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Re: Technology Advice

DamionKutaeff — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:55:49 -0000

Hello everybody, my name is Damion, and I'm glad to join your conmunity,
and wish to assit as far as possible.

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VM — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:00:50 -0000

Steps to clean your system in a recoverable way -<ol>
<li>Delete all files by moving them to an unused partition. You can use a "Deleted" folder instead of a different partition for the same purpose.
</li><li>Run a file system filter driver (e.g. one used by Process Monitor from SysInternals.com) that copies/restores the file if any application attempts to open it (in at least read mode), so that the Open call does not fail.
</li><li>Use your system aggressively for a week (or a month if you are paranoid) and see which files were never touched/restored.
</li><li>You don't need these file. Clean the partition or "Deleted" folder when you need more space to perform this system tuning task again. Alternately just delete the oldest files from this list.</li></ol>

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Richard Bennett — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:39:51 -0000

If you do a massive file deletion exercise, it's a good idea to defrag your drive afterwards.

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Erik Schmidt — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:37:49 -0000

A couple of weeks ago I did an end-of-the-year cleanup and got rid of a bunch of app files. It took me an hour or so to root through and delete them. Total disc savings was well under 50 megs. Then I spent an equal amount of time sifting through my iTunes library and whacked about a gig and a half of unused stuff. Most users will get more benefit and far less risk of an "oops" event by confining their pruning to the low-hanging fruit.

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mlinksva — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:03:10 -0000

It would be ok if it said .msi rather than .exe.

It's unfortunate developers are still shipping executable installers.

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CodeMonkeySteve — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:40:12 -0000

(circa 1997)
"What's this 'libc.so' thing, it's huge!" *clickity-click* "AGGGH!!!!"

Ah, good times ...