Re: Reformatting
- From: Jenni Elizabet <JenniElizabet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:19:05 -0700
Thanks you guys. Ron. What I mean first by formatting and reinstall, is when
I do this time I plan to keep windows update off. See, it only came with a
10gb hard drive total. Remember 8 yrs old. And another reason is my daughter
messed up my first install when she deleted some of windows. When I had some
one fix it, he couldnt get the old version off, so it has 2 versions of 98se
with XP upgrades on them. And there are a few programs, that I tried to
remove but it wont let them go.
As my computer is old, and theough Compaq I also found out its a CTO as
well.
( Configure to order). I want to do the format and reinstall to get a fresh
start with only one version and all the other off, and leave win Update off.
When I do, Ill do the moving od the outlook paging and the Spool folder to
external then.
"Ron Badour" wrote:
Hi Jenni.
I don't understand what you think you are going to gain by formatting and
reinstalling the system. If all the room on the 10 gb drive was taken by
the Windows XP updates, once you reinstall the system and load the updates,
the drive free space will again be used up, won't it?
You say: "My hard drive is only 10gb. Computer will only take 60gb more
because of bios or motherboard." I don't understand what you mean.
Do you have programs installed on C: drive that could be uninstalled and
reinstalled on the external drive? Are there programs not being used that
you can dump? If you use Outlook Express, have you moved the OE Store to
the external drive? In the Windows folder, have you deleted the files that
start with $ and are blue colored (these are the uninstall files for the
updates)? If you use IE, have you limited the size of the temporary
internet file cache? You could turn off the recycle bin so that deleted
files are not retained (you have to be sure about your deletions though).
Have you dumped all the files in the temp folder(s)? I think you could
probably move the paging file to the external drive <
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307886 >
--
Regards
Ron Badour
MS MVP Shell User
"Jenni Elizabet" <JenniElizabet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4B4039FC-4BE0-4077-8431-AF230059B421@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi all, I first posted this in the 98 area. But they told me to come in
here.
I have an old Compaq Presario 5000t ( about 8 yrs old now). I have a full
version of 98se with an upgrade version of Xp pro on top. What I want to
do
is to completely clear the hard drive and reinstall. Because my disk space
is
gone because of all the windows updates. My hard drive is only 10gb.
Computer
will only take 60gb more because of bios or motherboard. And I cant find
one
any more. So, I can only clear and reinstall.
2nd) Is there a way to make the computer run windows off the external hard
drive I have? If so, then I could just unplug the 10gb and run off the
320gb
external.
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