Size of Windows folder

I am considering a backup scheme which involves partitioning and disk
imaging. I would like my C: partition to contain Windows ME and as
little else as possible. I would like to be able to burn a compressed
image of my C: partition to a single CD-R.

The size of my Windows Folder is 1.33 GB. I believe this size is quite
a bit larger than it should be. Can someone please help me figure out
why it is this large?

I got my PC in October 2000. It came with a load of preinstalled
applications, mainly Microsoft Works Suite 2000, NAV, and Roxio ECDC.
I've added very little (Acrobat Reader, Real Player, and a few other
things).

Here are sizes of the subfolders which I believe are most susceptible
to growth:

Application Data 27.7 MB
Cookies 10.8 MB
Temp 33.8 MB
TIF 298 MB

(Using the settings in IE6, I have TIF limited to 63 MB. I don't
understand why my TIF subfolder is 298 MB).

Microsoft Disk Cleanup sees only 74 MB which it can free.

My Recycle Bin has 97 MB space reserved (if this is pertinent).

My PC: 64 MB RAM; 10 GB HDD.

I believe it is possible for the Windows Folder in WinME to be as
small as 800 MB. Why is mine 1.33 GB?

Jack
Wed Dec 10 10:48:35 CST 2003

I have approx. 940 MB in C:\Windows on this ancient WinME box, which is
kept pretty clean regularly. Your TIF appears to be your main culprit,
so use Internet Options to clean out all the caches. Then manually
inspect the folders in Windows for trash. You may wish to backup first
to avoid any non-recoverable errors in judgment. Use the Disk Cleanup
tool, without using its Compression feature.

http://www.aumha.org/a/parts.htm

I recommend obtaining a partition manager, to create new partitions on
the existing drive, or an additional one. Then uninstall programs in
C:\Program Files, and reinstall them in another partition.

In any event, your current partition is quite small enough to backup to
CD-R, -RW even now, using any competent backup tool, with compression.


FWIW, while memory is so cheap, I urge you to upgrade to a minimum of
256 MB, if your chipset / mainboard will support it. 64 MB is rather
small today. I do not recommend less than 128 MB for WinME.
--
Jack E. Martinelli 2002-04 MVP for Win9X / DTS
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"Allen Weiner" <alweiner7@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I am considering a backup scheme which involves partitioning and disk
> imaging. I would like my C: partition to contain Windows ME and as
> little else as possible. I would like to be able to burn a compressed
> image of my C: partition to a single CD-R.
>
> The size of my Windows Folder is 1.33 GB. I believe this size is quite
> a bit larger than it should be. Can someone please help me figure out
> why it is this large?
>
> I got my PC in October 2000. It came with a load of preinstalled
> applications, mainly Microsoft Works Suite 2000, NAV, and Roxio ECDC.
> I've added very little (Acrobat Reader, Real Player, and a few other
> things).
>
> Here are sizes of the subfolders which I believe are most susceptible
> to growth:
>
> Application Data 27.7 MB
> Cookies 10.8 MB
> Temp 33.8 MB
> TIF 298 MB
>
> (Using the settings in IE6, I have TIF limited to 63 MB. I don't
> understand why my TIF subfolder is 298 MB).
>
> Microsoft Disk Cleanup sees only 74 MB which it can free.
>
> My Recycle Bin has 97 MB space reserved (if this is pertinent).
>
> My PC: 64 MB RAM; 10 GB HDD.
>
> I believe it is possible for the Windows Folder in WinME to be as
> small as 800 MB. Why is mine 1.33 GB?