Re: tidying up after failed sp2 update
- From: "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:50:47 -0000
Reg
You should be able to get Windows SP2 into a 5.85 gb partition. My partition is 5.61 gb with 1.43 gb free space.
Here are some suggestions on how you might achieve this objective.
To investigate how you are using hard disk space you need to make sure that you can see all files. Go to Start, Control Panel, Folder
Options, View, Advanced Settings and verify that the box before "Show hidden files and folders" is checked and "Hide protected operating
system files " is unchecked. You may need to scroll down to see the second item. You should also make certain that the box before "Hide
extensions for known file types" is not checked. Next in Windows Explorer make sure View, Details is selected and then select View,
Choose Details and check before Name, Type, Total Size, and Free Space.
Download Dirsize.dll plug-in and place the file in Windows\System32 folder. Select Start, Run and type "regsvr32 dirsize.dll" without the
quotes and hit ENTER. Next in Windows Explorer open a folder and set it to Detail view. From the View menu, click Choose Details. Put a
checkmark near Folder Size, and click OK. Use CTRL and + key ( Numeric Keypad ) combination to resize the column width, so that the Folder Size column is displayed correctly. To apply this setting for all the folders, click Tools, Folder Options. In the View tab and click Apply to
all folders. You can download Dirsize from:
http://markd.mvps.org/
If you are you using Norton Utilities say as Norton Protected Storage can hide piles of junked files without the user realising it.
A System Restore default wastes disk space. The setting has not been not modified since Windows XP was first marketed 5 / 6 years ago. You can limit the disk space used by System Restore. Right click on the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select, Properties, System Restore, Settings. This will give you the amount of Disk Space allocated to System Restore in terms of % of size of Drive and megabytes or
gigabytes. The default maximum is 12%. You can move the slider to the left to reduce the size of the allocation. For your Windows partition I suggest 10%. Once the allocated space is fully taken the oldest restore point is removed when a new restore point is created ( or it should be ). The saving is modest for your windows partition as partitioning has reduced the impact of the default
System Restore only needs to monitor the Windows XP partitions on each machine ( if any machine has another version of Windows installed e.g. Windows98 you need to say so that I can check out the implications for that operating system. If you have System Restore monitoring removable drives they should not be monitored. All these non-windows partitions will gain free space once monitoring is turned off
In the Windows Directory of your C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windows folder typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$. These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressed the text of the folder name appears in blue characters. If not compressed you can compress them. Right click on folder and select Properties, General, Advanced and check the box before Compress contents to save Disk Space. On the General Tab you can see the amount gained by deducting the size on disk from the size. Folder compression is only an option on a NTFS formatted drive / partition.
If they do not turn blue Start, Control Panel, Folder Options, View tab and you will see the Advanced Settings List below Folder View. Then scroll down the list to it's end and you will see "Show Encrypted and Compressed NTFS Files in Color" on the line above.
Create a My Documents folder in another partition and copy ( not move ) the contents of My Documents to your new folder. Then delete the files ( not the folder ) in your My Documents folder ( if you encounter problems deleting use Shift + Delete to bypass the Recycle Bin ). You will also need to change Default File locations in the Microsoft Office programmes you use. For Word go to Tools, Options, File Locations, highlight Documents, click on Modify and change file path. For Excel go to Tools, Options, General and change default file path.
For Temporary Internet Files select Start, Control Panel, Internet Options, Temporary Internet Files. Settings, Move Folder.
To move the Outlook Express Store Folder select in Outlook Express Tools, Options, Maintenance, Store Folder, Change.
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/files/store.htm
For routine maintenance and after significant system changes try Start, All Programmes, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. If more than one person is using the computer you need to do this for each User Profile. Delete all but the most recent Restore Point ( Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup, More options, System Restore, OK and OK ). Run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
I would forget about Windows XP SP2 remnants and check the position after installing SP2. Get an SP2 disk if you do not have one. It is easier to install off the CD than downloading off the internet.
Did you partition your hard drive or was it done for you? If you did it what program / utility did you use?
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"Reg" <Reg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3BFDDB48-C115-4917-8674-EC069808B695@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Gerry,
My Windows OS partition is 5.85GB and only 759 MB is left free.
I only have the operating system and a few other programmes associated with
it like WinRAR compression, mouse software etc, everything else is in other
partitions.
It is NTFS formatted.
I have run the disk cleanup and defrag tools but disk cleanup is limited in
what it looks for and wont be able to look in my windows system folders for
unwanted and un-needed 'wreckage' from an unsuccessful installation of the
sp2 update.
I was hoping that there might be a list of all the files typically left
behind that I could safely, manually delete.
When I do a windows directory file search using 'sp2' as a key word, I get a
mass of files and folders mostly in Windows/software Distribution/download/
directory which I assume are unnecessarily filling up my drive, there is for
example a sp2.cab file and dozens of sp2 folders like sp2GDR, QFE etc etc
I have a second PC with almost identical set up but which wasn't subjected
to an attempted sp2 installation and that only takes up 3.85 GB of space
leaving 2GB free, so I guess there must be nearly 1.5GB of 'rubbish' on the
other PC.
Interestingly, a comparative search on the 2nd PC shows many 'sp2' folders
in a similar software distribution folder (even though sp2 has never been
installed) but not the dozens of sp2 folders in windows directory's with
names like $hf_mig$lkb901214 and not a SP2.cab.
Is there anyway that I can safely use the directory and file set up on the
unaffected second PC to identify un-needed files on the other ?
Is there any service or software that can identify non essential files in
the operating system directory that can be deleted ?
Thanks
Reg
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