XP full of crap [Archive] - Icrontic Forums

gtghm

15 Jul 2003, 11:30pm

Ok I have a 20gb OS partition that untill reciently was only about 3rd full. But last night I routing around and I looked to see that the drive was almost full.
I have been able to cut it back to about half but there are still a ton of stuff on there that I wonder if I need.
Like all of the install stuff that windows updates does. Along with the uninstall stuff.
I cleared all of the logs and my temp files but I'm left wondering how much of that crap needs to stay.
Is there a creaditable program or windows app that can figure out the stuff that is not needed and the stuff that is...
I can do it my self but I'm not sure what I need and what I don't...
I know that I don't want Norton clean sweep... It's been known to cause lots of problems...

Thanks
"g"

GHoosdum

15 Jul 2003, 11:37pm

You should save a system restore point if everything is working okay, then run Disk Cleanup. That allows you to delete all kinds of temporary files and also all the uninstall files for update.

Geeky1

16 Jul 2003, 01:16am

format and reinstall. best way to clean out the crap. It'll run faster, boot faster, and be more stable after a clean install to boot.

gtghm

16 Jul 2003, 06:06am

Geeky1 said
format and reinstall. best way to clean out the crap. It'll run faster, boot faster, and be more stable after a clean install to boot.

I new some one was going to say that... lol

"g"

MarkTAW

16 Jul 2003, 06:47am

Not quite on topic, but check out SpaceMonger (http://www.werkema.com/software/spacemonger.html).

It shows you visually every file on your hard drive. You can immediately figure out which directories are over-stuffed with temp files or pr0n and when it's time to tranfer those mp3's to your iPod.

Geeky1

16 Jul 2003, 06:57am

gtghm... with the number of times I've said that, by now I would've thought you'd have posted a warning to the effect of "Geeky1: no, I am NOT formatting and reinstalling." :D ;D

My be-all, end-all software problem solver.
Format C: (return)

gtghm

16 Jul 2003, 04:28pm

Hey geeky1, Check out the new sig... :tongue: ;D

Late,
"g"

Geeky1

16 Jul 2003, 05:53pm

ROFLMAO! Shouldn't have said anything... :rolleyes: :D ;D

MERRICK

17 Jul 2003, 08:58pm

For future consideration:

http://www.litepc.com/xplite.html

There is an important poll being taken on the site:

What do you think about XPlite disabling Windows File Protection?

gtghm

19 Jul 2003, 08:46pm

MarkTAW said
Not quite on topic, but check out SpaceMonger (http://www.werkema.com/software/spacemonger.html).

It shows you visually every file on your hard drive. You can immediately figure out which directories are over-stuffed with temp files or pr0n and when it's time to tranfer those mp3's to your iPod.

Hey I gotta give a hardy two thunbs up on that little progy.
Thanks :)

I found that I had forgotten to delete a gig file that I was using to time file transfers, along with the hyber file and other stuff.

Great progy,
"g"

MERRICK

20 Jul 2003, 04:35pm

Hey I gotta give a hardy two thunbs up on that little progy.

I second that. Spinner should add this one to the downloads.:thumbsup:

Thrax

20 Jul 2003, 04:43pm

Totally agreed.

SpaceMonger found 3 1.6GB temp files that were safe to delete.