just wondering if there is a way to delete any of the the installed resources from win xp after install. what i am after I put xp on an older laptop with a 4 gig hard drive and of course it takes up over half of the hard drive, so if possible I would like to remove some of the unnessary stuff. Thanks in advance...................John
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If your game there is this piece of software to play with.
After installing.
This is a handy program for monitoring folder size and disk space, with plenty of graphs and charts to help you see how big individual drives or folders are.
Run the Disk Cleanup tool and use the "More Options" tab to remove all but the most recent restore point.
You don't really want Restore Points going back too far as they will more than likely uninstall all programs or settings you have changed since your "go back point" causing you more problems than it may fix.
The average restore point is 25mb+ with a "first in, first out" policy on restore points. They contain mainly deleted or altered exe, dlls, shortcuts and a registry backup and user profile details. They do not contain users data.
Keeping restore points for a week seems adequate. Amount of disk space used depends on the size of your restore points. Some restore points can be as large as 500mb after major alterations to a system (ie a new service pack or several hefty program installs, or running SFC /Scannow).
The Hibernate option can be turned off to save 500MB.
Maybe you can fit a second hard drive or similar solution.
After installing.
This is a handy program for monitoring folder size and disk space, with plenty of graphs and charts to help you see how big individual drives or folders are.
Run the Disk Cleanup tool and use the "More Options" tab to remove all but the most recent restore point.
You don't really want Restore Points going back too far as they will more than likely uninstall all programs or settings you have changed since your "go back point" causing you more problems than it may fix.
The average restore point is 25mb+ with a "first in, first out" policy on restore points. They contain mainly deleted or altered exe, dlls, shortcuts and a registry backup and user profile details. They do not contain users data.
Keeping restore points for a week seems adequate. Amount of disk space used depends on the size of your restore points. Some restore points can be as large as 500mb after major alterations to a system (ie a new service pack or several hefty program installs, or running SFC /Scannow).
The Hibernate option can be turned off to save 500MB.
Maybe you can fit a second hard drive or similar solution.
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