Re: Vista temp or unecessary files

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"TMA" <tmasoftwares@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Where exactly are all the temp/unecessary files I could delete from the
system? I am running low on disk space on partition C (35 gb total)
and I need to install a big program now.

Run Disk Cleanup from the Accessories menu. You can safely delete temp files from there. Alternatively, you can use a third party tool like Ccleaner. It will do a more thorough job, particularly with temporary files from third party apps.

Move user files to a different volume/disk, if you can.

I performed a clean install of Vista Ultimate 4 days ago and after
installing all the programs I have, 1.1 gb is all I have left. I have a 4gb
swapfile for 4gb RAM, have already deleted files/dirs in
C:\USERS\MY NAME\APPDATA\LOCAL\TEMP and
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP. Are there any other files I could delete?
Since I applied all the updates, including SP1 and office 2007, are
these update install files kept on the hard drive? Are they "deletable"?

When you are positively sure you will not need to uninstall SP1, you can clean out unused, but stored update files. Open up a command prompt as administrator (right-click the command prompt icon in Accessories). At the prompt, type "vsp1cln" (without the quotes).

I could repartition my hard drive and give Vista more space, but this is
the last thing I want to try.

You should seriously consider it. 35GB on a system partition with many "big programs" on it is a bit on the low side, especially if you store your user files on the same partition.

Charlie42

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