Hotfixes draining disk space

[nevarmihnd]

Hello. I am trying to free up disk space. In the Add or
Remove Panel I see I have 9 Hotfixes at 58.27MB (4 are
denoted as SP2) = 524.43. (Is that ~5GB, or is there
something between MB and GB?) That seems like an aweful
lot! There are also 12 Hotfixes with no size listed (all
are denoted SP2). I don't want to delete them, but that
seems like an unreasonable amount of space to occupy.
Any friendly advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Leave them alone.
If you remove them, you also remove the fix.

However you can safely delete the uninstall files.
Once you are sure you will keep Windows XP Service Pack 1.
The files may be hidden, to show the file:
Go to C:\WINDOWS
Click the top TOOLS, click FOLDER OPTIONS, click VIEW
Check the radio button. "Show hidden files and folders"
Click OK and you should now see more files.

Go to C:\WINDOWS and delete "$NTServicePackUinistall$" about 240 mb.
Then go to Add/Remove Programs.
Click Service Pack 1, there will be an error since you just deleted
the file.
Click YES to delete the shortcut.

Use similar procedure to delete similar files for the updates.

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"nevarmihnd" > wrote in message
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> Hello. I am trying to free up disk space. In the Add or
> Remove Panel I see I have 9 Hotfixes at 58.27MB (4 are
> denoted as SP2) = 524.43. (Is that ~5GB, or is there
> something between MB and GB?) That seems like an aweful
> lot! There are also 12 Hotfixes with no size listed (all
> are denoted SP2). I don't want to delete them, but that
> seems like an unreasonable amount of space to occupy.
> Any friendly advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Remove Hotfix Backup Files for an
automated method of doing this. Note: It does not remove the SP1 backup
files. If you wish to remove these, you will have to do so manually.

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"nevarmihnd" > wrote in message
...
> Hello. I am trying to free up disk space. In the Add or
> Remove Panel I see I have 9 Hotfixes at 58.27MB (4 are
> denoted as SP2) = 524.43. (Is that ~5GB, or is there
> something between MB and GB?) That seems like an aweful
> lot! There are also 12 Hotfixes with no size listed (all
> are denoted SP2). I don't want to delete them, but that
> seems like an unreasonable amount of space to occupy.
> Any friendly advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
>