Utility to remove archived old OS files

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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Gary Templeman

"GaryT" <gtempleman1withoutspamatcomcastdotnet> wrote in
news:6JCdnaxqj5LagIjcRVn-tw@comcast.com:

>
> 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.

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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Doc wrote:
> "GaryT" <gtempleman1withoutspamatcomcastdotnet> wrote in
> news:6JCdnaxqj5LagIjcRVn-tw@comcast.com:
>
>>
>> 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.
>
> 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.

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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Gary Templeman