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OCR: SING 4-33 Deleting Files What if ! run out of hard space? Eliminating files that you no longer need opens space for new files. If you want to eliminate a file that you have saved on you delete o erase the file As you know when yoU delete file the operating system does not physically erase the cluster that contains the data belonging to that file Instead changes the entries in the FAT to indicate that the clusters are available for storing other files additional files are stored on the the sectors : th at formerly contained the delet ed file are gradually overwritten To delete the file Vacation.doc from the in drive using DOS you type DEL A: Vacation. .doc To delete file using Windows 3. you f highlight t the file in the File Manager window, then press the Delete key. Using Windows 95 you d ...