What to remove?

Hi all,

When I first built the computer I made the first
partition 2G which was plenty of space. Now
I have only 183M free. Somewhere along the
way it filled up. I am aware of partition
managers but I would rather delete some of
W2K to get more space. For example what
is the smallest list of fonts that you need to
make W2K functional? Can I delete the
directories that are different colors in the
c:\winnt directory? Which directories in
c:\winnt directory can I safely delete without
hurting the functionality of the os? Anything
else that is safe to delete? There is no data
on the c: drive to worry about.

thanks,
charles....

Hello ***** charles,

IF you are NOT SURE about deleting, you can create an image BEFORE, so you
can restore everything to the point before you started with deleting!!!!

Do NOT delete all folders in different colors. You can without problem delete
KB123456 folders, if your machine is running without any problem. These folders
are the patch backup files from the version before the patch. If you delete
them you can not deinstall the patch with that number anymore.

Also you can move the pagefile to another physical disk.

The C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution folder can also be deleted, it is used
for windowsupdate only. To delete it you have to stop the Automatic update
service (in the RUN line type services.msc). It will recreate the folder
including the structure if you start the service again.

Check if user accounts exist on the server that are not longer used and delete
them.

Also check the Temporary Internet folder/files. They can also grow up high
and can be safely deleted.

Additional you can delete old files and folders in the TEMP folder, if they
are older then 30 days.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hi all,
>
> When I first built the computer I made the first
> partition 2G which was plenty of space. Now
> I have only 183M free. Somewhere along the
> way it filled up. I am aware of partition
> managers but I would rather delete some of
> W2K to get more space. For example what
> is the smallest list of fonts that you need to
> make W2K functional? Can I delete the
> directories that are different colors in the
> c:\winnt directory? Which directories in
> c:\winnt directory can I safely delete without
> hurting the functionality of the os? Anything
> else that is safe to delete? There is no data
> on the c: drive to worry about.
> thanks,
> charles....