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FSD
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      9th Sep 2004
I have a 4GB C: drive with only system files which is
running out of space. I don't have any more drive space
left to expand the drive. Beside the usual temp, log,
unused program files, is there any other files you can
safely delete. I believe all the service pack files are
eating up the space. This box is only use 3x a year so I
don't want to spend any money or to much time on it.

THANKS
 
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Dave Patrick
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      10th Sep 2004
Some things to check;
Clean out your %windir%\Temp, and \Documents and Settings\%username%\Local
Settings\Temp directory. Delete the Temporary Internet Files, and History.
Do you have a disk defragmenter, if not get one and use it. You could use
Find|Files/ Folders and search the drive for; say files greater than 5mB and
then decide if they're needed. Check the %windir% directory for a
$NtServicePackUninstall$ directory, if your current service pack is stable
and you don't anticipate backing down, you can delete the dir. Also check
for the existence of User.dmp and Memory.dmp (both, by default should be in
the %windir% directory) you can delete these unless your going to send them
to the application vendor, or Microsoft for troubleshooting purposes. Other
options are; moving the pagefile to one of the other drives, uninstall your
programs that are installed in C:\Program Files and reinstall them to
D:\Program Files If you have a lot of local user profiles stored, you can
move them, see this article for info
on this.

How to Move the Location of a Locally Cached Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q214/4/70.ASP


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"FSD" wrote:
|I have a 4GB C: drive with only system files which is
| running out of space. I don't have any more drive space
| left to expand the drive. Beside the usual temp, log,
| unused program files, is there any other files you can
| safely delete. I believe all the service pack files are
| eating up the space. This box is only use 3x a year so I
| don't want to spend any money or to much time on it.
|
| THANKS


 
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      10th Sep 2004
Thank You,, I will start checking over the weekend.
>-----Original Message-----
>Some things to check;
>Clean out your %windir%\Temp, and \Documents and

Settings\%username%\Local
>Settings\Temp directory. Delete the Temporary Internet

Files, and History.
>Do you have a disk defragmenter, if not get one and use

it. You could use
>Find|Files/ Folders and search the drive for; say files

greater than 5mB and
>then decide if they're needed. Check the %windir%

directory for a
>$NtServicePackUninstall$ directory, if your current

service pack is stable
>and you don't anticipate backing down, you can delete

the dir. Also check
>for the existence of User.dmp and Memory.dmp (both, by

default should be in
>the %windir% directory) you can delete these unless your

going to send them
>to the application vendor, or Microsoft for

troubleshooting purposes. Other
>options are; moving the pagefile to one of the other

drives, uninstall your
>programs that are installed in C:\Program Files and

reinstall them to
>D:\Program Files If you have a lot of local user

profiles stored, you can
>move them, see this article for info
>on this.
>
>How to Move the Location of a Locally Cached Profile
>http://support.microsoft.com/support...icles/Q214/4/7

0.ASP
>
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in

newsgroup.
>Microsoft Certified Professional
>Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
>"FSD" wrote:
>|I have a 4GB C: drive with only system files which is
>| running out of space. I don't have any more drive space
>| left to expand the drive. Beside the usual temp, log,
>| unused program files, is there any other files you can
>| safely delete. I believe all the service pack files are
>| eating up the space. This box is only use 3x a year so

I
>| don't want to spend any money or to much time on it.
>|
>| THANKS
>
>
>.
>

 
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Dave Patrick
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      10th Sep 2004
You're welcome.

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| Thank You,, I will start checking over the weekend.


 
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