Delete windows 98, 3.1, and .NET?

[Guest Hank]

I have Windows XP at home and need more space on my hard drive. I noticed in

Add/Remove that I have Windows 98 Service Pack 1 (I remember the store left

98 on my PC when I upgraded just in case), Windows Installer 3.1 (KB893803),

and Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (90 MB). Are these extra files that can be

safely removed? If so, how? When I clicked on 98 for example in Add/Remove,

it says it will restore a previous version of Windows so I never did it. I

want to keep Windows XP!

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Delete windows 98, 3.1, and .NET?

 

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:42:02 -0700, Hank

<Hank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have Windows XP at home and need more space on my hard drive. I noticed in

> Add/Remove that I have Windows 98 Service Pack 1 (I remember the store left

> 98 on my PC when I upgraded just in case), Windows Installer 3.1 (KB893803),

> and Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (90 MB). Are these extra files that can be

> safely removed?

 

 

Yes, for the Windows 98 SP1. No, for the other two.

 

However, if you need more space on the drive, even if you removed all

of these, it would make only a tiny difference. The only real solution

to your problem is to replace your drive with a bigger one (or add a

second drive). Fortunately, hard drive prices are very low right now.

 

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[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: Delete windows 98, 3.1, and .NET?

 

Hank wrote:

> I have Windows XP at home and need more space on my hard drive. I

> noticed in Add/Remove that I have Windows 98 Service Pack 1 (I

> remember the store left 98 on my PC when I upgraded just in case),

> Windows Installer 3.1 (KB893803), and Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

> (90 MB). Are these extra files that can be safely removed? If so,

> how? When I clicked on 98 for example in Add/Remove, it says it

> will restore a previous version of Windows so I never did it. I

> want to keep Windows XP!

 

Windows 98 Service Pack 1?

Uninstall.

 

The Windows Installer and .NET Framework - I would not do the first *for

sure* and the second - likely something you have uses it if you have it

installed.

 

With the OBVIOUS age of that machine - you may want to consider (1)

purchasing a $500 better machine or (2) purchasing a $60-$100 new internal

hard disk drive for space.

 

http://www.pricewatch.com/

 

Beyond that - figure out what you can archive (of yours - most of the space

is undoubtedly taken up by YOUR stuff - unless you have a 10GB or less

drive?) and what you can remove...

 

If you are comfortable with the stability of your system, you can delete the

uninstall files for the patches that Windows XP has installed...

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

 

Used Disk Cleanup?

Is hibernate turned on and do you use that feature?

Uninstalled unnecessary applications lately?

 

You can run Disk Cleanup - built into Windows XP - to erase all but your

latest restore point and cleanup even more "loose files"..

 

How to use Disk Cleanup

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312

 

You can turn off hibernation if it is on and you don't use it..

 

When you hibernate your computer, Windows saves the contents of the system's

memory to the hiberfil.sys file. As a result, the size of the hiberfil.sys

file will always equal the amount of physical memory in your system. If you

don't use the hibernate feature and want to recapture the space that Windows

uses for the hiberfil.sys file, perform the following steps:

 

- Start the Control Panel Power Options applet (go to Start, Settings,

Control Panel, and click Power Options).

- Select the Hibernate tab, clear the "Enable hibernation" check box, then

click OK; although you might think otherwise, selecting Never under the

"System hibernates" option on the Power Schemes tab doesn't delete the

hiberfil.sys file.

- Windows will remove the "System hibernates" option from the Power Schemes

tab and delete the hiberfil.sys file.

 

You can control how much space your System Restore can use...

 

1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

2. Click the System Restore tab.

3. Highlight one of your drives (or C: if you only have one) and click on

the "Settings" button.

4. Change the percentage of disk space you wish to allow.. I suggest 5% or

higher.

5. Click OK.. Then Click OK again.

 

You can control how much space your Temporary Internet Files can utilize...

 

Empty your Temporary Internet Files and shrink the size it stores to a

size between 64MB and 256MB..

 

- Open ONE copy of Internet Explorer.

- Select TOOLS -> Internet Options.

- Under the General tab in the "Temporary Internet Files" section, do the

following:

- Click on "Delete Cookies" (click OK)

- Click on "Settings" and change the "Amount of disk space to use:" to

something between 64MB and 256MB. (Betting it is MUCH larger right

now.)

- Click OK.

- Click on "Delete Files" and select to "Delete all offline contents"

(the checkbox) and click OK. (If you had a LOT, this could take 2-10

minutes or more.)

- Once it is done, click OK, close Internet Explorer, re-open Internet

Explorer.

 

You can use an application that scans your system for log files and

temporary files and use that to get rid of those:

 

Ccleaner (Free!)

http://www.ccleaner.com/

 

Other ways to free up space..

 

SequoiaView

http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/

 

DX Hog Hunt

http://www.dvxp.com/en/Downloads.aspx

 

JDiskReport

http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html

 

Those can help you visually discover where all the space is being used.

 

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