Windows XP: Trim the size of Windows XP / 2k twice

Note: most of the tips described in this article can be executed with the same success not only with Windows XP, but also with Windows 2000 and possibly with all subsequent versions of Windows that will come out in the near future.

It's not a secret that many users want to put Windows XP, but they can not afford it, since after installation and configuration it takes about 1.5 GB even if all additional components are stolen. And for the time of its use, the size of the WINNT folder grows by leaps and bounds, not to mention the fact that even after the reboot the pagefile (pagefile.sys) remains to weigh more than 250 MB, well, if you were playing Doom3 or something as resource-consuming in WinXP Then do not be surprised when the swap will weigh a couple of Gigov;). In general, I think everyone, even with 200 GB of hard drive wants to save 5-6 hundred megabytes. So, let's begin:

ATTENTION: This method does not lead to negative consequences if you do everything exactly as described in this article, but it is strongly recommended to perform these actions only if you installed drivers for all devices on your PC, or you always have an installation disk with WinXP on hand. The author of the article is not responsible for your crooked hands. On my PC, all these actions worked fine, and I am writing this article now in this truncated Win2000.

If all of the above does not scare you, start doing the following:
1) Go to the system settings (Win + Pause) and disable the system recovery (this will save you more than 300 MB!).
2) We go in the folder with the installed Windows XP / 2k and look for the daddy "Driver Cache" - it has several thousand files, the total size is more than 400 MB! - This is a copy of your drivers, as well as drivers for all kinds of devices from all manufacturers! And you will have a copy-scanner of Sanyo or a mouse with a hyper motor? I doubt ... We delete all the contents of the folder "Driver Cache".
3) Go to the "System32" folder (c: / winnt / system32 / by default) and look for "Dllcache". It weighs a bit much - more than 70 MB. And again, no one needs a copy of the system files. Delete all the contents of "Dllcache".

That's all. If you see a message like "Have been deleted system files", press "cancel". In principle, this message should not appear if you turned off "system recovery". Thus, as a result of our actions, we freed more than 600 MB of free space!