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Dear All,
Can somebody tell me how I can remove tools in windows you never (or almost never) use? I need more space on my hard disk. thanks in advance -- best regards, Theo Grimmelikhuijsen |
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On 07 Aug 2010, "Theo Grimmelikhuijsen" wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: Can somebody tell me how I can remove tools in windows you never (or almost never) use? I need more space on my hard disk. What kind of "tools" are you talking about? It could be different for each one. If you're talking about Window's various utilities, removing them is not likely to gain you much disk space. The answer is probably 'Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs", but you haven't told us enough to do more than make a wild-ass guess. You should really consider providing complete details when you ask a question. You shouldn't make the people who are trying to help you beg for information you should have provided in the first place. |
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On 07 Aug 2010, "Theo Grimmelikhuijsen" wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: Can somebody tell me how I can remove tools in windows you never (or almost never) use? I need more space on my hard disk. What kind of "tools" are you talking about? It could be different for each one. If you're talking about Window's various utilities, removing them is not likely to gain you much disk space. The answer is probably 'Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs", but you haven't told us enough to do more than make a wild-ass guess. You should really consider providing complete details when you ask a question. You shouldn't make the people who are trying to help you beg for information you should have provided in the first place. |
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if you are trying to modify
the operating system by removing its embedded tools, it is not possible. if you are running short on disk space, it will be futile and the what little free space you can gain will last for a very short time. however one way to free disk space is to clean out the temporary files. another method you can also use is simply remove unwanted programs. it is highly likely when you initially installed the o.s. you had lots of disk space to use. so it is not the o.s.'s fault if you had run out of disk space. incidentally how large is your hard drive and how much ram/memory do you have installed? -- -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º DatabaseBen, Retired Professional ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This NNTP newsgroup is evolving to: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx "Theo Grimmelikhuijsen" wrote in message ... Dear All, Can somebody tell me how I can remove tools in windows you never (or almost never) use? I need more space on my hard disk. thanks in advance -- best regards, Theo Grimmelikhuijsen |
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if you are trying to modify
the operating system by removing its embedded tools, it is not possible. if you are running short on disk space, it will be futile and the what little free space you can gain will last for a very short time. however one way to free disk space is to clean out the temporary files. another method you can also use is simply remove unwanted programs. it is highly likely when you initially installed the o.s. you had lots of disk space to use. so it is not the o.s.'s fault if you had run out of disk space. incidentally how large is your hard drive and how much ram/memory do you have installed? -- -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º DatabaseBen, Retired Professional ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This NNTP newsgroup is evolving to: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx "Theo Grimmelikhuijsen" wrote in message ... Dear All, Can somebody tell me how I can remove tools in windows you never (or almost never) use? I need more space on my hard disk. thanks in advance -- best regards, Theo Grimmelikhuijsen |
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You won't be able to create very much space. You'll be much better off
buying a larger HD. They are very much lower in price than they use to be. "Theo Grimmelikhuijsen" wrote in message ... Dear All, Can somebody tell me how I can remove tools in windows you never (or almost never) use? I need more space on my hard disk. thanks in advance -- best regards, Theo Grimmelikhuijsen |
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You won't be able to create very much space. You'll be much better off
buying a larger HD. They are very much lower in price than they use to be. "Theo Grimmelikhuijsen" wrote in message ... Dear All, Can somebody tell me how I can remove tools in windows you never (or almost never) use? I need more space on my hard disk. thanks in advance -- best regards, Theo Grimmelikhuijsen |
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On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 19:39:29 +0200, "Theo Grimmelikhuijsen"
wrote: Can somebody tell me how I can remove tools in windows you never (or almost never) use? I need more space on my hard disk. There are various things you can do that will save some disk space. But the amount of disk space saved will only be a few pennies worth. If that amount is significant to you, all these things would be no more than a stopgap measure, and the only real solution to your problem is buying a larger drive. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 19:39:29 +0200, "Theo Grimmelikhuijsen"
wrote: Can somebody tell me how I can remove tools in windows you never (or almost never) use? I need more space on my hard disk. There are various things you can do that will save some disk space. But the amount of disk space saved will only be a few pennies worth. If that amount is significant to you, all these things would be no more than a stopgap measure, and the only real solution to your problem is buying a larger drive. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Thank you all.
But I have a mini-laptop, hard disk only 12 gb, split up in two partitions, C: 4 gb and D: 8 gb. Windows and some necessary files are on the C-drive Starting up the systems says there is not enough space on C, and is very very slow, that is the reason of my question I removed many files, or I tried to move them to D, but then it is not possible, because these programs are needed for Windows. I tried with a partition manger to change the size of c and D, but that was not possible I think I format the complete PC and reinstall without partitions. Theo "Nil" schreef in bericht ... On 07 Aug 2010, "Theo Grimmelikhuijsen" wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: Can somebody tell me how I can remove tools in windows you never (or almost never) use? I need more space on my hard disk. What kind of "tools" are you talking about? It could be different for each one. If you're talking about Window's various utilities, removing them is not likely to gain you much disk space. The answer is probably 'Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs", but you haven't told us enough to do more than make a wild-ass guess. You should really consider providing complete details when you ask a question. You shouldn't make the people who are trying to help you beg for information you should have provided in the first place. |
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Thank you all.
But I have a mini-laptop, hard disk only 12 gb, split up in two partitions, C: 4 gb and D: 8 gb. Windows and some necessary files are on the C-drive Starting up the systems says there is not enough space on C, and is very very slow, that is the reason of my question I removed many files, or I tried to move them to D, but then it is not possible, because these programs are needed for Windows. I tried with a partition manger to change the size of c and D, but that was not possible I think I format the complete PC and reinstall without partitions. Theo "Nil" schreef in bericht ... On 07 Aug 2010, "Theo Grimmelikhuijsen" wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: Can somebody tell me how I can remove tools in windows you never (or almost never) use? I need more space on my hard disk. What kind of "tools" are you talking about? It could be different for each one. If you're talking about Window's various utilities, removing them is not likely to gain you much disk space. The answer is probably 'Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs", but you haven't told us enough to do more than make a wild-ass guess. You should really consider providing complete details when you ask a question. You shouldn't make the people who are trying to help you beg for information you should have provided in the first place. |
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In "Theo
Grimmelikhuijsen" wrote: But I have a mini-laptop, hard disk only 12 gb, split up in two partitions, C: 4 gb and D: 8 gb. Windows and some necessary files are on the C-drive Starting up the systems says there is not enough space on C, and is very very slow, that is the reason of my question If your paging file is on your C: partition, consider moving it to your D: partition, making sure that it's not configured to a fixed size that's too large. Right-click "My Computer", select "Properties", click the "Advanced" tab, click the "Settings" button in the "Performance" area, select the "Advanced" tab in the "Performance Options" dialog, then click the "Change" button in the "Virtual memory" area. If you choose to change the settings, consider changing the C drive setting to "No paging file", and in the D drive setting, select "System managed size." -- Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN |
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In "Theo
Grimmelikhuijsen" wrote: But I have a mini-laptop, hard disk only 12 gb, split up in two partitions, C: 4 gb and D: 8 gb. Windows and some necessary files are on the C-drive Starting up the systems says there is not enough space on C, and is very very slow, that is the reason of my question If your paging file is on your C: partition, consider moving it to your D: partition, making sure that it's not configured to a fixed size that's too large. Right-click "My Computer", select "Properties", click the "Advanced" tab, click the "Settings" button in the "Performance" area, select the "Advanced" tab in the "Performance Options" dialog, then click the "Change" button in the "Virtual memory" area. If you choose to change the settings, consider changing the C drive setting to "No paging file", and in the D drive setting, select "System managed size." -- Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN |
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Theo Grimmelikhuijsen wrote:
Can somebody tell me how I can remove tools in windows you never (or almost never) use? I need more space on my hard disk. Removing software is rarely the good choice to get more disk space - unless, of course, they consume gigabytes of space. That isn't typical (yet) and its the huge sized data files that you have to get off the hard drive and onto removable media (floppy, CD, DVD, USB flash stick, external USB hard drive). So what is the total number of bytes consumed by the programs that you want to remove (which you never identified)? How much, in bytes, are you storing on your internal hard drive for just data files? |
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Theo Grimmelikhuijsen wrote:
Can somebody tell me how I can remove tools in windows you never (or almost never) use? I need more space on my hard disk. Removing software is rarely the good choice to get more disk space - unless, of course, they consume gigabytes of space. That isn't typical (yet) and its the huge sized data files that you have to get off the hard drive and onto removable media (floppy, CD, DVD, USB flash stick, external USB hard drive). So what is the total number of bytes consumed by the programs that you want to remove (which you never identified)? How much, in bytes, are you storing on your internal hard drive for just data files? |
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