c:\windows\ size

[JayMan]

Hey all,

I've just been doing some cleaning up on my PC, and noticed my c:\windows\ directory is totally to about 1.4GB!

Just wondernig what all your's are like in comparision.

Considering i install all my apps n files to my d:\ i'm kinda shocked at how big my windows folder is....

JayMan

[Martoch]

I wouldn't worry much, JayMan!



I install most of my apps to my D: drive as well...I've had this system running for about a year and a half now. Maybe I need to do some housecleaning...I was shocked when I ran regcleaner, over 1,000 items left over from old installs.

So what all are you doing to "clean up"?

[Xeroid]

1.32 GB

[JayMan]

Man that sucks... Cuz yeh for some reason my zip program (alzip) continues to use my c:\ as the temp even tho i tell it to use d:\... And currently c:\ don't have enuff free for what i wanna zip! hence the house cleaning...

MIght have to resize my c:\ partition... Actually.. this PC could probably do with a good format & reinstall... to clean up all the junk...

JayMan

[Martoch]

I remember formatting/installing Win98 every 6 months or so just because of how crappy it was...IMO anyway.

Nothing wrong with a good ol' cleansing!


Alzip, eh? Hmmm...never heard of it.

[JayMan]

www.alzip.com can uncompress pretty much any compression format ya could think of, and best of all its 100% free for personal use. No nag screens, just a banner in the top right of the program sayings its the unregistered free version...

Actually i'd like to do a low level format of these drives... But i've got nowhere to backup all my files to (i've got over 20GB of music video clips & mp3's, plus all my other downloads n stuff... thats wayyy too many CD's to burn...)

JayMan

[Bill in SD, CA]

WINNT on one machine is 1.28GB, another it is 1.03GB.

Win98 on another is 1.03GB

Bill

[Martoch]

I hear ya JayMan....I prefer using WinAce, *cough* registered version.

[JayMan]

Hmm.. a mate of mine had troubles will his harddisk & bought a replacement... i wonder if i could trust it to hold onto my data while i low level formatted...

Could be pretty risky...

JayMan

[woodbutcher]

1.61 GB for XP on this computer.

Sounds like a job for a DVD burner.
I would HATE trying to copy that amount of music and other files to a temp HD and then back again. I've had data corruption doing just that.
I finally took a 40 gig drive and used it as a permanent storage device.
Now when I build a new comp it's easy to reinstall using my permanent data drive on/as the slave and just use the windows explorer 'copy' feature.

WB