Re: NT Service pack folders question

You're welcome.

"John" <seetheplane@xxxxxx> wrote
Thanks,

Backing up is a great idea. I just bought a 500GB drive to do just that - in
combination with DVD's

"Rock" <Rock@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"John" <seetheplane@xxxxxx> wrote
Is nesesary to keep all the folders like . . .
C:\WINDOWS\$MSI31Uninstall_KB893803v2$

Are they just for uninstalling updates or is there more to it than that?
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Correct, they are for removing the update. If the system is stable for some
time after it is applied then those can be deleted. I wait one month to the
next batch of updates, then remove the old folders. To be safe you could
burn them to CD.

Do not remove the $hf_mig$ folder, that's needed for future updates.

Doug Knox has a utility to automate the removal of these uninstall folders
and the corresponding entries for those updates in Add/Remove programs.

http://www.dougknox.com/
Win XP Utilities
Remove Hotfix Backup Files v2.1.6 - Updated 5/29/2004
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