Re: SP 2 and backup files
From: Jerry (felix_at_fixesflats.net)
Date: 09/10/04
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 08:59:11 GMT
I went ahead and deleted the $NtServicePackUninstall$ folder and I
picked up another 500 megs of hard drive space. Between that and
deleting the Software Distribution\Download files I've picked up an
extra gig and a half of hard drive space. The computer is working
fine. Thankyou.
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:40:46 +0200, "Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)"
<Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote:
>Jerry wrote:
>
>> After I installed SP 2 I discovered that I was missing about a gig of
>> disk space. Since the download was supposed to be 190 megs or so why
>> am I losing all this disk space? If it went into backups can anyone
>> tell me how to find these backups so I can get rid of them? Thanks.
>Hi
>
>Folders you can consider deleting and other disk cleanup tips
>after a SP2 installation:
>
>1)
>If you are sure you don't need to uninstall SP2, you can delete
>the %windir%\$NtServicePackUninstall$\ folder.
>
>(%windir% is typically C:\Windows)
>
>Note that the folder is marked as hidden, so to see it, you need
>to have Explorer configured to show hidden files/folders.
>
>(to remove the Add/Remove Programs entry, just click on it *after*
>the $NtServicePackUninstall$ is deleted and you will get an offer
>to remove it)
>
>Alternatively (for the $NtServicePackUninstall$ folder):
>
>If you make a backup of the folder to e.g. a CD, you can put it
>back if you need to uninstall SP2. After restoring the backup,
>run %windir%\$NtServicePackUninstall$\spuninst\spuninst.exe
>to start the process.
>
>
>2)
>If you see %windir%\$NTUninstall* folders which dates back to your
>SP1 installation, you can delete those. They are not removed by the
>SP2 installation in case you want/need to go back to SP1 (and then
>be able to uninstall the hotfixes in case you need to).
>
>The following folders should be safe to delete:
>
>%windir%\$xpsp1hfm$\
>%windir%\$NtUninstallQ<some#>$\
>%windir%\$NtUninstallKB<some#>$\
>
>Note that the folders are marked as hidden, so to see them, you
>need to have Explorer configured to show hidden files/folders.
>
>
>3)
>You should clean out this folder now and then (WU5's
>temporary download folder):
>
>%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\
>
>
>4)
>Stop and start System Restore to possibly regain some space (but
>you will lose your current Restore points). You also may want to reduce
>the amount of disk space System Restore is allowed to occupy.
>
>How to turn on and turn off System Restore in Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310405
>
>More about System Restore here:
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/faqsrwxp.mspx
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