Okay, a question about SP2
I've eventually installed it on my laptop, only to find that my OS partition
is almost full now. I have found at least 3 places where XP has "stored"
the SP2 files. At over 500mb a piece it wastes a load of space. I also found
what looks like backups of the old SP1a files, 2 of those at about 380mb each
The problem is that I find no option to delete the "back out" files like you
used to get in the good old days and 3 copies????
I have ghosted W2K back onto the laptop again.... smaller footprint.
if you don’t know the location of all these files I can reinstall on the
weekend and let you know. Just look for the largest files on the system
A few I can recall, one is in the usual $ntuninstallxxxxx type files on C root
this will be the "back out" old systems files.... these I don't mind.
another is here:
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download
and here:
C:\WINDOWS\Service Packs\
I can get the rest of the places I found later, but HELP !!!!
What were these guys thinking???
I know HDD's are cheap these days but on a old laptop they're not
and they’re not that big to begin with.
I can go ahead and delete all the copies but that is a bit rash.
I would prefer a "legal" way of doing it so that the system is aware of what
has happened.
I've eventually installed it on my laptop, only to find that my OS partition
is almost full now. I have found at least 3 places where XP has "stored"
the SP2 files. At over 500mb a piece it wastes a load of space. I also found
what looks like backups of the old SP1a files, 2 of those at about 380mb each
The problem is that I find no option to delete the "back out" files like you
used to get in the good old days and 3 copies????
I have ghosted W2K back onto the laptop again.... smaller footprint.
if you don’t know the location of all these files I can reinstall on the
weekend and let you know. Just look for the largest files on the system
A few I can recall, one is in the usual $ntuninstallxxxxx type files on C root
this will be the "back out" old systems files.... these I don't mind.
another is here:
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download
and here:
C:\WINDOWS\Service Packs\
I can get the rest of the places I found later, but HELP !!!!
What were these guys thinking???
I know HDD's are cheap these days but on a old laptop they're not
and they’re not that big to begin with.
I can go ahead and delete all the copies but that is a bit rash.
I would prefer a "legal" way of doing it so that the system is aware of what
has happened.