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My poor computer has been through some pretty hard times since it's birth. It
orginally started with Window 98 2nd Edition, it belonged to my kids then.
Then added and subtracted so much stuff that it was beyond a mess. They gave
it to me and somehow I managed to clear it up for a while. Then I made the
mistake of deleting old programs and files along with files that I needed.
Then a "friend" helped with his 2 cents installing Windows ?? I forget the
name of that one. Anyway, it didn't work worth a hill of beans. So then, the
boyfriend took it to someone who installed Window XP Pro. My orginal C drive
with everything I had in it is still there but most of it doesn't work - like
my Microsoft Office 2000 - it's there but doesn't work because amost of it is
gone. But all of tis stuff is taking up space on my hard drive to the point
of iI only have 11% left, not even enough to run the deframgmenter correctly.
So my biggest issue now is, how do I safely remove the remains of all the old
programs, files and folders without damaging anything else? I cannot use the
Add/Remove Programs, none of the stuff is in there. Nor does any of them have
an uninstall to use either. How will I know what is safe to send to the
recycle bin and not being shared by another program? I'm smart enough to know
I don't want to go through that again! Thank You for your time and your
expertise!! You have no idea how much I appreciate you help!!!
orginally started with Window 98 2nd Edition, it belonged to my kids then.
Then added and subtracted so much stuff that it was beyond a mess. They gave
it to me and somehow I managed to clear it up for a while. Then I made the
mistake of deleting old programs and files along with files that I needed.
Then a "friend" helped with his 2 cents installing Windows ?? I forget the
name of that one. Anyway, it didn't work worth a hill of beans. So then, the
boyfriend took it to someone who installed Window XP Pro. My orginal C drive
with everything I had in it is still there but most of it doesn't work - like
my Microsoft Office 2000 - it's there but doesn't work because amost of it is
gone. But all of tis stuff is taking up space on my hard drive to the point
of iI only have 11% left, not even enough to run the deframgmenter correctly.
So my biggest issue now is, how do I safely remove the remains of all the old
programs, files and folders without damaging anything else? I cannot use the
Add/Remove Programs, none of the stuff is in there. Nor does any of them have
an uninstall to use either. How will I know what is safe to send to the
recycle bin and not being shared by another program? I'm smart enough to know
I don't want to go through that again! Thank You for your time and your
expertise!! You have no idea how much I appreciate you help!!!