Pruning

[dardruba]

Being incompetant I crashed the PC and the local techie only managed
to repair it by installing a new hard drive called Local Disc (C and
reinstated WinXp Home SP3 plus antivirus etc sufficient to enable me
to proceed. The former C Drive was renamed Old Crive (F. He was
unable to spend any more time on it and now 3months later I'm
operational but the PC is running slow.
C drive size is 2.24 GB and all the Program Files are only those I've
needed in this period.
F drive size is 5.29 GB and contains the Program Files I've not used
and perhaps I should be deleting them to save space.

BUT also in F Drive is the old Windows folder. So my question is - is
this duplicated and can I remove that to save space and possibly speed
up the operation. If so, how would I do that please?

 

[Twayne]

Being incompetant I crashed the PC and the local techie only managed

to repair it by installing a new hard drive called Local Disc (C and
reinstated WinXp Home SP3 plus antivirus etc sufficient to enable me
to proceed. The former C Drive was renamed Old Crive (F. He was
unable to spend any more time on it and now 3months later I'm
operational but the PC is running slow.
C drive size is 2.24 GB and all the Program Files are only those I've
needed in this period.
F drive size is 5.29 GB and contains the Program Files I've not used
and perhaps I should be deleting them to save space.

BUT also in F Drive is the old Windows folder. So my question is - is
this duplicated and can I remove that to save space and possibly speed
up the operation. If so, how would I do that please?

Please check your drive sizes again: 2.24 Gig & 5.29 Gig is inadequate
for running XP/SP3. Neither of those numbers sounds like the overall
size of a hard drive. Maybe you meant space used? What is the actual
size of the drives? Use My Computer to see the details.
With disk drives as cheap as they are today, you really want
something much larger. I don't think you can even buy hard drives that
small any longer.

Regards,

 

[dardruba]

Ooops, what I gave you are the sizes of the Windows folder on each
drive. Sorry.
I didnt say but I was worried about the different sizes between the
two Windows folders.

On C Drive the total available is 149GB and on F drive its 55.9GB.

 

[dardruba]

I want to use the F: Drive for media storage eventually. Almost all
the folders on the F drive have been removed, deleted or installed on
the new C Drive.
This Windows folder is the last major one remaining from the old C
Drive.

I trust the Windows folder on the new C Drive is the one being used by
the PC but I dont know how to check that.
If it is I'd like to remove the Windows folder on the F Drive (the old
C Drive), but I dont know how to do that safely.

I could just Delete it. Is that the way to do it?

 

[dardruba]

Being incompetant I crashed the PC and the local techie only managed
to repair it by installing a new hard drive called Local Disc (C and
reinstated WinXp Home SP3 plus antivirus etc sufficient to enable me
to proceed. The former C Drive was renamed Old Crive (F. He was
unable to spend any more time on it and now 3months later I'm
operational but the PC is running slow.
C drive size is 2.24 GB and all the Program Files are only those I've
needed in this period.
F drive size is 5.29 GB and contains the Program Files I've not used
and perhaps I should be deleting them to save space.

BUT also in F Drive is the old Windows folder. So my question is - is
this duplicated and can I remove that to save space and possibly speed
up the operation. If so, how would I do that please?

 

[dardruba]

No Response

For the record I did get a response from a local teenager
Call it Old Windows Drive F; and wait and see. If theres no problem
after a short time then delete it.

 

[nesredep egrob]

I am not surprised that you crashed the computer - you are talking of running
with a total of 7.5 GB - That is what my System is using to work properly. I am
afraid you will have to get a drive of at least 200GB to give you room for the
operating System (OS) and a little bit of space for photos and the like. You
are running C: and F: what happened to D: - was it ever there?

B|rge in sunny Perth, Australia

 

[dardruba]

All that lovely sunshine has affected your brain.
Read the third message with the apology.
C drive has a 150GB disc and the F Drive has a 60GB disc, more than
enough for web search and email.
The family photos are on removable disc drive D.
Incompetant meant I'm old, forgetful and PC unskilled.