Files and Folders in C:\Windows

[B]

I'm trying to conserve space on a small HD on a laptop, and would like to
know if I can remove the following files and directories.

1) Numerous files and folders in CWINDOWS with various names that have
modified dates going back to the
installation date of XP.


CWINDOWS\$hf_mig$\KB873333

CWINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstallIDNMitigationAPIs$

CWINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB835732$


2) There are numerous files and folders in the
'CWINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\' directory with long
alphanumeric names ( examples are shown below)

CWINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\23e79e5fb28793d8cb1c2055b0d8dcb9

2e85649f259ec770e7f40b35df1f39f9518d56fa (a file with no extension)

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Brad

 

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"B" <brad_roberts@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to conserve space on a small HD on a laptop, and would like to
> know if I can remove the following files and directories.
>
> 1) Numerous files and folders in CWINDOWS with various names that have
> modified dates going back to the
> installation date of XP.
>
>
> CWINDOWS\$hf_mig$\KB873333
>
> CWINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstallIDNMitigationAPIs$
>
> CWINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB835732$
>
>
> 2) There are numerous files and folders in the
> 'CWINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\' directory with long
> alphanumeric names ( examples are shown below)
>
>
> CWINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\23e79e5fb28793d8cb1c2055b0d8dcb9
>
> 2e85649f259ec770e7f40b35df1f39f9518d56fa (a file with no extension)
>
> Any information would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Brad

Conserving space by selectively removing some folders is a band-aid
solution. You will be back where you started in no time at all. Installing a
larger disk would be much more effective and costs surprisingly little.