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| Thread ID: 105734 | 2009-12-12 10:07:00 | what unwanted windows files can I delete? | videoguy (1351) | Press F1 |
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| 838952 | 2009-12-12 10:07:00 | I have a stable XP system I want to do a backup but don't want all the microsoft update files or system restore or install programs etc to be part of the archive what directory's etc are safe to delete?? I see a lot of directories in the windows starting with $ TIA Bryan |
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| 838953 | 2009-12-12 10:14:00 | If you dont want any of the updates / installed programs, you'll have to uninstall all of them first. You cant delete folders (without uninstalling the programs first), or else nothing will work, when you use the backup. The $ folders are probably the uninstall folders, for the windows updates. You can probably delete the folder/s, but if you want to uninstall the updates after, you cant. And you'll have to reinstall all of them after you use the backup | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 838954 | 2009-12-12 22:56:00 | I have a stable XP system I want to do a backup but don't want all the microsoft update files or system restore or install programs etc to be part of the archive what directory's etc are safe to delete?? I see a lot of directories in the windows starting with $ TIA Bryan That sounds to me like you only want to backup data(documents, videos, etc) Run CCleaner. Much safer than you manually deleting them. Blam |
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