Reducing size of Windows Directory

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Hi,

I did receive somehelp with this subject a while ago but cannot find the
original post. I am trying to reduce the size of my windows directory to free
up some disc space as it is over 2.5GB now, does anyone know of any
substantial files that can be safely erased?

Thanks to all who may be able to assist


Lisa
 
Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System
Restore and remove all but the latest restore points? Restore points can
be quite large Mine are currently 41 mb, although all except the latest
are compressed to 20 mb on disk. By the way System Restore Points are
hidden files which you will not see even after you have taken the
measures to show hidden files detailed above.

You can limit the disk space used by System Restore. Right click on the
My Computer icon on your Desktop and select, Properties, System Restore,
Settings. This will give you the amount of Disk Space allocated to
System Restore in terms of % of size of Drive and megabytes or
gigabytes. The default maximum is 12%, which is often excessive. You can
move the slider to the left to reduce the size of the allocation. Once
the allocated space is fully taken the oldest restore point is removed
when a new restore point is created ( or it should be ).

Is your hard drive / partition formatted as FAT32 or NTFS?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Hi Geryy,

thanks for the input but unfortunately have alreasdy covered those items. I
am sure I read somewhere that there are filed within windows directlry itself
that canbe safely deleted - jut cant seem to find out which ones at the mo!
re your query, my C drive is NTFS

regards

Lisa
 
Lisa

You should have a number of uninstall files e.g. $NtUninstallKB282010$.
Some suggest removing these but this would prevent you uninstalling an
update if it causes problems. Using NTFS enables you to compress these
files, which will win free space if they are not already
compressed -compressed files are coloured blue in Windows Explorer.

How large is your hard disk and how much free space do you have? Is the
hard disk partitioned?

What % do you have allocated to System Restore?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Turn-off System Restore, reboot, then turn it back on.

How to Turn On and Turn Off System Restore in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310405&Product=winxp

How can I save space after installing a Service Pack or other updates?
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

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| Hi Geryy,
|
| thanks for the input but unfortunately have alreasdy covered those items. I
| am sure I read somewhere that there are filed within windows directlry itself
| that canbe safely deleted - jut cant seem to find out which ones at the mo!
| re your query, my C drive is NTFS
|
| regards
|
| Lisa
 
Hi Gerry,

with all the various hel items offered I think I have enough rooom to be
back in business again! MY hard drive is small, only 9GB but I want to keep
it as it is a 1500 rpm SCSI drive and a bit on the expensive side to replace
witha larger one. Am back up to 1.75 GB free space now and am putting all new
pros etc on my other drives so think I am okies for now - once again, thanks
for all your help
 
Hi Carey,

thanks for the pointer to the "dandemar" article, was a great help.

regards

Lisa
 
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