Can I delete IE7updates files

[Peabody]

I'm running XP SP3 IE7. I'd like to reduce the size of my C
partition to make imaging faster and easier, and one possible
deletion would be the windows\ie7updates folder contents. It's all
KB stuff, several hundred MB.

If I won't need to uninstall any previous IE7 updates, can I delete
these files? IE seems to work fine, so I think it's very unlikely
I would need to uninstall any of the previous updates.

I guess the same question would apply to the windows\ie7 folder
contents - if that's really IE6 stuff that would be needed for an
IE7 uninstall. The lastest filedate is 9/1/07.

And yes, I know there's IE8 out there. Still thinking about that.

 

[Iceman]

On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:00:09 -0500, Peabody wrote in message
<news:20100825-230009.640.0@news.microsoft.com>:

> I'm running XP SP3 IE7. I'd like to reduce the size of my C
> partition to make imaging faster and easier, and one possible
> deletion would be the windows\ie7updates folder contents. It's all
> KB stuff, several hundred MB.
>
> If I won't need to uninstall any previous IE7 updates, can I delete
> these files? IE seems to work fine, so I think it's very unlikely
> I would need to uninstall any of the previous updates.
>
> I guess the same question would apply to the windows\ie7 folder
> contents - if that's really IE6 stuff that would be needed for an
> IE7 uninstall. The lastest filedate is 9/1/07.
>
> And yes, I know there's IE8 out there. Still thinking about that.

There are some update files that can be safely deleted, and some that can
not. See:

Save Space After Installing Updates
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

If you think you'll ever need to uninstall IE8, leave 'em be.

But you could see this discussion:
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=33827
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Peabody wrote:
> I'm running XP SP3 IE7. I'd like to reduce the size of my C
> partition to make imaging faster and easier, and one possible
> deletion would be the windows\ie7updates folder contents. It's all
> KB stuff, several hundred MB.
>
> If I won't need to uninstall any previous IE7 updates, can I delete
> these files? IE seems to work fine, so I think it's very unlikely
> I would need to uninstall any of the previous updates.
>
> I guess the same question would apply to the windows\ie7 folder
> contents - if that's really IE6 stuff that would be needed for an
> IE7 uninstall. The lastest filedate is 9/1/07.
>
> And yes, I know there's IE8 out there. Still thinking about that.

 

[Bill in Co]

Several hundred KB won't make much difference in backup/restore times, but
several *GB* sure would, however. So, I'd skip it.

Why is it taking so long? I'm running Acronis True Image, and can backup
(a FULL backup - not incrementals/differentials!!) 20 GB in 10 minutes or
so, even on my old 1.6 GHz machine. So that's NOT long! And restore
takes about 25 minutes; big deal.

Peabody wrote:
> I'm running XP SP3 IE7. I'd like to reduce the size of my C
> partition to make imaging faster and easier, and one possible
> deletion would be the windows\ie7updates folder contents. It's all
> KB stuff, several hundred MB.
>
> If I won't need to uninstall any previous IE7 updates, can I delete
> these files? IE seems to work fine, so I think it's very unlikely
> I would need to uninstall any of the previous updates.
>
> I guess the same question would apply to the windows\ie7 folder
> contents - if that's really IE6 stuff that would be needed for an
> IE7 uninstall. The lastest filedate is 9/1/07.
>
> And yes, I know there's IE8 out there. Still thinking about that.

 

[Doum]

I agree with you, I have a double-boot installation of XP Pro 32 bits and
Win7 Home Premium 64 bits and using the "Save and Restore" feature of Win7
it takes about 20 minutes to create an image containing both system drives.

To the OP, reducing the partition size won't reduce the time it takes to
make an image, it's the "used space" that counts.

HTH

"Bill in Co" <surly_curmudgeon@earthlink.net> écrivait
news:NYqdnSGFGqUcTejRnZ2dnUVZ_q-dnZ2d@earthlink.com:

> Several hundred KB won't make much difference in backup/restore times,
but
> several *GB* sure would, however. So, I'd skip it.
>
> Why is it taking so long? I'm running Acronis True Image, and can
backup
> (a FULL backup - not incrementals/differentials!!) 20 GB in 10 minutes or
> so, even on my old 1.6 GHz machine. So that's NOT long! And restore
> takes about 25 minutes; big deal.
>
> Peabody wrote:
>> I'm running XP SP3 IE7. I'd like to reduce the size of my C
>> partition to make imaging faster and easier, and one possible
>> deletion would be the windows\ie7updates folder contents. It's all
>> KB stuff, several hundred MB.
>>
>> If I won't need to uninstall any previous IE7 updates, can I delete
>> these files? IE seems to work fine, so I think it's very unlikely
>> I would need to uninstall any of the previous updates.
>>
>> I guess the same question would apply to the windows\ie7 folder
>> contents - if that's really IE6 stuff that would be needed for an
>> IE7 uninstall. The lastest filedate is 9/1/07.
>>
>> And yes, I know there's IE8 out there. Still thinking about that.
>
>

 

[George Neuner]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:44:11 -0700, Doum <me@domain.net> wrote:

>> Peabody wrote:
>>> I'm running XP SP3 IE7. I'd like to reduce the size of my C
>>> partition to make imaging faster and easier, ...

>I agree with you, I have a double-boot installation of XP Pro 32 bits and
>Win7 Home Premium 64 bits and using the "Save and Restore" feature of Win7
>it takes about 20 minutes to create an image containing both system drives.
>
>To the OP, reducing the partition size won't reduce the time it takes to
>make an image, it's the "used space" that counts.

It's that term "image" that confuses people. In the Unix/Linux and in
the CD/DVD world, "image" means a block level copy of the whole volume
(or in the CD/DVD case, of the written portion).

In the Windows world, many backup programs abuse the term "image" to
mean a directory structured copy of all the files. This leads to
confusion when people are aware of other usages.

George