What are NT Authority System files?

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oscar

I have no problems with this laptop...

but using the System Information tool I discovered that I have about 20 GB
of NT Authority System files on my C drive which appear to be duplicates of
my hard disc files. What are they? Can I get rid of them? How?

As I said before, I have no problems with the laptop and it's running great.

I appreciate any info.

oscar
 
oscar said:
I have no problems with this laptop...

but using the System Information tool I discovered that I have about 20 GB
of NT Authority System files on my C drive which appear to be duplicates
of
my hard disc files. What are they? Can I get rid of them? How?

As I said before, I have no problems with the laptop and it's running
great.

I appreciate any info.

oscar
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NT Authority/System is the security ID for Windows XP. If the files in
question reside in the \i386 folder, they are backup copies and should not
be removed.
If the files in question reside somewhere in the \windows folder tree, they
are the actual operation system files and must not be removed.
Jim
 
Jim,

Thanks for the quick replay.

Last night I looked at System Information/Program Groups and there were
listed more than a hundred files with the NT Authority System prefix. For
example: NT Authority System\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Desktop\Accessories. These NT Authority System files were listed right
below the original file so it looked as if my disc drive was filled with
replica files for my C drive.

Now it gets stranger. This morning I used System Informaiton\Program Goups
and these hundreds of NT Authority System files (replica?) were still there.
So, I downloaded MicroTrend PC-Cillion and did a virus search on the C drive
plus I removed DVD43 and a copy program (DVD43 and the copy program never
gave me trouble, I just removed them becuz I don't use them anymore). Then I
checked System Information\Program Groups and now the NT Authority Sstem
(replica) files are gone. MicroTrend found no viruses.

The System Information\Program Group now looks normal with only 4 NT
Authority System files/folders remaining. These look legit. You're right, I
won't touch them.


The reason I've looked at the System Information in the first place is
because C\Properties tells me that I've used up 35.5GB of disc space even
though I can only find 16 GB (I used all the Window tools I could find
including show system and hidden files and reducing space for system restore)
so I was wondering what happened to the other 19 GB. Last night I thought
that the hundereds of NT Authority System files were the problem, but now
that they appear to be gone, I'm still looking for the missing 19 GB.

Whew. This was a strange one, for sure.

The original mystery still remains, though. Where is that missing 19 GB?

oscar
 
I found the missing 19 GB.

2 Gb is reserved for Hibernation. OK, I can live with that.

A whopping 16GB was used by System Restore. I was suprised by that because I
had set the System Restore to about 5%. Evidentally that doesn't erase the
space that had already been reserved.

Using Disc Cleanup (C then Properties then Disc Cleanup then Other) I was
able to free up about 16 GB.

I'm such a dope. I need to play familiarize myself more with XP OS.

oscar
 
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