Can I Delete........????

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J.C. Hartmann

I have a laptop with only 20GB, partitioned as C:=8GB and D:=12GB. I try
to keep data on D: and as little as possible on C:. In spite of this, I
have the usual problem of too much stuff on too little drivespace on C:.
I'm currently down to about 150MB on C:, and XPH keeps annoying me with
Low Diskspace Warnings.

I have zipped and rar'd as much as I can, and find large amounts of
space taken up by directories like c:\windows\$NtUninstallQ329048$. I
assume these are hotfixes and updates. Once they have patched the
kernel, do I need them anymore? IOW, can I safely delete em?

Also, looking at Control Panel > Add and Delete Programs, I see programs
like "Windows XP Hotfix - KB82091" and "Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q32979".
Would it be safe to delete any of these?

TIA,

Jim
 
You can delete those if you don't plan to uninstall the current service
pack. Other things you can do are: Go to your Power Options control panel
and disable hibernation. Move your OE store to your D drive. Move your
temporary internet files to your D drive. Delete everything from the temp
directory that resides at C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Profile
Name]\Local Settings\Temp. Local Settings is a hidden folder, so you will
have to be showing hidden files and folders to see this. Do a search for
*.tmp files and delete everything found. These things are a good start and
should recover quite a bit of space. You can move your paging file off of
the system drive, but that would be a last resort.
 
Greetings --

If you're confident that you won't need to uninstall either the
service pack or any of the subsequent hotfixes, you can safely delete
those folders. You can then open the Control Panel's Add/Remove
Programs applet and select each of the pertinent removal choices, in
turn. You should get an error message stating that the removal files
are missing, and asking if you'd like to delete the menu option.


Bruce Chambers

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Patty and Bruce have given you some good ideas. To add to what they have
shared yours is a common problem with multiple partitioning and is one
reason why, if you choose to run multiple partitions, you should have a
decent repartitioning program in your collection of software. Partition
Magic is one of the easier programs to use. Once either installed or run
from it's bootdisk set you can easily down size your "D" partition to free
up space and then resize the "C" drive to utilize that space. This can be
done non-destructively providing you follow the instructions. I have used
partition Magic hundreds of times but have had about 3 - 4 times when
either I or the system crapped out and ended up with a serious problem.
Another program which is IMO is more stable than Partition Magic is BootIt
NG. It is also lower cost and provides more features. You should always
backup important data before you resize partitions.
 
Thanks to Patty, Bruce and Harry for your quick replies. I have
dispatched the offending files to /dev/null and the system still runs.
:-)

BTW, I discovered that I had Office Pro *and* Word 2002 installed.
Dumping the superfluous Word saved me over 100MB. So, Jack, I can put
off the new laptop for a while.

I regularly use CleanUp and Ashampoo Win Optimizer to clean out the
cobwebs. I will add either Partition Magic or BootItNG to my tools.

Thanks again to all.

Jim
 
Yeah, I almost said that, Harry. <g> I just did the same thing myself
recently. XP got greedy and I was getting low disk space issues with a 10
GB system partition. Have to give it 15.
--
Patty MacDuffie
MS MVP for Windows XP

Harry Ohrn said:
Patty and Bruce have given you some good ideas. To add to what they have
shared yours is a common problem with multiple partitioning and is one
reason why, if you choose to run multiple partitions, you should have a
decent repartitioning program in your collection of software. Partition
Magic is one of the easier programs to use. Once either installed or run
from it's bootdisk set you can easily down size your "D" partition to free
up space and then resize the "C" drive to utilize that space. This can be
done non-destructively providing you follow the instructions. I have used
partition Magic hundreds of times but have had about 3 - 4 times when
either I or the system crapped out and ended up with a serious problem.
Another program which is IMO is more stable than Partition Magic is BootIt
NG. It is also lower cost and provides more features. You should always
backup important data before you resize partitions.


--

Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


J.C. Hartmann said:
I have a laptop with only 20GB, partitioned as C:=8GB and D:=12GB. I try
to keep data on D: and as little as possible on C:. In spite of this, I
have the usual problem of too much stuff on too little drivespace on C:.
I'm currently down to about 150MB on C:, and XPH keeps annoying me with
Low Diskspace Warnings.

I have zipped and rar'd as much as I can, and find large amounts of
space taken up by directories like c:\windows\$NtUninstallQ329048$. I
assume these are hotfixes and updates. Once they have patched the
kernel, do I need them anymore? IOW, can I safely delete em?

Also, looking at Control Panel > Add and Delete Programs, I see programs
like "Windows XP Hotfix - KB82091" and "Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q32979".
Would it be safe to delete any of these?

TIA,

Jim
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