[comp.windows.ms] Free disk space

a752@mindlink.UUCP (Bruce Dunn) (12/27/90)

     Until recently, I was like most PC users and had all the files from my
MSDOS (in my case 3.3) on my hard drive.  I recently have run into space
problems, and took a good look at whether these files were really necessary.
It turns out that the only files that I need to actually run Windows are
command.com and mode.com (the latter because I use a mode command to set up my
printer in my autoexec.bat file).  The various routine disk and file
maintenance procedures are carried out by Windows programs.  Removing the MSDOS
files gave about half a megabyte of extra disk space.  Of course, I have the
relevant files on a floppy if I ever need any of them.
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Bruce Dunn   Vancouver, Canada    a752@mindlink.UUCP