Need to delete files

Under the Windows folder, there are a lot of filenames will astonish blue with the prefix $ and suffix containing uninstall...

These may be safelyremoved as they appear to occupy a lot of hard drive space?

They are not in relative terms - take a lot of space.
 
If you run low space - it's because you're not archiving/backup/or because your hard disk is not enough for your needs.
 
If you are comfortable with the stability of your system, you can remove the
uninstall files for patches that installed Windows XP...
http://www3.TELUS.NET/dandemar/spack.htm
(Especially of interest here - #4)
(Variant: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm )

You can run disk - integrated into Windows XP - cleanup to erase all the but your
last restore point and yet more 'free '... files cleaning

How to use disk cleanup
 http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310312

You can disable hibernation if it is enabled and you do not...

When you Hibernate your computer, Windows saves the content of the system
memory for the hiberfil.sys file. As a result, the size of the hiberfil.sys
file will always be equal to the amount of physical memory in your system. If you
do not use the Hibernate feature and want to reclaim the space that Windows
uses the hiberfil.sys file, perform the following steps:

-Start the Control Panel Power Options applet (go to start, settings,
Control Panel, then click on Power Options).
-Select the Hibernate tab, clear the checkbox 'Activate the hibernation', then
Click OK; Although you might think otherwise, selecting never under the
"Hibernate" option on the power management tab does not delete the
file Hiberfil.sys.
-Windows will remove the "Hibernate" option of the power management
tab and delete the hiberfil.sys file.

You can control the amount of space your system restore can use...

1. Click Start, right click my computer and then click Properties.
2. click on the System Restore tab.
3. Select one of your readers (or C: If you only) and click on
the button "settings".
4 change the percentage of disk space you want to allow...  I suggest you switch
the cursor until you have about 1 GB (1024 MB or close to that...)
5. click on OK. Then click OK again.

You can control the amount of space used may or may not temporary Internet files...

Empty the temporary Internet files and reduce the size, it stores a
size between 64 MB and 128 MB...

-Open a copy of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
-Select TOOLS-> Internet Options.
-On the general tab in the 'Temporary Internet files' section, carry out the
Next:
-Click on 'Delete the Cookies' (click OK)
-Click on "Settings" and change the "amount of disk space to use:" to
something between 64 MB and 128 MB. (It may be much more right
now.)
-Click OK.
-Click on 'Delete files', then select 'delete all offline content '.
(the box), and then click OK. (If you had a LOT, this may take 2-10
minutes or more.)
-Once it's done, click OK, close Internet Explorer, open Internet
Solution Explorer.

You can use an application that scans your system for the log files and
Temporary files and allows to get rid of those:

CCleaner (free!)
 http://www.CCleaner.com/

Other ways to free up space...

JDiskReport
http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/JDiskReport/index.html

SequoiaView


http://www.win.Tue.nl/SequoiaView/

Those who can help you discover visually where all space is used.

You should now perform a full CHKDSK on your system drive (C :)...)

How to scan your disks for errors
 http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/315265
* will take time and a reboot

You should now perform a full defragmentation on your system drive (C :)...)

How to defragment your hard drives
 http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/314848
* will take time

Uninstall applications from any third party firewall (ZoneAlarm, etc.)
and use the built-in firewall of Windows only.

Ultimately – a standard installation of Windows XP with all kinds of extras
will probably not above about 4.5 GB to 9 GB in size.  If you have more space
This (probably on a modern machine do) and most seems to be used-
probably you need to leave your stuff or find a better way to manage
it.

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Martin Stanley
MS - MVP
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