Can I delete backup files

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Hi, I have a laptop - and Windows XP and am having space problem. I have a
large genealogy database (The Master Genealogist) on it. I have two drives C
and D. My genealogy program is on C as is most other stuff that I have. I
am at a critial space level - currently have about 11% left. What my son
noticed is that I have backup files from downloading Windows Updates - I
found the files and there are 47 of them. Each one uses a lot of space. I
listed a couple below to illustrate. What I need to know is whether I can
delete these files to free up space. My brother in law says NO.

The backup folders are located in "C:\Windows" folder. They'll have a weird
name like "$NtUninstallQ326830$".

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If you don't intend uninstalling your Windows Updates those directories may
be deleted.
 
Chuck said:
What my son
noticed is that I have backup files from downloading Windows Updates - I
found the files and there are 47 of them. Each one uses a lot of space. I
listed a couple below to illustrate. What I need to know is whether I can
delete these files to free up space. My brother in law says NO.

The backup folders are located in "C:\Windows" folder. They'll have a weird
name like "$NtUninstallQ326830$".
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Hi

Yes, you can delete those, for more on this and other folders you
can consider deleting and other disk cleanup tips, take a look here:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=#[email protected]

The post is about SP2 for WinXP, but it is relevant for SP1 as well.
 
Chuck said:
Hi, I have a laptop - and Windows XP and am having space problem. I have a
large genealogy database (The Master Genealogist) on it. I have two drives C
and D. My genealogy program is on C as is most other stuff that I have. I
am at a critial space level - currently have about 11% left. What my son
noticed is that I have backup files from downloading Windows Updates - I
found the files and there are 47 of them. Each one uses a lot of space. I
listed a couple below to illustrate. What I need to know is whether I can
delete these files to free up space. My brother in law says NO.

The backup folders are located in "C:\Windows" folder. They'll have a weird
name like "$NtUninstallQ326830$".
Click to expand...

Provided you do not want to uninstall the Hotfixes these relate to - for
example that one is described at
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;326830 -
you can delete them.

I would strongly advise doing a fresh (Custom) install of that program
onto the other drive, and then copy the data files across to replace
the new empty ones. I regard it as bad to have such data mixed in with
the system; unfortunately some programs give no options to install data
separately from the program folder
 
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