Now that SP3 is installed, what can I delete?

I'm running XP Home Edition, upgraded to that from an OEM copy of ME.
I've heard that if I create a slipstreamed SP3 XP installation CD, I
won't have such folders as:

C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$

and:

C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$

so can they be deleted now?

Also, the C:\WINDOWS\ie7 seems kind of pointless to keep around at this
juncture.

Can any of these be deleted? Are there any others I don't need? They
take up a lot of space AND they slow down defrags and AV scans.

TIA

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John Corliss

Ramesh,
Sun Jul 13 21:13:01 PDT 2008

$hf_mig$ shouldn't be deleted.

$NtServicePackUninstall$ can be deleted if you don't plan to uninstall
Service Pack 3 in future. If you're running out of disk space, burn this
folder to CD and delete from hard disk.

"C:\WINDOWS\ie7" - This folder stores the IE6 files, which are restored if
you uninstall IE7. This folder occupies only 20 MB, so you may leave it as
it is, or burn to CD and delete from hard disk.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"John Corliss" <jcorliss@fake.invalid> wrote in message
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> I'm running XP Home Edition, upgraded to that from an OEM copy of ME. I've
> heard that if I create a slipstreamed SP3 XP installation CD, I won't have
> such folders as:
>
> C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$
>
> and:
>
> C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$
>
> so can they be deleted now?
>
> Also, the C:\WINDOWS\ie7 seems kind of pointless to keep around at this
> juncture.
>
> Can any of these be deleted? Are there any others I don't need? They take
> up a lot of space AND they slow down defrags and AV scans.
>
> TIA
>
> --
> John Corliss

John
Mon Jul 14 04:35:01 PDT 2008

Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:
> $hf_mig$ shouldn't be deleted.

I know that this is the case before SP3 and that's why I still have it,
but isn't SP3 supposed to consolidate all that data? I mean, if I
reinstalled XP with SP3 slipstreamed, all of the 137 subfolders I
currently have in that folder wouldn't be recreated, would they?

> $NtServicePackUninstall$ can be deleted if you don't plan to uninstall
> Service Pack 3 in future. If you're running out of disk space, burn this
> folder to CD and delete from hard disk.
>
> "C:\WINDOWS\ie7" - This folder stores the IE6 files, which are restored if
> you uninstall IE7. This folder occupies only 20 MB, so you may leave it as
> it is, or burn to CD and delete from hard disk.

I don't have any plans whatsoever to remove IE7 and go back to IE6, so
why would I need it?

As I said in the OP, it's not simply a matter of disc space. Having
hundred and thousands of extra files on my hard drive slows down
defragging and AV scanning.

Thanks very much for replying. You've been of great help to me many
times before and I very much appreciate your advice.

Is this your website?

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/

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John Corliss

Ramesh,
Mon Jul 14 06:04:56 PDT 2008

>> I mean, if I reinstalled XP with SP3 slipstreamed, all of the 137
>> subfolders I currently have in that folder wouldn't be recreated, would
>> they?

When I installed XP (using SP3 slipstreamed CD), the folder "$hf_mig$" was
created, but contained only one subfolder (KB915865). Anyway, I'm not very
sure if you can remove those 137 subfolders.

Yes, http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ is my Web site, which now continues at
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"John Corliss" <jcorliss@fake.invalid> wrote in message
news:SoGdnUAVJY94pObVnZ2dnUVZ_sHinZ2d@posted.ccountrynet...
> Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:
>> $hf_mig$ shouldn't be deleted.
>
> I know that this is the case before SP3 and that's why I still have it,
> but isn't SP3 supposed to consolidate all that data? I mean, if I
> reinstalled XP with SP3 slipstreamed, all of the 137 subfolders I
> currently have in that folder wouldn't be recreated, would they?
>
>> $NtServicePackUninstall$ can be deleted if you don't plan to uninstall
>> Service Pack 3 in future. If you're running out of disk space, burn this
>> folder to CD and delete from hard disk.
>>
>> "C:\WINDOWS\ie7" - This folder stores the IE6 files, which are restored
>> if you uninstall IE7. This folder occupies only 20 MB, so you may leave
>> it as it is, or burn to CD and delete from hard disk.
>
> I don't have any plans whatsoever to remove IE7 and go back to IE6, so why
> would I need it?
>
> As I said in the OP, it's not simply a matter of disc space. Having
> hundred and thousands of extra files on my hard drive slows down
> defragging and AV scanning.
>
> Thanks very much for replying. You've been of great help to me many times
> before and I very much appreciate your advice.
>
> Is this your website?
>
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/
>
> --
> John Corliss

John
Mon Jul 14 07:42:52 PDT 2008

Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:
>>> I mean, if I reinstalled XP with SP3 slipstreamed, all of the 137
>>> subfolders I currently have in that folder wouldn't be recreated, would
>>> they?
>
> When I installed XP (using SP3 slipstreamed CD), the folder "$hf_mig$" was
> created, but contained only one subfolder (KB915865). Anyway, I'm not very
> sure if you can remove those 137 subfolders.

I noticed that when I installed SP3 (KB936929), no new folder was
created for it so I guess you're right, I should leave it alone. Either
that, or like yourself, install XP with a slipstreamed SP3.

Wish they'd simply removed all the folders for updates incorporated into
SP3 and then made the new one for SP3 itself, but oh well.

> Yes, http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ is my Web site, which now continues at
> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

Good stuff there.

Thanks again.

--
John Corliss

Ramesh,
Mon Jul 14 18:09:29 PDT 2008

>> Good stuff there.

Thanks! There is also a RSS feed that you can subcribe to.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"John Corliss" <jcorliss@fake.invalid> wrote in message
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> Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:
>>>> I mean, if I reinstalled XP with SP3 slipstreamed, all of the 137
>>>> subfolders I currently have in that folder wouldn't be recreated, would
>>>> they?
>>
>> When I installed XP (using SP3 slipstreamed CD), the folder "$hf_mig$"
>> was created, but contained only one subfolder (KB915865). Anyway, I'm not
>> very sure if you can remove those 137 subfolders.
>
> I noticed that when I installed SP3 (KB936929), no new folder was created
> for it so I guess you're right, I should leave it alone. Either that, or
> like yourself, install XP with a slipstreamed SP3.
>
> Wish they'd simply removed all the folders for updates incorporated into
> SP3 and then made the new one for SP3 itself, but oh well.
>
>> Yes, http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ is my Web site, which now continues at
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
>
> Good stuff there.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> --
> John Corliss