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Deleted Service Pack Files

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by RayH, 2004/07/29.

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  1. 2004/07/29
    RayH

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    Sniffing around the web, I ran across some modders on deleting some "unnecessary" Windows files. I deleted the C:\Windows\Servicepackfiels\i386... I kept the folders as instructed, but deleted everything inside them. This is a backup of system files. I also deleted C:\Windows\DownloadedInstallations\, which is supposed to be the installers for some programs.

    These two have give me back 600 MB. It's not as much I need the space as much as I want a smaller imaging file, which also makes imaging and restoring a lot quicker.

    Along with the C:\Windows\Uninstall, I have gotten my Service Pack 2 C:\ to be 1GB smaller. It takes 1:30 less to image and probably 1:00 less to restore.

    I made an image of the C:\ before I started monkeying around, as sometimes more shall be revealed. It's been a couple of years since I've done "tweak" stuff.
     
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  2. 2004/07/30
    RayH

    RayH Inactive Thread Starter

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    Besides the recent ghost, I did back the files elsewhere. I'm also playing around with XPLite.
     
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