Deleting unnesessary files after update

After windows XP SP1 update, my disk became full of different distributives,
uninstallers,logs, hidden folders in C:/windows, and even in logical volume
E:/. How to safely delete all this stuff? Which of these files are important
for the system?
p.s. sorry for the grammar and style, my Russian is much better than my
English...

Hi

If you are sure you don't need to uninstall SP2, you can delete
the %windir%\$NtServicePackUninstall$\ folder.

(%windir% is typically C:\Windows)

Alternatively (for the $NtServicePackUninstall$ folder):

If you make a backup of the folder to e.g. a CD, you can put it
back if you need to uninstall SP2. After restoring the backup,
run %windir%\$NtServicePackUninstall$\spuninst\spunins t.exe
to start the process.


If you see %windir%\$NTUninstall* folders which dates back to your
SP1 installation, you can delete those. They are not removed by the
SP2 installation in case you want/need to go back to SP1 (and then
be able to uninstall the hotfixes in case you need to).

The following folders should be safe to delete:

%windir%\$xpsp1hfm$\
%windir%\$NtUninstallQ<some#>$\
%windir%\$NtUninstallKB<some#>$\


Also, you should clean out this folder now and then (WU5's temporary
download folder):

%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\

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"Shall" wrote:

> After windows XP SP1 update, my disk became full of different distributives,
> uninstallers,logs, hidden folders in C:/windows, and even in logical volume
> E:/. How to safely delete all this stuff? Which of these files are important
> for the system?
> p.s. sorry for the grammar and style, my Russian is much better than my
> English...

P.S. - Your English is fine! :-)

Model-Behavior


"Shall" wrote:

> After windows XP SP1 update, my disk became full of different distributives,
> uninstallers,logs, hidden folders in C:/windows, and even in logical volume
> E:/. How to safely delete all this stuff? Which of these files are important
> for the system?
> p.s. sorry for the grammar and style, my Russian is much better than my
> English...