re: Question about 'What to Throw Away'
Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 2:04 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by D
(1 messages posted)
I agree with Z. Someone please post a link to a full list of all the fat we can
cut out of WinXP's directory, and what each cut piece is supposed to do. I have
pretty much the same problem as Z, and noticed that about 60 megs are being used
up in 'hidden' folders in my win directory with folder names like:
$ntuninstall(kb, q3, or q8)(then somemore random letters)$
and
$xpsp1hfm$.
Are these unnessicary folders? Can I delete them? And an extra 280 megs from the
service pack files would be nice, what's the final word on them?
On Monday, June 16, 2003 at 7:35 pm, z wrote:
>Just to add more things to this great topic (i mean, "who can erase more of windows
>parts?" :-) ), service pack files installed in windows directory not in C, i have
>them here for example C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles, as someone said before there
are
>about 280megs there, if you install SP1 on a clean version of xp.
>
>I just found that microsoft is a bit unclear about erasing this folder, but the
main
>drawback is that if after erasing, you decide to add some windows component, you
>will not be able to add updated version from SP1, and will have to use original
win
>xp cd to install, and then i guess update somehow. It doesnt seem to be very important,
>since i didnt find myself coming back to SP1 files for almost a year. I have win
>xp installed on a 2.5gb hard drive, and 300megabyte seems like a great delete candidate.
>If there is a page that goes into details of deleting unneeded files from XP please
>post it here. I know that help files can be deleted and free about 60-80 mb if i
>remember right.
>
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