Re: lost space on C disk
From: Bob Harris (rharris270[SPAM)
Date: 12/22/04
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Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:17:03 -0500
Do you have Norton Utilities installed? If so, its "Norton Protected
recycle Bin" can hold a lot of files, and needs to be empties periodically,
especially after a major software upgrade.
My own experience with SP2 is that it's installation created a monster-sized
sytem restore point. I deleted this by making my own restore point, then
using the advanced options under disk cleanup to delete all but the last
restore point.
Finally, SP2 offerred to save the old (pre-SP2) files just in case you
needed to go back. In my case these totalled 424 Meg. Fortunately, it
offerred to write them somewhere other than C:\ and I had a spare partition,
so I used that. These old files are contained in a directory called
$ntservicepackuninstall$. If you are happy with SP2, you can delete (or
move) this file. However, then you will not be able to uninstall SP2.
"Charles Rogers" <spamitup@spammer.com> wrote in message
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> The Properties dialog for my C disk says it has 3.5GB in use. When I check
> the size of the files and directories (using the pop-up information in
> Windows Explorer) on the C disk, they only add up to 2.5GB, including
> hidden and system files.
>
> What happened to the other gigabyte?
>
> I noticed that my disk usage increased by about 2GB when I applied SP2.
>
> This is on an eMachines; I also have a Dell. When I applied SP2 to the
> Dell, its disk usage only increased by about 500MB. When I add up the
> files and directories on my Dell C disk, the total matches the 2GB usage
> indicated on the Properties dialog.
>
> These are parallel machines with the same software and same user files;
> the Dell is a backup system in case eMachines breaks. On the eMachines,
> the C:\WINDOWS directory is 2GB; on the Dell, it is only 1.5GB. The
> difference is almost entirely in the directory C:\WINDOWS\i386, which
> appears to be some sort of installation directory, because the filetypes
> generally end in an underline, e.g. SORT.EX_ and SOUND1.WA_, and a large
> directory of HTML message files like "The software for 3Com DynamicAccess
> is not compatible with this version of Microsoft Windows and will be
> disabled during the upgrade" and a link to microsoft.com.
>
> Can I delete this directory, C:\WINDOWS\i386? It looks like left-over junk
> from some Windows install process.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chaz
>
>
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