your entire computer. If you do not have backup copies of your data, you could lose it all in an instant!

Copying files from one drive to another can take a long time. Disk Maid speeds up this process by comparing the files at the source and destination, and only copying files that have changed. You will always have a complete backup, but won't waste time copying an entire directory of files, if only one file has been modified.

Create backup definitions to quickly backup your folder of digital photos, the drive containing your MP3 music files, or an entire drive you store multiple documents on. Give each job a title and tell Disk Maid which folder to backup and where you want to save it. Then you can backup with a simple click.

Every time you surf the web, your browser records the sites you have visited and keeps local copies of pictures, videos, web pages, and more. While this makes browsing faster, it wastes a lot of disc space and leaves behind evidence you may not want others to see. Disk Maid helps protect your privacy and speed up your computer by cleaning your browser history, file cache, and cookies. Disk Maid also cleans the Index.dat listings many other cleaner's leave behind.

Most programs create temporary files for a variety of tasks. Unfortunately, these files are often left on your hard drive, even when they are no longer needed. Some applications will reduce the file sizes to zero, but the file still appears in the file lists and can slow searches and other operations. Disk Maid can locate and remove these files to regain the space these files waste.

Files or applications you deleted long ago may still be listed in Windows registry or referenced by shortcut links. Disk Maid will scan your system for these invalid references and allow you to remove them.

Many applications keep a list of files you have opened recently, even if those files no longer exist. In addition, Windows records recent files you have opened, searches you have performed, and other addresses you enter. Disk Maid lets you locate and remove these entries to protect your privacy and ensure your system runs as efficiently as possible.

Disk Maid is designed to safely clean your system, removing only files that are widely accepted as unnecessary. However, you can always filter any file or other entry you want to keep, or if you discover it is needed by some application.