cleaning my disc

I am having the same problem. I tried to run disc
cleanup and It just sits there doing nothing. It says
compressing old files, but I have left it to run for over
and hour with no results. I didn't have this problem with
98. My pc is running SO slow! Help!
-----Original Message-----
i have tried numerous times to clean my disc and can't
get it to work. the disc clean up comes on and it says
compressing old files but never does anything. my
computer
is running slow and i need to do this. it has worked in
the past. Thank you
.