Friday, April 15, 2011

Can I Delete This File?

file NTUSER.DAT
Noooooooo, don't do it! Read explanation here...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070220023440AAPuo2f

folder Local Settings\Application Data
Not recommended unless you don't mind to lose your application settings. Read explanation here...
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080811151910AAA40Ru

folder Drivers\Nic
Yes, no problem but you would probably want to make a backup first. Read explanation here...
http://serverfault.com/questions/7672/safe-to-delete-c-drivers

folder C:\I386
Yes, no problem but you would probably want to make a backup first. Read explanation here...
http://ask-leo.com/can_i_move_or_delete_my_i386_directory_to_free_up_some_space.html

.log files
Quite a lot of differences in opinion regarding this file. Depending on what the .log files are used for, some files can be deleted safely, while the others can cause some difficulty uninstalling applications in the future. Read explanation here...
http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-xp/is-it-ok-to-delete-log-files/163472.html
http://www.softheap.com/wipeouts/delete_windows_log_files.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_5900134_delete-windows-log-files.html
http://forums.techarena.in/windows-server-help/898503.htm
So to be safe, I copied the.log files to other partition (make a backup) before deleting the files.

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