recovering disk space

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Deleteing program files and/or hotfixes for disk space is not the way to
go...
Purchasing a larger hd then use current as slave is what you should be doing,
if thats not an option right now,to create more disk space,go to search at
microsoft,type:307889 This article gives examples on how to increase size
on a small drive.

"In Need of Space" wrote:

> I would like to know if I can safely delete all the unwanted, old uninstall
> files that are residing in my windows folder. I really need more drive space,
> and from the way the windows folder looks, all the old hotfix/uninstall files
> are really taking up a huge chunk.
>
> Can I safely delete these files, and if so, what is the proper method? When
> I look at the add/remove list, I see a lot of hotfix's listed, but I would
> think that by remvoving them there I would remove the fix. I don't want that,
> I just want to be rid of the old uninstall and backup files.