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re: Question about 'What to Throw Away'
Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 9:45 pm
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Posted by Ms. Eagle (32508 messages posted)


Your welcome,

I like to get rid of junk, too. Here's some more for you to work on. =) You can key 
in several file extensions at the same time, just seperate with a semi-colon....no 
spaces.

*.000 *.001 *.002 *.003 (etc.) *.--- 
*.CHK *.Gid *.Bak *.OLD *.prv *.fts *.ftg  chklist 
*.ftg  chklist  *mscreate.dir 

Safe to delete anything beginning with ~ such as ~mssetup.t

Get rid of any pre-installed "Online Services" folder. Go into "Add/Remove Programs" 
in the Control Panel and uninstall it, then go into "Windows Explorer" and delete 
the entire folder. 

Get rid of any programs, drivers, updates, patches, etc. that you previously downloaded 
and installed and still have stored in a download folder. Unless you have a reason 
to keep any of them for a future reinstall, delete them all. 

Get rid of excessive screensavers. 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) 

Get rid of excessive video clips. Type *.MOV, then 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) 

Once you are finished, view contents, and Empty the Recyle Bin. Once you empty the 
Recycle Bin, a lot of free space will be scattered all over your hard drive. Run 
Scan Disk and Defragmenter to optimize your hard drive and speed things up. Reboot.

CJ






On Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 9:23 pm, Anastashya wrote: >Thanks CJ :-) > >I like getting rid of Junk, but not deleting the whole of Win ME. > >-Anastashya > >



Written in response to:
re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (Anastashya: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 9:23 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (Anastashya: Thursday, May 16, 2002 at 4:28 am)
*re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (Valerie: Friday, September 5, 2003 at 8:36 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Question about 'What to Throw Away' (Anastashya: Mon, May 13, 2002, 5:08 am)
-re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (Ms. Eagle: Mon, May 13, 2002, 11:45 pm)
-re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (Anastashya: Tue, May 14, 2002, 9:23 pm)
-re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (Ms. Eagle: Tue, May 14, 2002, 9:45 pm)
-re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (Anastashya: Thu, May 16, 2002, 4:28 am)
*re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (Ms. Eagle: Thu, May 16, 2002, 12:13 pm)
*re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (Valerie: Fri, Sep 5, 2003, 8:36 am)
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