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02-11-2007, 12:42 PM
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C:\Windows\Install Folder
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Does anyone know if it is safe to delete the install files in C:\Windows\Install. They are taking up about 15Gigs on my laptop hard drive, and I don't know if I really need them in there or not. Also, I tried partition magic to do it, but it didn't work: when I bought my laptop back about two years ago, It came with two partitions. The sixty gig hard drive was split into two approximately 30gig partitions. How can I combine these. If I could do this, I wouldn't have to worry about deleting those install files, since I have nothing on the second partition. I just want to combine the two partitions. Thanks, Dan |
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02-11-2007, 12:48 PM
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backup your data, delete the second partition so its unallocatted space using disc management utility, then resize the C: partition with the unallocated space using partition magic.
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02-11-2007, 10:24 PM
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Did you create C> Windows> Install? Is this programs that you have downloaded and then installed? If so, just move it to your second partition, or delete the files after you back them up on a cd. I don't have a folder called "Install" , the closest I can find is "Installer" and it's not that big, so I'm wondering if this is a download folder you made for yourself?
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02-12-2007, 06:16 AM
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That might be the source for creating restore CD's for the whole laptop. If the laptop didn't come with CD's, this is very likely the case.
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