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Bob
Do you know the syntax for pointing the “SFC SCANNOW” to either c:i386 or D:i386

Tom

I just read the thread on moving the i386 folder – that and getting rid of the wierd “UFO”s mentioned in that thread will help me immensely.

Tom

Thanks I will move My Doc’s to my D partition – which has plenty of space

Tom

Large number in i386, next largest group in Program files/install shield info…,Windows/driver cache/…,Windows software distribution/…, next largest number in Documents and settings/all users/application data/(several programs- Kodak – Intuit.

Tom

Thanks to all – I got rid of a lot of stuff and now have approx 970MB free

om

I agree that I need to clear out some space. I am attempting to do that.

I can’t figure out how I got this much stuff on my system. I have an offline hard drive that I have moved just about everything to.

I have a single PC and do not do any development, do not (to my knowledge) use net meeting, frontpage, etc. Any thoughts on stuff I can cull out of Windows XP would be appreciated.

Thanks

Tom

I think I found the problem – User Error
Pretty sure I have been reading data incorrectly

I attached a word doc showing win explorer, Belarc, and Treesize reports

Not sure how to nterpret the GB / MB differences

Tom

I have been very selective about which program files / folders I mark for compression. Should I just compress all of the program files folder?

Tom

I found the C Drive data on explorer:
It shows C total 108 GB
with 509 MB available

Tom

Yes I have latest Belarc Advisor.
I am running XP with all fixes applied.
When I show C Drive using Windows explorer – I don’t see any indication of sizes. Is there another technique I am missing?

Tom

I have the update installed.

(Edited by HansV to make URL clickable – see Help 19)

I realize there are varied opininons about whether to use a registry optimizer, I use one called registryoptimizer
http://www.registryoptimizer.com/search/De…B11gosearch-aro%5B/url%5D

google registry optimizer

Tom

I got the backup completed after shutting down resident shield, per Hans suggestion.

Thanks everyone

Tom

thank you = I’m stranded by weather and not back home, I will use the suggestions tomorrow (hopefully) when I get back home

Tom

Running CHKDSK now –

I changed send receive to 8 minutes from 5

Thanks

Tom