Long Posted June 8, 2003 Share Posted June 8, 2003 My system32 folder is just 1gig >_< Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-928881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted June 8, 2003 Share Posted June 8, 2003 mines 1.05 GB in size, but 797 MB on disk, the windows directory that is. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-929100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyre Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Excellent guide, thanks! :happy: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-932068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 I have a fairly extensive list I've been compiling for the past couple of years. Deleting files is really a hobby for me. I've attached it for your viewing. This list is not for everyone; just me. But maybe it can answer a few things for people who have always been interested in this topic of discussion. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-933807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacris2000 Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 :yes: Thanks to these guides, I've made my smallest XP installation to date. See attached screenshot. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-954799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lj300 Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 cool, thnx Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-954827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
futb0l Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 this is a nice guide... hopefully it won't stuff up my pc :cool: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-969778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron2000 Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 Bold_Fortune, does deleting the Default User and Network Services affect login-type PCs? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-969864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 Bold_Fortune, does deleting the Default User and Network Services affect login-type PCs? Not to my knowledge. I don't login, so I couldn't really say for sure. I run a single-user PC. It would seem to me, though, that "All Users" would be more important for that. The only thing I can say is to backup, and then give it a try. What I laid out in my list of files I delete list works for me. I know that deleting everything on that list won't work for everyone. I do know that for most people I know who delete any of these folders you asked about, Default User is the first to go. Network Service I have to take as its name implies...if your computer is on a network of computers. I'm far from an expert with computers. My file deleting is all trial and error. This topic is generally a put off by the experts. Why I have know idea. Most responses I get from experts on forums goes something like, "With the size of hardrives today, why bother deleting files?" Funny, though, after getting to know one of these experts better, I discovered that even though he wasn't a professed proponent of deleting files, he himself always deletes the Default User folder. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-970432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewLungs27 Posted June 21, 2003 Share Posted June 21, 2003 Thanks! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-974503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
diego Posted June 22, 2003 Share Posted June 22, 2003 nice work ! :) greetings Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-975037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
capoguy Posted June 22, 2003 Share Posted June 22, 2003 Go around from deleting by moving and compressing: Copy ServicePackFiles, Driver Cache, RegisteredPackages and DLLCache to your slowest hard drive (thus making greate use of it) or anywher You like and change all the paths in registry. For DLLCache You have to add the key manually: Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon Name: SFCDllCacheDir Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ Value: Path Reboot and delete those folders from theire original locations. For other folders mentioned in this thread use compressing couse there would be too much registry editing for INF-folder for example. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-975123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
engmike8 Posted June 22, 2003 Share Posted June 22, 2003 got mine down to 396 megs. :D its blazin fast! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-975214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted June 22, 2003 Share Posted June 22, 2003 A friend and I were playing around on another site one day. These were the results of our goofing with deleting files: 2McAbre: Windows Directory (all files and sub-folders)? (2855) Files (96) Folders. 361MB System32 Folder? (1968) Files (96) Folders. 228MB Bold: Windows Directory (all files and sub-folders)? (2304) Files (144) Folders. 419MB Size on disk System32 Folder? (1881) Files (72) Folders. 305MB Size on disk I could have gone further with this, but it really takes a lot of time and thought once I get into deleting individual system32 dlls and exe and other files, as i don't have what I usually delete cataloged. 2McAbre is one of those "real" pros when it come to computing. He could beat me hands down on his worst day. Oh, plus I think 2Mcabre cheats, and uses file compression on old files...lol. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-975614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron2000 Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 I can't delete some files(one example is the MSAgent files). Is this caused by WFP or do I have to delete them in safe mode? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-978786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquid Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 use safe mode when ur doing this stuff Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-978800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToastGodSupreme Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 has anyone had any problems running gpedit.msc or secpol.msc (in your run box)? I'm trying to figure out if something in this guide has fubared it or something else. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-979302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 This is a nifty little utility I use to help me decern many individual files my system doesn't use. It's small, and free. http://kanadepro.com/findunusedfiles/ To give you an example. Right at this moment I am working out of a drive image I had saved shortly after installing XP. I haven't deleted very many files from at all. Find Unused Files shows me 5,782 files which have not been used in the last 100 days, which take up 433.77MB of space. When you run Find Unused files you'll get an error. This error only tells you that it cannot access System Volume Information. Just click no and proceed with "View the Report". You can't just walk in there and start deleting every file you see. (You can actually delete files from within the utility and send them to the recycle bin.) Many files it shows are actually used by your system. Like the hal.dll. You delete the hal.dll and your system won't restart. I just use this utility as a pointer, so to speak. I still want to know what exactly each individual file is before I delete it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-979440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beh Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 real useful and nice post thanks.. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-982371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron2000 Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 After using safe mode, I got the WiNDOWS folder down to 1.46GB. (nothing compared to you guys) I deleted all the pnf but after restart or installing stuff some came back. Is there a list of inf the PC will surely use? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-982714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 After using safe mode, I got the WiNDOWS folder down to 1.46GB.(nothing compared to you guys) I deleted all the pnf but after restart or installing stuff some came back. Is there a list of inf the PC will surely use? The use of an inf file will depend on your particular use of your computer. For example, if you never go into Disk Cleanup, you won't need the info files that are required to access Disk Cleanup. Try this. Maybe this can explain it to you better by seeing what happens. Delete, or save to another location, all the .PNF file in the inf folder. Now access Disk Cleanup. Then look inside your inf folder again. You will now see some new .PNF files created buy the inf files that Disk Cleanup used when you accessed it. A .PNF file is created when the inf file is used. It's sort of like a cache file. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-983339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echilon Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Bold_fortune, i'm geting a 404 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-983681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Bold_fortune, i'm geting a 404 I can't help you with that 404. I'm sorry. My computer knowledge is very limited. I'm not a pro or an expert. Matter-of-fact, most pros and experts would know right off that I'm really just a novice...which I am...because it would show to them without me saying much. Some things I delete aren't going to work for you. I only know they work for me. It's very important to backup your system before you do start deleting system files. The really weird thing about tweaking your system, deleting files, or even making certain changes to the interface is, that everyone's system reacts differently. It's really weird. I've even heard it said that regarding your own installations, that no two installations are exactly the same. For example. I know of 525 DLLS in my system32 folder that I always delete. But for some reason, with this particular installation, I can't delete them all without something going wrong. So I have to go through them and find out what the problem is. (Not looking forward to that.) Good Luck, buddy. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-984227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblivion Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 Nice Utility, Thanks :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-986356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMaster Posted July 5, 2003 Share Posted July 5, 2003 Wow! Thanks a lot! I've been able to reduce my WinNT folder in Windows 2000 SP4 is now 443 MB. I've easily removed over 80 MB of files. This makes imaging the HDD and putting it all on one CD so much easier. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/3/#findComment-1020036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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