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Can These Files Be Deleted?

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by gplea, 2007/07/10.

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    gplea

    gplea Inactive Thread Starter

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    This is the report after defragging. Which one of these files below, if any, can I delete?

    50 1 KB \WINNT\system32\config\software.LOG
    23 1 KB \Documents and Settings\Administrator\ntuser.dat.LOG
    3 1 KB \WINNT\system32\config\SECURITY.LOG
    2 1,590 KB \WINNT\WindowsUpdate.log

    Tanx,
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    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    As a general rule, log files are safe to delete if you don't need em...I think you'll find a couple of those are always in use by Windows and it won't allow you to delete em.
     
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    gplea

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    Thanks Steve. I'll see what I can eliminate. That's the only thing that I miss about FAT32 is the fact that it defrags so much easier and faster.

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    PeteC

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    But NTFS can sustain more fragmentation without noticeable loss in performance.
     
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    sorry, PeteC, can't let that pass. It's an old wives (read MS) tale. Modern disks are designed with short seek times and don't need defragmentation. I haven't defragged for years and my computers fly. And my disks are all but a couple FAT32.
     
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    PeteC

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    Well, I guess there are a lot of old wives about :)
     
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