Utility to remove archived old OS files

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I am looking for something that will locate files from a previous OS after
an upgrade so they can be removed. An organization I volunteer at has a
couple of boxes updated from W98 to W2K and we need to clean out the dead
wood from any archived files, old CAB,. etc to free up some space.
 
I am looking for something that will locate files from a previous OS
after an upgrade so they can be removed. An organization I volunteer
at has a couple of boxes updated from W98 to W2K and we need to clean
out the dead wood from any archived files, old CAB,. etc to free up
some space.
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Not sure about the upgrade to W2K, but when I upgraded from W98 to WinME
the upgrade procedure left an entry in Control Panel-Add/Remove programs
to remove the 'backup' of the Win98 OS. Once I was sure that my upgrade
was stable, then I used this option to remove the backup and free disk
space.

WinME stores the installation files in c:\windows\options\install and all
the Win98 installation files were also on my HD ( from memory in c:
\windows\options\cabs ) so I deleted them as well, freeing another 150+Mb

Hope that helps.
 
Doc said:
Not sure about the upgrade to W2K, but when I upgraded from W98 to
WinME the upgrade procedure left an entry in Control Panel-Add/Remove
programs to remove the 'backup' of the Win98 OS. Once I was sure
that my upgrade was stable, then I used this option to remove the
backup and free disk space.

WinME stores the installation files in c:\windows\options\install and
all the Win98 installation files were also on my HD ( from memory in
c: \windows\options\cabs ) so I deleted them as well, freeing another
150+Mb

Hope that helps.
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I am aware of how that worked with Win98, but there is nothing in Control
Panel with these upgrades. As an upgrade, the installation maintained the
C:\Windows location rather than C:\WINNT which would have been normal. The
c: \windows\options\cabs folder does have the old Win98 cabs but before I
delete it wholesale, (and given the install in C:\Windows as noted) I want
to be sure that W2K didn't ALSO stuff anything somewhere in that path.
 
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