Windows 2000 File Mgmt.

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Guest

Every time I turn on my laptop, there's less free space on my system C drive. What is the best way to remove unnecessary files/folders to increase memory? I don't have any utility program. Can Program Files be cleaned up for added memory? Thanks!
 
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Dave Patrick

Some things to check;

Clean out your %windir%\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 %windir% 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 %windir% 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 If you have a lot of local user profiles stored, you can
move them, see this article for info on this.



How to Move the Location of a Locally Cached Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q214/4/70.ASP


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

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| Every time I turn on my laptop, there's less free space on my system C
drive. What is the best way to remove unnecessary files/folders to increase
memory? I don't have any utility program. Can Program Files be cleaned up
for added memory? Thanks!
 
G

Guest

Dave -- thanks for taking the time to respond and for the info.
I did a search on files/folders and noticed that many are program files.
Is there a way of determining which are unnecessary?
How do I reach the %windir% directory?

I'm currently doing a disk cleanup. It's been processing
to determine how much space can be freed up for over
20 mins. Is this typical? Should I just let it continue?

Thanks!
 
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Guest

Dave -- I should clarify. When I reach the %winddir% directory, are you
suggesting deleting the Uninstall directory?

The disk cleanup has been compressing old files for 45 mins. I hear it processing,
but the time lapse appears excessive. Oh well...
 
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Dave Patrick

Entirely up to you,.if your current service pack is stable and you don't
anticipate backing down, you can delete the directories. %windir% =
%systemroot% = where you installed the operating system to. Default is
\winnt

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| Dave -- I should clarify. When I reach the %winddir% directory, are you
| suggesting deleting the Uninstall directory?
|
| The disk cleanup has been compressing old files for 45 mins. I hear it
processing,
| but the time lapse appears excessive. Oh well...
 

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