Win 2K Weekly Housekeeping: How to do it?

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Clueless in Seattle

A friend recently gave me his old computer when he bought a new one.

I'm now running Win2K on this hand-me-down computer, but on my old yard
sale computer I ran Windows 98.

I'd appreciate some advice on how to set up a weekly housekeeping
routine.

On my old (Win98) machine I used to do my housekeeping on Sunday
morning like this:

1. Delete all *.tmp folders

2. Clear internet history

3. Empty recycle bin

4. Run Scandisk

5. Defragment hard drive

I also used to do a complete back-up each Sunday (and daily incremental
back-ups)

I seem to recall coming across a utility in Win 2K called something
like "Disk Cleanup" and wonder if I can substitute that for one or more
of the above steps.

Since Windows 2000 is a completely different animal than Windows 98, do
I need to adopt a new housekeeping routine?

Also, I'm uncertain whether to do my weekly back-ups before or after
the weekly housekeeping.

Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"
 
Disk Cleanup can do 1, 2 & 3
Personnally I think checking a hd and defragging weekly is a bit of overkill
 
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