Ken
Fri May 02 11:53:07 PDT 2008
On Thu, 1 May 2008 19:38:02 -0700, JHRooney
<JHRooney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Ken,
> Something is strange with this machine. It has windows XP Basic, with media
> player, no additional programs, not even Adobe acrobat. All email, system
> restore points, purged. Disk cleanup and defrag run many times. Only
> fragmented file is 562M/bit in Doc and settings. Hard drive capacity is
> 5.58G/bit with 73% used. Their has to be something within Windows that keeps
> using up harddrive capacity as a function of time. Virus scan is Avasti using
> 60 m/b. This includes fiel back up data base. I think wind XP Basic should
> not occupy over 1.5G/bit max. Thanks for the response though.
First, note that when say "G/bit," you presumably mean Giga*bytes*. A
5.58 gigabit drive would not hold Windows XP.
Second, there are uses of the drive you presuambly aren't aware of,
such as space for System Restore Points, the hibernation file, and the
Recycle bin. Using up 73% of 6GB (about 4.5GB) is not only not
unusual, but is actually extremely little. There is nothing wrong
within Windows, and no indication that there is a virus problem.
As I said earlier, you badly need to buy another, larger drive. Your
present drive is so small as to be almost useless. I wouldn't even
recommed keeping it as a second drive. If you shop around on the
internet, you can buy a 160GB drive for as little as $50 or so.
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 1 May 2008 14:36:47 -0400, "JS" <@> wrote:
> >
> > > All these folders (NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$) and associated files in these
> > > folders are safe to remove,
> > > however once deleted you will no longer be able to un-install a patch or
> > > update that was associated with the deleted folder/files.
> > > I would keep the most recent set (last two months just in case) of folders
> > > and delete the older updates.
> > > As a safety net I burned these folders to a CD before deleting them.
> > >
> > > Warning: One folder you should not delete is: $hf_mig$
> > >
> > > Also See Doug Knox's page on this issue:
> > >
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm
> >
> >
> > Addressing JHRooney, I'll just add to the above that if you are so
> > short on hard drive space that the small amount that those update
> > uninstall files take is significant, this will only be a stopgap
> > measure. Your only real solution is to buy another larger drive.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > "JHRooney" <JHRooney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:E76AB37A-B8DA-4BDC-BF54-C19510DC6C3E@microsoft.com...
> > > >I have updates dating back to 2002 on my computer. How can I tell if they
> > > >are
> > > > replace with later updates and hot fixes? I need to free up some harddrive
> > > > space.
> > >
> >
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