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| 187482 | 2003-10-29 04:06:00 | Windows 98 SE I have scanned for duplicate files. So far (2 hours later) 3 files have been found. They are C:\10.sys. Size 222,390 C:\temp\WINDD\COMMAND\EBD\10.SYS C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\EBD\10.SYS Should I delete them or not them? Easycleaner says it still has 957 hours left to completion. is this normal? |
summertime (2568) | ||
| 187483 | 2003-10-29 04:19:00 | NO, do not delete IO.SYS, else your OS will go bung. In fact the delete duplicate file utility is a menace. Many programs put their own dll system files in their own folder. There may be Windows OS dll system files with the same name but maybe a different version. It can be fatal to willy nilly delete identicle files. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 187484 | 2003-10-29 04:22:00 | Oh, forgot. I have no idea why it is taking so long to scan. Should be just a few minutes at the most. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 187485 | 2003-10-29 04:24:00 | Only 957 hours to go? Time for a cuppa. :D Shoot it. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 187486 | 2003-10-29 05:02:00 | Phew that was close! Got such a fright that I unistalled Easycleaner! Thanks for the help. Think I will just stick to Ad-aware, Norton System Works and Spysweeper as my computer maintenance tools.:) | summertime (2568) | ||
| 187487 | 2003-10-29 05:54:00 | Well, Easycleaner is a very good utility for removing junk or unecessary files, and for cleaning the registry, just dont use the duplicate file removal tool. There is a warning about being careful....quote: "Be extreme careful,this is not recommended for beginners" The duplicate file thing is ok if you know exactly which duplicates can be removed. Why it took so long I dont know, perhaps your system needs a good clean out? :) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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