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    Question for the Vista Gods...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Les, Sep 18, 2007.

  1. Les

    Les Not associated with NotebookReview in any way

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    I am fine tuning my hard drive and am wondering if I can delete the dell driver files.

    They are:

    c:\dell\drivers\all of them.

    I believe they are just there for the initial installation but wanted to be sure as well.

    Likewise, have an installation file for my fingerprint software which is the same... Can I safely delete these???

    Piks below.

    Yes....I know I know...we are always learning here!!!
     

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    Les, Sep 18, 2007
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  2. weeeee

    weeeee Notebook Consultant

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    Yes you can. They are just extracted driver folders that are kept there just in case you delete the downloaded zip drivers, too lazy to put in the driver cd or for whatever other reason.
     
    weeeee, Sep 18, 2007
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  3. Znender

    Znender Notebook Evangelist

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    Like weeeee said, it's okay to delete them, particularly for space conserving reasons.
    What I did was that I backed them up on my external hard drive also. It's so neatly arranged in folders, so why not ? :D
     
    Znender, Sep 18, 2007
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  4. Les

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    Got rid of them...an important deletion when you only have 32Gb to play with in your SSD. I have backups of all drivers anyway.

    Looking for other ways now; I have reduced pagefile to 600/1200 and shut off restore.
     
    Les, Sep 18, 2007
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    i wanted to know this too. thanks
     
    Raven322, Sep 18, 2007
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  6. swarmer

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    Enjoy your reclaimed 20 megabytes (or whatever it is). ;)
     
    swarmer, Sep 19, 2007
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