PCHealth Questions

[Guest]

What is the folder “PCHealth†in the Windows directory? I ran a backup
program on my C drive and got lots of errors involving the
PCHealth\HelpCtr\DataColl\Collected Data 1777.xml†- can’t read, error – 1101
(file\directory not found). There were 39 of these errors consisting of
different numbers before the “xml†extension. Can you delete these files -
what do they do and why the errors? I looked in the “Collected Data†file
and could not find any of the “xml†ones that were listed as errors. Can you
shut this file off so it doesn’t make errors?

Thanks for any help of this issue.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Yes, you can delete the CollectedData_XX.xml files.

I have no idea why you're getting errors.

%windir%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\DataColl
or
C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\DataColl

[[System History
System Information in Windows XP provides a new view of changes to the
computer. Rather than a separate history view for each category as was shown
in Windows 98, Windows XP enables you to view all changes to the computer
since a certain date, and time.

The history information is provided in the same three main categories that
were provided in the Standard view: Hardware Resources, Components and
Software Environment. History Information is provided by WMI, and is stored
in the Extensible Markup Language (XML) data files located in
Windows\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Datacoll. ]]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q308549#XSLTH3255121122120121120120

From...
Description of Windows XP System Information (Msinfo32.exe) Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q308549

I have a batch file that cleans out the DataColl folder for me.


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info - If I delete these files what effect will it have on the
PC - Do I need these files for anything?

Yes, you can delete the CollectedData_XX.xml files.

I have no idea why you're getting errors.

%windir%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\DataColl
or
C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\DataColl

[[System History
System Information in Windows XP provides a new view of changes to the
computer. Rather than a separate history view for each category as was shown
in Windows 98, Windows XP enables you to view all changes to the computer
since a certain date, and time.

The history information is provided in the same three main categories that
were provided in the Standard view: Hardware Resources, Components and
Software Environment. History Information is provided by WMI, and is stored
in the Extensible Markup Language (XML) data files located in
Windows\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Datacoll. ]]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q308549#XSLTH3255121122120121120120

From...
Description of Windows XP System Information (Msinfo32.exe) Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q308549

I have a batch file that cleans out the DataColl folder for me.


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

What is the folder “PCHealth†in the Windows directory? I ran a
backup program on my C drive and got lots of errors involving the
PCHealth\HelpCtr\DataColl\Collected Data 1777.xml†- can’t read,
error – 1101 (file\directory not found). There were 39 of these errors
consisting of
different numbers before the “xml†extension. Can you delete these
files - what do they do and why the errors? I looked in the
“Collected Data†file
and could not find any of the “xml†ones that were listed as errors.
Can you shut this file off so it doesn’t make errors?

Thanks for any help of this issue.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

If you delete the files, they will be recreated. If you delete the files,
they will be recreated. ad infinitum.

I suppose that there will be no History in System Information.

I have seen no ill effects.

If you delete the files, they will be recreated.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks for the info - If I delete these files what effect will it have on
the PC - Do I need these files for anything?

Yes, you can delete the CollectedData_XX.xml files.

I have no idea why you're getting errors.

%windir%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\DataColl
or
C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\DataColl

[[System History
System Information in Windows XP provides a new view of changes to the
computer. Rather than a separate history view for each category as was
shown in Windows 98, Windows XP enables you to view all changes to the
computer since a certain date, and time.

The history information is provided in the same three main categories
that were provided in the Standard view: Hardware Resources, Components
and Software Environment. History Information is provided by WMI, and is
stored in the Extensible Markup Language (XML) data files located in
Windows\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Datacoll. ]]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q308549#XSLTH3255121122120121120120

From...
Description of Windows XP System Information (Msinfo32.exe) Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q308549

I have a batch file that cleans out the DataColl folder for me.


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

What is the folder “PCHealth†in the Windows directory? I
ran a backup program on my C drive and got lots of errors involving the
PCHealth\HelpCtr\DataColl\Collected Data 1777.xml†- can’t
read, error – 1101 (file\directory not found). There were 39 of
these errors consisting of
different numbers before the “xml†extension. Can you
delete these files - what do they do and why the errors? I looked in
the
“Collected Data†file
and could not find any of the “xml†ones that were listed
as errors. Can you shut this file off so it doesn’t make errors?

Thanks for any help of this issue.