Guest Jenni Elizabet Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Hi all, I first posted this in the 98 area. But they told me to come in here. I have an old Compaq Presario 5000t ( about 8 yrs old now). I have a full version of 98se with an upgrade version of Xp pro on top. What I want to do is to completely clear the hard drive and reinstall. Because my disk space is gone because of all the windows updates. My hard drive is only 10gb. Computer will only take 60gb more because of bios or motherboard. And I cant find one any more. So, I can only clear and reinstall. 2nd) Is there a way to make the computer run windows off the external hard drive I have? If so, then I could just unplug the 10gb and run off the 320gb external.
Guest Ghostrider Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Reformatting Replied in-line: Jenni Elizabet wrote: > Hi all, I first posted this in the 98 area. But they told me to come in here. > I have an old Compaq Presario 5000t ( about 8 yrs old now). I have a full > version of 98se with an upgrade version of Xp pro on top. What I want to do > is to completely clear the hard drive and reinstall. Because my disk space is > gone because of all the windows updates. My hard drive is only 10gb. Computer > will only take 60gb more because of bios or motherboard. And I cant find one > any more. So, I can only clear and reinstall. True, 60 GB hard drives are rare. Newegg has a few of 80 GB ones: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150014+103530096+1035907789+1035307792&name=80GB and a couple of 40 GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150014+103530096+1035907789+1035307798&name=40GB It is not going to matter much with the 80 GB drives since the bios will only allow them to be set up for 60 GB and formatted to that size. And I presume that HP-Compaq's stock of replacement 60 GB drives have ran out. > 2nd) Is there a way to make the computer run windows off the external hard > drive I have? If so, then I could just unplug the 10gb and run off the 320gb > external. No. But it might be possible to install applications on to the 320 GB external drive and run them from there. Failing that, consider putting in two 40 GB hard drives as Master and Slave for a total of 80 GB. Or, cloning the 10 GB drive on to a 40 GB. There is a number of possibilities. HTH.
Guest Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Reformatting See http://www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Remove Hotfix Backup Files. This will free up all the space used by OS hotfixes. -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "Jenni Elizabet" <JenniElizabet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4B4039FC-4BE0-4077-8431-AF230059B421@microsoft.com... > Hi all, I first posted this in the 98 area. But they told me to come in > here. > I have an old Compaq Presario 5000t ( about 8 yrs old now). I have a full > version of 98se with an upgrade version of Xp pro on top. What I want to > do > is to completely clear the hard drive and reinstall. Because my disk space > is > gone because of all the windows updates. My hard drive is only 10gb. > Computer > will only take 60gb more because of bios or motherboard. And I cant find > one > any more. So, I can only clear and reinstall. > > 2nd) Is there a way to make the computer run windows off the external hard > drive I have? If so, then I could just unplug the 10gb and run off the > 320gb > external.
Guest Ron Badour Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Reformatting Hi Jenni I don't understand what you think you are going to gain by formatting and reinstalling the system. If all the room on the 10 gb drive was taken by the Windows XP updates, once you reinstall the system and load the updates, the drive free space will again be used up, won't it? You say: "My hard drive is only 10gb. Computer will only take 60gb more because of bios or motherboard." I don't understand what you mean. Do you have programs installed on C: drive that could be uninstalled and reinstalled on the external drive? Are there programs not being used that you can dump? If you use Outlook Express, have you moved the OE Store to the external drive? In the Windows folder, have you deleted the files that start with $ and are blue colored (these are the uninstall files for the updates)? If you use IE, have you limited the size of the temporary internet file cache? You could turn off the recycle bin so that deleted files are not retained (you have to be sure about your deletions though). Have you dumped all the files in the temp folder(s)? I think you could probably move the paging file to the external drive < http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307886 > -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP Shell User "Jenni Elizabet" <JenniElizabet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4B4039FC-4BE0-4077-8431-AF230059B421@microsoft.com... > Hi all, I first posted this in the 98 area. But they told me to come in > here. > I have an old Compaq Presario 5000t ( about 8 yrs old now). I have a full > version of 98se with an upgrade version of Xp pro on top. What I want to > do > is to completely clear the hard drive and reinstall. Because my disk space > is > gone because of all the windows updates. My hard drive is only 10gb. > Computer > will only take 60gb more because of bios or motherboard. And I cant find > one > any more. So, I can only clear and reinstall. > > 2nd) Is there a way to make the computer run windows off the external hard > drive I have? If so, then I could just unplug the 10gb and run off the > 320gb > external.
Guest Jenni Elizabet Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Reformatting Thanks you guys. Ron. What I mean first by formatting and reinstall, is when I do this time I plan to keep windows update off. See, it only came with a 10gb hard drive total. Remember 8 yrs old. And another reason is my daughter messed up my first install when she deleted some of windows. When I had some one fix it, he couldnt get the old version off, so it has 2 versions of 98se with XP upgrades on them. And there are a few programs, that I tried to remove but it wont let them go. As my computer is old, and theough Compaq I also found out its a CTO as well. ( Configure to order). I want to do the format and reinstall to get a fresh start with only one version and all the other off, and leave win Update off. When I do, Ill do the moving od the outlook paging and the Spool folder to external then. "Ron Badour" wrote: > Hi Jenni > > I don't understand what you think you are going to gain by formatting and > reinstalling the system. If all the room on the 10 gb drive was taken by > the Windows XP updates, once you reinstall the system and load the updates, > the drive free space will again be used up, won't it? > > You say: "My hard drive is only 10gb. Computer will only take 60gb more > because of bios or motherboard." I don't understand what you mean. > > Do you have programs installed on C: drive that could be uninstalled and > reinstalled on the external drive? Are there programs not being used that > you can dump? If you use Outlook Express, have you moved the OE Store to > the external drive? In the Windows folder, have you deleted the files that > start with $ and are blue colored (these are the uninstall files for the > updates)? If you use IE, have you limited the size of the temporary > internet file cache? You could turn off the recycle bin so that deleted > files are not retained (you have to be sure about your deletions though). > Have you dumped all the files in the temp folder(s)? I think you could > probably move the paging file to the external drive < > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307886 > > > -- > Regards > > Ron Badour > MS MVP Shell User > > > "Jenni Elizabet" <JenniElizabet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:4B4039FC-4BE0-4077-8431-AF230059B421@microsoft.com... > > Hi all, I first posted this in the 98 area. But they told me to come in > > here. > > I have an old Compaq Presario 5000t ( about 8 yrs old now). I have a full > > version of 98se with an upgrade version of Xp pro on top. What I want to > > do > > is to completely clear the hard drive and reinstall. Because my disk space > > is > > gone because of all the windows updates. My hard drive is only 10gb. > > Computer > > will only take 60gb more because of bios or motherboard. And I cant find > > one > > any more. So, I can only clear and reinstall. > > > > 2nd) Is there a way to make the computer run windows off the external hard > > drive I have? If so, then I could just unplug the 10gb and run off the > > 320gb > > external. > > >
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