Add and Remove Programs Microsoft. NET Framework Question?

[LarryE]

I need more space on my computer so I went to Add and Remove Programs and found that I have two files called Microsoft.NET. One is Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and is 184.00 mb and the other is Microsoft.NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 and is 179.00 mb. Can I remove Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2? Thanks everyone. Larry

 

[goombawaho]

Read these - I would be cautious.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...remove-previous-versions-of-the-net-framework

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/netfxsetup/thread/9385b834-68a5-4645-9cfc-9050ab1c154c

I think you're playing a losing game trying to reclaim disk space that way. The easiest way is to buy a bigger hard drive and use a cloning tool (often included with the new hard drive) to move your whole O.S. and data over to the new drive. Much less pain and more bang for the buck in the long run.

 

[rclarke250]

My question is if you are worried about a paltry 180mb, and you need more space, why don't you buy a new hard drive? They are cheap, and with programs topping several hundred GB's sometimes, deleting 180MB file is a drop in the bucket.

 

[goombawaho]

Thanks for agreeing with me rclarke250 - "don't pick up pennies when there are quarters laying on the ground".

 

[rclarke250]

 

[LarryE]

Thanks, goombawaho and rclarke250. I will definetely be looking into the new hard drive. I sure appreciate the great help. Larry

 

[LarryE]

Can you guys recommend a hard drive? I need one that has the software to load everything from my old hard drive to the new one. I suppose this is not a very difficult thing to do and I feel confident that I can do it. Thanks, Larry

 

[rclarke250]

I would recommend anything from Western Digital. Since I don't know what interface your computer uses,(I hope SATA)I can't go farther then that. As to the software, any new hard drive that is retail boxed will come with cloning software. Also don't know what Chipset so I can't give a recommendation as to size. But I would think something like a 1TB or 750GB would suffice for most people. I have only a 500GB as my data drive, and a 256Gb as my boot drive. But I use external drives to hold my archives of older stuff. And a NAS for backups.

 

[goombawaho]

You can buy a non-retail package (probably cheaper - bare drive) and still download the cloning software from manufacturer's web site. I personally recommend WD as well - purely my opinion.

http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/discwizard/

http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119

 

[LarryE]

Thanks again, goombawaho and rclarke250. You two guys have been a great help. I have found a lot of answers here and did so again. This is a great forum and I know everyone appreciates the help you guys offer. Larry

 

[goombawaho]

One final thought. When you're going to clone the hard drive, please be very careful to select the correct "source" and "destination" drives (old >> new) or else you can wipe all your data if cloning from new to old.

It should be easy based on the size of the drives with newer drive being bigger, but just take a few seconds to make sure you are doing it in the right direction.