Windows Xp Related Stuff

[MjG]

Im on Xp Pro SP2,

First of all id like to know what the folder on my C:\ thats appeared is :confused: Its Labeled C:\828405f681d338a23ec6cf And in it is an I386 Folder full of stuff... Can i delete this folder?

Also does anyone know any good free programs that clean old/unused files off your harddrive and registry - im sure theres hundreds of things in there that shouldnt be :(

Oh and does anyone fancy helping me out with ghosting?How do i go about "Ghosting" a drive? Cheers..

Before anyone says... Formating is NOT an option..

Cheers

MjG

[[M]uuhh]

this is your back up of your old settings if you want to uninstall it.

[MjG]

Is it safe to delete it then?

Also anyone else wanna help me out with the other two questions?

Cheers

MjG

[Fireblade]

Although there are other programs available which do a similar job... Norton Ghost (http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/) is the undisputed king.

You'll find an excellent guide t' using it here (http://ghost.radified.com/ghost_1.htm) ;)

As for cleaning unused/old files: Again... there are dozens of programs available which were designed specifically for this job!

Two which you'll pro'ly find useful are HD Cleaner (http://home.tiscali.de/zdata/hdcleaner_e.htm) (FREEware! Reviewed by Major Geeks (http://www.majorgeeks.com/review.php?id=13)) and WINner Tweak SE (http://www.winnertweak.com/) - which performs loadsa functions, including just waht you're looking for... namely a 'Disc Cleaner', a 'Registry Cleaner' + a 'Shortcut Cleaner' ;)

[stdPikachu]

Norton Ghost (http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/) is the undisputed king.

Pfah! Gimme a bootable linux CD and:


dd if=/dev/hda1 | ssh user@hostname "cat > hard_drive.img"

any day :)

[MjG]

cheers people :D

extremely gratefull...