Files and Folders in C:\Windows

[B]

I'm trying to conserve space on a small HD on a laptop, and would like to
know if I can remove the following files and directories.

1) Numerous files and folders in C:\WINDOWS with various names that have
modified dates going back to the
installation date of XP.


C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$\KB873333

C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstallIDNMitigationAPIs$

C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB835732$


2) There are numerous files and folders in the
'C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\' directory with long
alphanumeric names ( examples are shown below)

C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\23e79e5fb28793d8cb1c2055b0d8dcb9

2e85649f259ec770e7f40b35df1f39f9518d56fa (a file with no extension)

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Brad

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

I'm trying to conserve space on a small HD on a laptop, and would like to
know if I can remove the following files and directories.

1) Numerous files and folders in C:\WINDOWS with various names that have
modified dates going back to the
installation date of XP.


C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$\KB873333

C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstallIDNMitigationAPIs$

C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB835732$


2) There are numerous files and folders in the
'C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\' directory with long
alphanumeric names ( examples are shown below)


C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\23e79e5fb28793d8cb1c2055b0d8dcb9

2e85649f259ec770e7f40b35df1f39f9518d56fa (a file with no extension)

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Brad

Conserving space by selectively removing some folders is a band-aid
solution. You will be back where you started in no time at all. Installing a
larger disk would be much more effective and costs surprisingly little.