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dave
have sony vaio running XP home, and on it are numerous sony-original
factory-installed apps (some VERY huge, eg: quicken, picture gear
studio, etc) I've never used and may never use, _however_ I'd like to
keep them "just in case".
I also have (in the computer originally and still there) the 80gb drive,
_plus_ I have a brand new W.D. 120gb (with the 8 mb cache) in the
computer, all formatted and hooked up, but never yet used for anything.
goal here is to have a 'faster, cleaner, better organized' computer,
therefor, I'd like to EITHER:
a. drag, (in their entirety, if such is possible) the UNused apps from
the 80 gb TO the 120gb drive for <what amounts to essentially> "dead
storage" purposes (quite a waste of my new, bigger hard drive,
possibly?), OR
b. just use XP 'add/remove programs' to delete the factory-original apps
I hardly ever use, IF those apps (all sony installed) are "fully
restoreable" TO the drive =USING= the original *system*retore*disks*,
when (and IF) I decide I want to use 'em, again, ever...
c. or, maybe I'd be better off dragging, copying, or somehow
'transferring' <sp?> the entire content, including the XP OS, from the
'old' 80 gb TO the new 120gb (assuming the newer drive is 'faster'), and
use the 80gb drive for "dead storage", and maybe cache, scratch, and
temp file purposes.
I don't mind reformatting some and/or partitioning, and working with
screwdrivers and stuff. part of the goal here is to spend as little$ as
possible doing this 'reorganization' (so buying an 'app' to accomplish
the transfer task is 'out')
if it matters, my main "drive space killing" use for the computer,
generally, is for storage of my digital camera photos (hi-rez jpegs),
with the balance 'everyday web-browsing' and other plain-jane stuff,
realtime stock charting/tracking, etc.
all suggestions <general or more specific> and comments/ideas on the
above possible procedures much appreciated. thank you
factory-installed apps (some VERY huge, eg: quicken, picture gear
studio, etc) I've never used and may never use, _however_ I'd like to
keep them "just in case".
I also have (in the computer originally and still there) the 80gb drive,
_plus_ I have a brand new W.D. 120gb (with the 8 mb cache) in the
computer, all formatted and hooked up, but never yet used for anything.
goal here is to have a 'faster, cleaner, better organized' computer,
therefor, I'd like to EITHER:
a. drag, (in their entirety, if such is possible) the UNused apps from
the 80 gb TO the 120gb drive for <what amounts to essentially> "dead
storage" purposes (quite a waste of my new, bigger hard drive,
possibly?), OR
b. just use XP 'add/remove programs' to delete the factory-original apps
I hardly ever use, IF those apps (all sony installed) are "fully
restoreable" TO the drive =USING= the original *system*retore*disks*,
when (and IF) I decide I want to use 'em, again, ever...
c. or, maybe I'd be better off dragging, copying, or somehow
'transferring' <sp?> the entire content, including the XP OS, from the
'old' 80 gb TO the new 120gb (assuming the newer drive is 'faster'), and
use the 80gb drive for "dead storage", and maybe cache, scratch, and
temp file purposes.
I don't mind reformatting some and/or partitioning, and working with
screwdrivers and stuff. part of the goal here is to spend as little$ as
possible doing this 'reorganization' (so buying an 'app' to accomplish
the transfer task is 'out')
if it matters, my main "drive space killing" use for the computer,
generally, is for storage of my digital camera photos (hi-rez jpegs),
with the balance 'everyday web-browsing' and other plain-jane stuff,
realtime stock charting/tracking, etc.
all suggestions <general or more specific> and comments/ideas on the
above possible procedures much appreciated. thank you
