Re: $NtServicePackUninstall$ $PatchCache$ dllcache

Thanks, Charlie!
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> Assuming that your existing disk is fully formatted as a single C:, you
> could add the new larger disk as a second disk as D: and start
> installing and/or uninstalling&reinstalling the larger apps here.
>
> Until then, assuming that you are happy that you no longer need to
> uninstall SP2 (or you have installed subsequent hotfixes), you can
> happily delete it's uninstall folder. Since you have an uninstall
> folder, I assume that you also have a ServicePackFiles folder. This can
> be moved to D: and the registry updated accordingly
> (HKLM\SW\MS\Windows\CV\Setup\ServicePackSourcePath)
>
> The System File Checker (SFC) uses the DLLcache folder as a backup for
> important system files. If an application overwrites one of the these
> system files, the put back a copy of the original from DLLCache. Look
> up support.microsoft.com for details on using SFC to clear the cache
> and limit it's size. Be warned though that if an app overwrites a file
> and the DLLCache copy of it missing (through resticting the DLLCache
> folder size) you may need to get out your OS and/or SP CD again
> sometime.
>
> Finally, I'm not sure if the $PATCHCACHE$ folder can safely be deleted.
> However, the largest subfolder on my machine looks like containing
> copies of Office files. Since it is extremely unlikely that these need
> accessed before the OS's NTFS compression drivers are loaded, I used
> NTFS compression on this subfolder (reducing 137Mb to 87Mb.)
>
> Finally, you could move the Virtual Memory Pageing File over to D:,
> assuming you will never want to send a Blue Screen memory dump to
> Microsoft.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Charlie
>
>
> --
> charlieo


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