Large font system files

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Running out of room. I have moved/pointed system files like the giant cache
<pagefile.sys> and what not off of the 4+Gig C:drive of one of older
computers BUT it is still running out of room. A quick check of large files
on the drive came up with <arialuni.ttf>, at nearly 23MB's, and several other
font files <batang> and <simsun>. What the heck are font files doing at this
size?

I also how can one easily optimize XP to install programs on a different
partition/different drive than the OS. Everyone knows it is better to keep
the OS ALONE on it's own drive or drive partition.
 
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Running out of room. I have moved/pointed system files like the giant
cache <pagefile.sys> and what not off of the 4+Gig C:drive of one of
older computers BUT it is still running out of room. A quick check of
large files on the drive came up with <arialuni.ttf>, at nearly
23MB's, and several other font files <batang> and <simsun>. What the
heck are font files doing at this size?

I also how can one easily optimize XP to install programs on a
different partition/different drive than the OS. Everyone knows it is
better to keep the OS ALONE on it's own drive or drive partition.
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Two things. The first is I know that XP requires some fonts to work
properly. I don't know which. I really don't...

Second:

Book Excerpt from PC Magazine: Making Windows XP Start Faster:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1769134,00.asp

That will tell you how to delete them. I'd go ahead and get rid of anything
bulky for the most part and should there be a problem you can always
re-install them at a later point. There's only a few which are REQUIRED and
other than those you should be all set. Maybe someone knows which ones are
needed in order to work and with what languages. I had a list at one point
IIRC but I can't seem to find it on my PC nor on Google.

Galen
--

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes
 
Galen said:
In GoldHorde <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:


Two things. The first is I know that XP requires some fonts to work
properly. I don't know which. I really don't...

Second:

Book Excerpt from PC Magazine: Making Windows XP Start Faster:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1769134,00.asp

That will tell you how to delete them. I'd go ahead and get rid of anything
bulky for the most part and should there be a problem you can always
re-install them at a later point. There's only a few which are REQUIRED and
other than those you should be all set. Maybe someone knows which ones are
needed in order to work and with what languages. I had a list at one point
IIRC but I can't seem to find it on my PC nor on Google.

Galen
--

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes
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Thanks Galen, I've actually done that - but as a graphics business we need
fonts loaded. The puzzeling thing is that fonts are usually 1 or 2 MB's in
size NOT 15-23MB's.
 
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It a full unicode set.
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One more thing, as a graphics business in today's world you'll really want a
larger hard drive than a 4 GB drive. Even for the OS... You can get away
with a small drive like that for regular home use if you install all your
other software on other partitions or drives and move the pagefile to
another drive but as a graphics designer you really want a HUGE root drive.
You can get a new harddrive really inexpensively and I'm sure that the time
you save by using it will pay for it in a very short time.

Galen
--

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes
 
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