'Back Up' files......

tourerfogey · 29th April 2008, 12:34

As I seem to have about 17 Trillion of these of my hard drive, as they are only 'back up' files, can they be safely deleted? If not, why not?

Ta

TF

JohnDotCom · 29th April 2008, 12:39

Most programs can have the Auto Backup facility disabled Coreldraw a perfect example with the size of a lot of the things you are likely to do on there.
If the Back Ups are "program" rather than operating system then you should be fine to delete.
Ensure that you have got either the Original file/Photo/Drawing etc before deleting.
If it is in Windows Dir. or System. Dir best to leave those alone.

MGOracle · 29th April 2008, 12:45

Also, within XP, show hidden files and you can delete all the crud taken up by windows update installs. This can sometimes run into 1-2Gb of space on some machines!

They are recognised by $uninstall in blue writing. Dont delete the first one though $nft (in black writing) as this is used by WU.

Location C:\Windows

Also in there, delete all entries from the prefetch folder. This will refresh with your most recently used programs but often gets clogged and slows things down.

tourerfogey · 29th April 2008, 13:41

Thank you gentlemen

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JohnDotCom * Rover 75 FaceLift Tourer CDTi 170BHP Auto ConnSE 2005 Model Starlight Silver Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Abergele Posts: 28,735 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Most programs can have the Auto Backup facility disabled Coreldraw a perfect example with the size of a lot of the things you are likely to do on there. If the Back Ups are "program" rather than operating system then you should be fine to delete. Ensure that you have got either the Original file/Photo/Drawing etc before deleting. If it is in Windows Dir. or System. Dir best to leave those alone.

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MGOracle Banned MG ZT CDTi 135+ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cardiff Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts	Also, within XP, show hidden files and you can delete all the crud taken up by windows update installs. This can sometimes run into 1-2Gb of space on some machines! They are recognised by $uninstall in blue writing. Dont delete the first one though $nft (in black writing) as this is used by WU. Location C:\Windows Also in there, delete all entries from the prefetch folder. This will refresh with your most recently used programs but often gets clogged and slows things down.

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