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In my Windows directory I have a folder which claims to be 28GB in size
altho I have only used up 20GB on the hard drive as a whole. Any ideas why
this is showing up, and is lastgood.tmp an XP thing or shoul;d i destroy it?
thanks in advance
Matt
(
http://www.tandmdigital.com)
If you are refering to "\WINDOWS\LastGood.Tmp\" then there
is a backup of the system every time the system boots ok.
If for some reason the system has a problem after
installing new hardware, you can use the Last Known Good
Configuration. It is available from the Advanced Options
menu or by pressing F8 at startup. It lets you quickly
reverse changes made to the CurrentControlSet registry key
(which defines hardware and driver settings) since you
last successfully started Windows.
Every time you successfully start Windows in normal mode,
the operating system makes a record of all currently
installed drivers and the contents of the registry key
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet. This record comes in handy
if you install a driver or make a hardware configuration
change that causes your system to hang at startup. When
Windows displays the Startup Recovery menu, you can choose
the Last Known Good Configuration option. This menu choice
restores the previous, working registry key, effectively
removing the changes that are causing the problem.
In general, System Restore is a more reliable alternative
than the Last Known Good Configuration menu choice,
because it restores all Windows system files and the
entire registry rather than just a single key.
Hope this helps!
Gary Thorn
MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox
Associate Expert
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