What to remove?

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***** charles

Hi all,

When I first built the computer I made the first
partition 2G which was plenty of space. Now
I have only 183M free. Somewhere along the
way it filled up. I am aware of partition
managers but I would rather delete some of
W2K to get more space. For example what
is the smallest list of fonts that you need to
make W2K functional? Can I delete the
directories that are different colors in the
c:\winnt directory? Which directories in
c:\winnt directory can I safely delete without
hurting the functionality of the os? Anything
else that is safe to delete? There is no data
on the c: drive to worry about.

thanks,
charles....
 
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Meinolf Weber

Hello ***** charles,

IF you are NOT SURE about deleting, you can create an image BEFORE, so you
can restore everything to the point before you started with deleting!!!!

Do NOT delete all folders in different colors. You can without problem delete
KB123456 folders, if your machine is running without any problem. These folders
are the patch backup files from the version before the patch. If you delete
them you can not deinstall the patch with that number anymore.

Also you can move the pagefile to another physical disk.

The C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution folder can also be deleted, it is used
for windowsupdate only. To delete it you have to stop the Automatic update
service (in the RUN line type services.msc). It will recreate the folder
including the structure if you start the service again.

Check if user accounts exist on the server that are not longer used and delete
them.

Also check the Temporary Internet folder/files. They can also grow up high
and can be safely deleted.

Additional you can delete old files and folders in the TEMP folder, if they
are older then 30 days.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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***** charles

Thanks for the advice. Do you happen to know the "best" book
on W2K Pro in providing info on all the details of the OS which
files do what that sort of thing?

later,
charles......
 
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Dave Patrick

Some things to check;
Clean out your %systemroot%\Temp, and \Documents and
Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp directory. Delete the Temporary
Internet Files, and History. Do you have a disk defragmenter, if not get one
and use it. You could use Find|Files/ Folders and search the drive for; say
files greater than 5mB and then decide if they're needed. Check the
%systemroot% directory for a $NtServicePackUninstall$ directory, if your
current service pack is stable and you don't anticipate backing down, you
can delete the dir. Also check for the existence of User.dmp and Memory.dmp
(both, by default should be in the %systemroot% directory) you can delete
these unless your going to send them to the application vendor, or Microsoft
for troubleshooting purposes. Other options are; moving the pagefile to one
of the other drives, uninstall your programs that are installed in
C:\Program Files and reinstall them to D:\Program Files

(note: the blue = compressed files/folders)


--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
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***** charles

Thanks for the feedback. The one hard drive in the computer
is a 10G with two partitions. The first one is 2G and almost
full. I would use my Partition Manager 8 cd but it is damaged.
If I delete/recreate the partitions I'll have to reload from scratch.
The defragger that comes with W2K compains about the low
free space when I run it. I am trying to get more free space
from the C: drive as I can. It does have OO on it but I need
that to do real work. I have cleared out all the "usual" places
but I was wondering if there are more that I don't know about.

later,
charles.....

Dave Patrick said:
Some things to check;
Clean out your %systemroot%\Temp, and \Documents and
Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp directory. Delete the Temporary
Internet Files, and History. Do you have a disk defragmenter, if not get one
and use it. You could use Find|Files/ Folders and search the drive for; say
files greater than 5mB and then decide if they're needed. Check the
%systemroot% directory for a $NtServicePackUninstall$ directory, if your
current service pack is stable and you don't anticipate backing down, you
can delete the dir. Also check for the existence of User.dmp and Memory.dmp
(both, by default should be in the %systemroot% directory) you can delete
these unless your going to send them to the application vendor, or Microsoft
for troubleshooting purposes. Other options are; moving the pagefile to one
of the other drives, uninstall your programs that are installed in
C:\Program Files and reinstall them to D:\Program Files

(note: the blue = compressed files/folders)


--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

***** charles said:
Hi all,

When I first built the computer I made the first
partition 2G which was plenty of space. Now
I have only 183M free. Somewhere along the
way it filled up. I am aware of partition
managers but I would rather delete some of
W2K to get more space. For example what
is the smallest list of fonts that you need to
make W2K functional? Can I delete the
directories that are different colors in the
c:\winnt directory? Which directories in
c:\winnt directory can I safely delete without
hurting the functionality of the os? Anything
else that is safe to delete? There is no data
on the c: drive to worry about.

thanks,
charles....
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Click to expand...
 
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Dave Patrick

HOW TO: Expand the Boot Partition During a Windows 2000 Upgrade
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=289876

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=292175

What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306952

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your repair install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

(you'll need to first delete the remaining partition(s) so that the free
space is unallocated)



--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
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***** charles

So far the machine works, if/when it gets to be too much of a hassle
I may give inplace update a try. Thanks for the reference.

later,
charles.....

Dave Patrick said:
HOW TO: Expand the Boot Partition During a Windows 2000 Upgrade
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=289876

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=292175

What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306952

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your repair install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFEC
D095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang=en&familyid=
B54730CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

(you'll need to first delete the remaining partition(s) so that the free
space is unallocated)



--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

***** charles said:
Thanks for the feedback. The one hard drive in the computer
is a 10G with two partitions. The first one is 2G and almost
full. I would use my Partition Manager 8 cd but it is damaged.
If I delete/recreate the partitions I'll have to reload from scratch.
The defragger that comes with W2K compains about the low
free space when I run it. I am trying to get more free space
from the C: drive as I can. It does have OO on it but I need
that to do real work. I have cleared out all the "usual" places
but I was wondering if there are more that I don't know about.

later,
charles.....
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