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More info?)
okay, I probably should have said from the outset - I've got a bit of
experience with this stuff...
just happen to have an MCSE (3.1, 3.51, 4, and 2000) (and an MSCD and a few
other certs too)
so, thanks for all the suggestions for doing the basic stuff, but been
there, done that.
I've seen windows 2000 run off a cdrom before, so I know it can be cut down
to less than a gigabyte,
just need to know how.
any suggestions, including places to look for info, would be appreciated.
-JJ
"Paul" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:476901c42bdb$a4d214c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Download Tuneup Utilites 2004 from download.com. Tuneup
> will remove many files you don't need. It might just make
> enough space for you to run defrag. Plus it can defrag
> your registry
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Many many people have had the problem :-(
> >
> >1. You do realize you can always move a new larger disk
> drive to the new
> >machine? Barring your unstated special circumstances,
> that's a pretty
> >good idea. (A local PC repair shop will often have a box
> of used drives
> >in a back room. Very cheap.)
> >
> >2. You can generally remove all files in any \temp
> directory.
> >
> >3. You can remove "uninstall" files, if you don't mind
> living
> >dangerously. For example, if you elected with SP4 to
> create its
> >uninstall file, that will be a large file; it contains
> all the original
> >files SP4 replaced...
> >
> >4. You can clear various caches, like browser caches.
> Cookie files are
> >probably not worth pursuing; cookies are v. small and
> often contain
> >things like your website IDs/passwords, etc. that you
> don't want to lose.
> >
> >5. You can uninstall any apps you don't really need...
> >
> >6. You can hunt down and clear many log files that may
> have grown large
> >and which you'll never need...
> >
> >....and so on. On that next machine, by the way, make the
> W2k partition
> >at least 4GB, better if 5-6GB, and create other
> partitions for apps and
> >data.
> >
> >Trying to figure what W2k services/modules/functions are
> really required
> >will probably take you until next year. I don't think
> that is a fruitful
> >path to follow, but hey - that's just an opinion.
> >
> >jj wrote:
> >
> >> hi
> >>
> >> thanks for the thought, but I already do use drive
> compression! but that
> >> doesn't really answer the question.... if it weren't so
> bloody large, I
> >> wouldn't need it.
> >>
> >> oh, and there are lots of reasons why a new, bigger
> drive would be a bad
> >> idea... for one thing, the whole thing is going to be
> replaced next year, so
> >> don't want to spend good money after bad.
> >>
> >> surely someone else in the world must have had this
> problem before??!!
> >>
> >> -JJ
> >>
> >> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
> >> news:108p84qdn0tqs41@corp.supernews.com...
> >>
> >>>jj wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>>I've got an old system that I need to hang onto for
> the moment because
> >>
> >> of
> >>
> >>>>hardware restraints & it just meets the criteria for a
> W2K
> >>
> >> installation...
> >>
> >>>>but it only has a 2 gigabyte hard disk (and they don't
> even make the
> >>
> >> upgrade
> >>
> >>>>hard disk any more).
> >>>>
> >>>>When I install Windows 2000 on it, it's great, cuz it
> only takes up
> >>
> >> about
> >>
> >>>>500 megs, and works fine, but when I add SP4, it bumps
> up the disk space
> >>>>requirement to just about a gigabyte - and with lots
> of uninstall
> >>>>directories, despite the fact that I tell SP4 not to
> have an uninstall
> >>>>method.
> >>>>
> >>>>Is there any list somewhere of the files and
> directories that are
> >>
> >> absolutely
> >>
> >>>>needed in a WINNT directory? Or a list of the absolute
> minimum required?
> >>
> >> Can
> >>
> >>>>I junk some stuff that I'm not using? Which ones? Can
> I get rid of those
> >>>>**** uninstall directories? Is there any other way I
> could reduce the
> >>
> >> space
> >>
> >>>>required?
> >>>>
> >>>>Any help would be appreciated.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>>JJ
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>assuming you have NTFS you can use drive compression
> >>>
> >>>btw: i'm not sure why you cannot at a larger drive to
> the machine
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >.
> >
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