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re: 'What to Throw Away'
Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 1:44 am
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ms. Eagle
(32508 messages posted)
That is not correct....Those *.old files are leftovers from long ago uninstalled
programs. If you ever use Note Tab, Notepad or such, you'll notice that temp files
with the extension *.bak are created at times. Allthough, I'm not sure why that's
not always the case. Neither of those extensions are necessary to keep. I believe
you're outnumbered on that one.
On Tuesday, November 20, 2001 at 9:24 pm, The_Man wrote:
>you should not get rid of .old and .bak files ,becaues those are backup files. If
>something goes wrong, and the software cant find those backup files....
>
>
>On Tuesday, November 20, 2001 at 12:31 am, CJ wrote:
>
>I have a question about What
>to Throw Away:
>
>This is just an add-on to the list of what to throw away. The *.chk brings up those
>*.0000, *.0001, etc. all at once. I believe there are 4 numbers in those.
>
>I do an occassional Find > Files or Folders, etc. and go through the list below.
>If you use ICQ (just an example), there will be many of those *.tmp found. They
>can
>add up to quite a bit of space over time.
>
>*.tmp
>*.chk
>*.Gid
>*.old
>*.bak
>*.cnt
>
>MSCREATE.DIR
>
>6. Get rid of excessive screensavers. Follow step #5, type *.SCR, then bring up
>the
>list. Open each one to see what it is. Delete the ones you no longer use or want.
>(Note: If a screensaver is listed in "Add/Remove Programs" or is listed in the Start
>menu with an "Uninstall" or "Remove" option, remove it that way instead of just
>deleting
>the file)
>
>7. Get rid of excessive video clips. Follow step #5, type *.MOV, then bring up the
>list. Open each one and see what it is. Delete the ones you no longer use or want.
>Do the same with *.AVI files. (Note: A new computer normally comes with several
>introductory
>and advertisement-type movie clips where can consume a lot of hard drive space)
>
>Some of this info. came from this site:
>
>http://9337387.home.icq.com/
>
>CJ :)
>
>
>
>
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