From: philo@invalid.not   
      
   On 01/16/2011 07:59 AM, dave wrote:   
   > After installing certains software - eg sp3, there are many large   
   > $  files on the boot partition., I think these are there in   
   > case want to uninstall that software. Trouble is they are very large   
   > files. On my PC about 8Gb's worth!   
   >   
   > Is there a problem with just deleting all these $ files? (Apart from   
   > the obvious that I won't be able to un-install stuff?)   
   >   
   > Is it ok to copy them to say a dvd and restore when needed - or are   
   > they reference in the registry some way and to do so would screw that   
   > up?   
   >   
   > These files are in blue text - means they are compressed I think.   
      
      
   The files can be burned to DVD if you wish...   
   they'd only be needed in the unlikely event that you'd have to uninstall   
   an update...but it seems you must be having some other problem. The   
   Windows updates files should not take anywhere near 8 gigs of space   
   I don't think I've even seen a machine where they even take 1 gig   
      
   Are you looking at something else perhaps?   
      
   System Restore is usually the culprit for "unknown" free space   
   "dissapearance"...by default it's set at 12% and may be safely reduced   
   to 3  or   
      
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