Guest ManyBeers Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Or whatever that one is called in Windows that is neccessary to keep to get updates. Anyways mine is empty for some reason and I don't know how it happened. So the other day i noticed my C;\drive had lost about 650megs of space and after poking around I found out that folder was full of kb folders about 650megs worth. I guess they were all a bunch of past updates I have installed but got re downloaded. Did the fact that that folder was empty have something to do with that. And can I fix it. I deleted all the folders becuse my computer is up to date and always has been.
Guest TaurArian Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Re: $him folder? Do not delete/empty the "%windir%\$hf_mig$ folder"- just leave it alone Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 software update packages http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824994 When a security update, critical update, update, update rollup, driver, or feature pack installs GDR version files, the hotfix files are also copied to the %windir%\$hf_mig$ folder. This supports migration to the appropriate files if you later install a hotfix or service pack that includes earlier versions of these files. For example, consider the following scenario: 1. You apply a security update that installs a GDR version of File.dll with a version number of 5.2.3790.1000 and copies a hotfix version of File.dll with a version number of 5.2.3790.1000 to the %windir%\$hf_mig$ folder. 2. You apply a hotfix that includes a hotfix version of File.dll with a version number of 5.2.3790.0000. In this scenario the hotfix installation in step 2 installs the hotfix version of File.dll (version number 5.2.3790.1000) from the %windir%\$hf_mig$ folder instead of the hotfix version of File.dll (version number 5.2.3790.0000) from the hotfix package.'' You can - remove Old Windows Updates:- Folders that have uninstall as part of the name (for example $NtUninstallKB282010$ which reside in C:\windows (hidden folders) are Window Hot Fix Update folders/files) can be safely deleted (providing you never wish to uninstall the updates). I would recommend leaving these folders for a period of at least a month to make sure the update is working correctly. These updates can be deleted individually or in multiples. To find out more about the update/s go to: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=XXXXXX NB: XXXXXX = the actual number not including the "Q" or "KB" Once you have deleted the uninstall folders/files, then go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Select the matching Windows Hotfix Title relating the update folder/file you have just deleted and select remove. You will get a Windows error. This is because you have deleted the uninstall folder/files. Just choose OK and the entry will be deleted from the Add/Remove Programs Listing. TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2009 - Update Services http://taurarian.mvps.org ====================================== How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 Computer Maintenance: Acronis / Diskeeper / Paragon / Raxco "ManyBeers" <ManyBeers@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AF3D9854-C716-4A56-9B6B-576B6D7A03C3@microsoft.com... > Or whatever that one is called in Windows that is neccessary to keep to > get > updates. Anyways mine is empty for some reason and I don't know how it > happened. So the other day i noticed my C;\drive > had lost about 650megs of space and after poking around I found out that > folder was full of kb folders > about 650megs worth. I guess they were all a bunch of past updates I have > installed but got re downloaded. Did the fact that that folder was empty > have > something to do with that. And can I fix it. > I deleted all the folders becuse my computer is up to date and always has > been. >
Guest ManyBeers Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Re: $him folder? "TaurArian" wrote: > Do not delete/empty the "%windir%\$hf_mig$ folder"- just leave it alone > Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server > 2003 software update packages > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824994 > I did not delete it . For some reason one day it was just empty. The next day or maybe 2 days later I noticed my harddrive had lost about 650 megs of space out of the blue.So I poked around and the $hf folder suddenly had 650 megs of KB folders and nothing else. I deleted those. They could not have been updates my computer needed because I went to Windows update to see if my computer lacked any updates and it didn't. It is currently SP3. I did delete my dllcache from my D;\drive where I kept it for storage to keep my backup image small. But I only did that after running sfc scan and verifying that it would rebuild the cache which it did.
Guest TaurArian Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Re: $him folder? > > "TaurArian" wrote: > >> Do not delete/empty the "%windir%\$hf_mig$ folder"- just leave it alone >> Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows >> Server >> 2003 software update packages >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824994 >> > I did not delete it . For some reason one day it was just empty. The next > day or maybe 2 days later I noticed my harddrive had lost about 650 megs > of > space out of the blue.So I poked around and the $hf folder suddenly had > 650 > megs of KB folders and nothing else. I deleted those. They could not have > been updates my computer needed > because I went to Windows update to see if my computer lacked any updates > and it didn't. It is currently SP3. > I did delete my dllcache from my D;\drive where I kept it > for storage to keep my backup image small. But I only did that after > running > sfc scan and verifying that it would rebuild the cache which it did. Okay, just leave the folder named "$hf_mig$" alone.
Guest ManyBeers Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Re: $him folder? "TaurArian" wrote: > > > > > > "TaurArian" wrote: > > > >> Do not delete/empty the "%windir%\$hf_mig$ folder"- just leave it alone > >> Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows > >> Server > >> 2003 software update packages > >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824994 > >> > > I did not delete it . For some reason one day it was just empty. The next > > day or maybe 2 days later I noticed my harddrive had lost about 650 megs > > of > > space out of the blue.So I poked around and the $hf folder suddenly had > > 650 > > megs of KB folders and nothing else. I deleted those. They could not have > > been updates my computer needed > > because I went to Windows update to see if my computer lacked any updates > > and it didn't. It is currently SP3. > > I did delete my dllcache from my D;\drive where I kept it > > for storage to keep my backup image small. But I only did that after > > running > > sfc scan and verifying that it would rebuild the cache which it did. > > Okay, just leave the folder named "$hf_mig$" alone. Well I went ahead and used TBI view an image viewing app included with Image For Windows to copy my $him folder contents back.I made the image just aster I installed SP3. That folder has over 600 megs in it . I don't it has rver had near that much stuff in it before. Is yours that big?
Guest TaurArian Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Re: $him folder? "ManyBeers" <ManyBeers@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5782D50E-E898-43D8-A7AB-81BA6FB20304@microsoft.com... > > > "TaurArian" wrote: > >> >> >> > >> > "TaurArian" wrote: >> > >> >> Do not delete/empty the "%windir%\$hf_mig$ folder"- just leave it >> >> alone >> >> Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows >> >> Server >> >> 2003 software update packages >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824994 >> >> >> > I did not delete it . For some reason one day it was just empty. The >> > next >> > day or maybe 2 days later I noticed my harddrive had lost about 650 >> > megs >> > of >> > space out of the blue.So I poked around and the $hf folder suddenly >> > had >> > 650 >> > megs of KB folders and nothing else. I deleted those. They could not >> > have >> > been updates my computer needed >> > because I went to Windows update to see if my computer lacked any >> > updates >> > and it didn't. It is currently SP3. >> > I did delete my dllcache from my D;\drive where I kept >> > it >> > for storage to keep my backup image small. But I only did that after >> > running >> > sfc scan and verifying that it would rebuild the cache which it did. >> >> Okay, just leave the folder named "$hf_mig$" alone. > > Well I went ahead and used TBI view an image viewing app included with > Image For Windows to copy my $him folder contents back.I made the image > just > aster I installed SP3. That folder has over 600 megs in it . I don't it > has > rver had near that much stuff in it before. Is yours that big? My $hf_mig$ folder is only 59.9 meg in size (but I recently reformatted and reinstalled everything).
Guest ManyBeers Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Re: $him folder? "TaurArian" wrote: > "ManyBeers" <ManyBeers@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:5782D50E-E898-43D8-A7AB-81BA6FB20304@microsoft.com... > > > > > > "TaurArian" wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> > > >> > "TaurArian" wrote: > >> > > >> >> Do not delete/empty the "%windir%\$hf_mig$ folder"- just leave it > >> >> alone > >> >> Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows > >> >> Server > >> >> 2003 software update packages > >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824994 > >> >> > >> > I did not delete it . For some reason one day it was just empty. The > >> > next > >> > day or maybe 2 days later I noticed my harddrive had lost about 650 > >> > megs > >> > of > >> > space out of the blue.So I poked around and the $hf folder suddenly > >> > had > >> > 650 > >> > megs of KB folders and nothing else. I deleted those. They could not > >> > have > >> > been updates my computer needed > >> > because I went to Windows update to see if my computer lacked any > >> > updates > >> > and it didn't. It is currently SP3. > >> > I did delete my dllcache from my D;\drive where I kept > >> > it > >> > for storage to keep my backup image small. But I only did that after > >> > running > >> > sfc scan and verifying that it would rebuild the cache which it did. > >> > >> Okay, just leave the folder named "$hf_mig$" alone. > > > > Well I went ahead and used TBI view an image viewing app included with > > Image For Windows to copy my $him folder contents back.I made the image > > just > > aster I installed SP3. That folder has over 600 megs in it . I don't it > > has > > rver had near that much stuff in it before. Is yours that big? > > > > My $hf_mig$ folder is only 59.9 meg in size (but I recently reformatted and > reinstalled everything). > > >Ok thanks
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