re: Question/Concern about 'What to Throw Away'
Wednesday, August 22, 2001 at 4:46 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Rundll
(167 messages posted)
win95, win98, and winME all create the system.1st file when the OS is installed.
it is not necessary for day-to-day operation. it is used for troubleshooting...to
take the machine back to a simpler registry...to resolve registry corruption issues,
to help determine whether there may be a hardware issue, etc. i would be inclined
to leave it.
if you are that low on space, there are other things you can do.
you could try going to add/remove programs > windows setup...and uninstall games,
extra sounds, themes, system tools that you don't use, etc. that would help more
than the few hundred k freed up by deleting system.1st. you might also delete your
temporary internet files. i have seen 100+ MB freed up this way. also, if you are
going to stick with win98, see if you can go into add/remove programs and delete
the win95 uninstall information.
oh, and it goes without saying...go into add/remove programs and uninstall any applications
that you don't use anymore.
finally, like amaralliya said, if you are in a position where you can get a new HDD,
that is by far your best bet.
On Wednesday, August 22, 2001 at 11:28 am, Shiva wrote:
>I have a question/concern about What
>to Throw Away:
>
>I understand that that Win 95 Install creates the file System.1st. Since I am using
>Win98 SE, and the article was updated today, I gather that Win 98SE does NOT require
>the file. Win98 SE I notice, create the 5 day/event backup in the form of CAB files
>anyway. Accoridng to the article, System.1st is used IF the four files, System.Dat,
>User.Dat and associcated .DA0 files are corrupted.
>Hence, why not just delete the file System.1st and if a problem arises, extract
the
>CAB file/s?
>
>I need the space.
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