Guest Rick489 Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 I've been running XP Pro on the same machine for many years and have a bad case of "file creep." Every System Update, Installer execution etc. leaves behind a pile of trash. I know it's there to make "uninstallation" easy, but I'm happy with my system now. What is safe to delete? I'm thinking any folder named C:\Windows\$<anything>$\* as well as C:\Windows\Installer\*. Correct? Anything more? Thanks, Rick
Guest Jupiter Jones [MVP] Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Help Cleaning Out System Disk? Rick; The update uninstall files can be safely deleted: http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar http://www.dts-l.org "Rick489" <Rick489@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C25B1658-7333-4381-885D-269972EFD959@microsoft.com... > I've been running XP Pro on the same machine for many years and have > a bad > case of "file creep." Every System Update, Installer execution etc. > leaves > behind a pile of trash. I know it's there to make "uninstallation" > easy, but > I'm happy with my system now. > > What is safe to delete? > > I'm thinking any folder named C:\Windows\$<anything>$\* as well as > C:\Windows\Installer\*. > > Correct? Anything more? > > Thanks, > Rick
Guest Rick489 Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 RE: Help Cleaning Out System Disk? Follow up: What about subfolders of "C:\System Volume Information\? "Rick489" wrote: > What is safe to delete? > > I'm thinking any folder named C:\Windows\$<anything>$\* as well as > C:\Windows\Installer\*. > > Correct? Anything more?
Guest Rick489 Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Help Cleaning Out System Disk? Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote: > The update uninstall files can be safely deleted: What about C:\Windows\Installer\*.
Guest Curt Christianson Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Help Cleaning Out System Disk? Hi Rick, Those are the System Restore points, and I personally don't mess with them. If you want to do some cleaning and free up a little disk space, you can delete all but the last Restore Point by going to "Disk Cleanup", and looking under the "Other Options" tab. Note that additional restore points will continue to be added though. You *can* reduce the amount of space used by SR in "System Properties" and go to the "System Restore" tab. The default setting I believe is 12% of your disk space, which today can be a tremendous amount of space on the HD. That default was conceived when HD's were considerably smaller. Many users opt to moving the slider so that maybe only 1000 MB are used for SR. -- HTH, Curt Windows Support Center http://www.aumha.org Practically Nerded,... http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm "Rick489" <Rick489@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:415382D4-AE4A-4128-B003-A0174B830B87@microsoft.com... | Follow up: | | What about subfolders of "C:\System Volume Information\? | | "Rick489" wrote: | | > What is safe to delete? | > | > I'm thinking any folder named C:\Windows\$<anything>$\* as well as | > C:\Windows\Installer\*. | > | > Correct? Anything more?
Guest Tony Meloche Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Help Cleaning Out System Disk? Curt Christianson wrote: > Hi Rick, > > Those are the System Restore points, and I personally don't mess with them. > If you want to do some cleaning and free up a little disk space, you can > delete all but the last Restore Point by going to "Disk Cleanup", and > looking under the "Other Options" tab. Note that additional restore points > will continue to be added though. > > You *can* reduce the amount of space used by SR in "System Properties" and > go to the "System Restore" tab. The default setting I believe is 12% of > your disk space, which today can be a tremendous amount of space on the HD. > That default was conceived when HD's were considerably smaller. Many users > opt to moving the slider so that maybe only 1000 MB are used for SR. Yep. I have a 200 gig HD, and have System Restore set to 1%. With that, I can store multiple SysRestore files per day for more than 10 days - reasonably, no one should need more than that. Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----
Guest Rick489 Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Help Cleaning Out System Disk? Thanks guys. That indeed was where the space had been eaten. Rick > Curt Christianson wrote: > > You *can* reduce the amount of space used by SR in "System Properties" and > > go to the "System Restore" tab. > > > Yep. I have a 200 gig HD, and have System Restore set to 1%.
Guest Curt Christianson Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: Help Cleaning Out System Disk? You're welcome Rick. Glad things worked out! -- HTH, Curt Windows Support Center http://www.aumha.org Practically Nerded,... http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm "Rick489" <Rick489@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:25A7C182-49B9-490B-9AE2-5CB34A802B89@microsoft.com... | Thanks guys. That indeed was where the space had been eaten. | | Rick | | > Curt Christianson wrote: | > > You *can* reduce the amount of space used by SR in "System Properties" and | > > go to the "System Restore" tab. > | > | > Yep. I have a 200 gig HD, and have System Restore set to 1%.
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