Can i delete . . . ?

[Guest]

What are found.000 and such folders? can i get rid of them
what about $NTUNINSTALL . . . . and such? are these things safe to delete???

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

The 'found.000' files are created by Check Disk. You may be able to getsome sense out of those files, but I normally delete them.

The NTUNINSTALL files are for the Windows Hotfixes. I leave them where they are just in case I need to uninstall any of the Hotfixes. Have a look at the following article:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
What are found.000 and such folders? can i get rid of them
what about $NTUNINSTALL . . . . and such? are these things safe to delete???
.
found.000 are usually created by ScanDisk Utiliy,they

just keep record of that session,and anything the a $
prefix in a windows folder is a hotfix or an update so
don't delete them.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

XP has Check Disk, not ScanDisk. Those Uninstall folders can be deleted, so long as the user definitely knows that he/she will never have to uninstall any of the Hotfixes.