Small XP

[comp]

I am new here and I am sure this question has been answered before.
After installing XP which files can I take off which I will never use.
Like internet files since I use chrome. Or media files since I use better programs like Blaze.
There must be literally hundreds which one can do without.
Or is windows XP made in such a way that they first check if they all are there before it will work.

 

[Elizabeth23]

I can give you some nlite links as to what they recommend keeping and/or removing with xp, when you slipstream your installation cd, there are many things that are tied together in windows, for example messenger can be disabled, but not removed as there are some files that are used elsewhere.

read the links below and you can get an idea of what to remove:

http://www.nliteos.com/guide/index.html
main, requirements, and 3 parts guide for using nlite

http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/89-nlite/
forums, read all the pinned threads, to see if they apply to you

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/158294-nlite-officialunofficial-faq/
definitely read these faq’s

http://forum.notebookreview.com/mic...-version-windows-xp-nlite-detailed-guide.html

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/663...e-programs/?hl=+reinstall++removed++languages

http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/89-nlite/

 

[comp]

Thanks for all your links.
Since I seem to have to install XP often I am looking to be able to 'cut' out files from the install disk which I anyway am not going to use and therefore install it quicker.

I would like to know if this is likely to work Or will the installation stop if not everything is there.

 

[Elizabeth23]

I have not tried a really "lite" version but if you read some of the threads a lot of people get by just fine with lite versions, if you remove a necessary system file, then you will not be able to install, but nlite also has sections that it will tell you that you should not alter.

nlite is a darn good program and they have done a lot of work in researching what is needed and what is not, for a free program it cannot be beat.

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One other note, if you plan to reinstall often, (read other replies in your other threads), the best thing to do would be to create an image, (acronis true image), this will take an image of your entire drive, and then if something happens on the one drive then you just install the image and go on from there.

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