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  1. Sep 5th, 2002, 12:42 PM #1
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    Windows98 minimal configuration

    Hi kids.
    I installed Windows98SE on an embedded PC. Problem is the size: I installed it using a hard disc of 800Megs and know I'm cleaning everything up, because I must use CompactFlash cards from 128Megs to 192Megs.
    Anybody knows which files I can delete without having trouble?
    (except Internet Explorer).
    I already deleted till now: (result: 176Megs instead of 234Megs)
    * help files (.hlp, .chm)
    * netmeeting
    * text files (.txt)
    * .wav, .bmp files
    * java classes directory

    I want more free diskspace...
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  2. Sep 5th, 2002, 02:42 PM #2
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    err...be a damn sight easier to get a larger harddrive if your motherboard supports it

    They cost next to nothing
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  3. Sep 5th, 2002, 10:46 PM #3
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    You can get a 10 gig hard drive for like $30 bucks... or less. Why are you struggling with such a small drive?
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  4. Sep 6th, 2002, 08:00 AM #4
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    It's embedded, remember!

    Problem is the size: I installed it using a hard disc of 800Megs and know I'm cleaning everything up, because I must use CompactFlash cards from 128Megs to 192Megs.
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  6. Sep 7th, 2002, 03:03 AM #5
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    EMBEDDED!
    I really must use compact flash cards, which are mor eexpensive than regular hard drives.
    I have some 20MB free space yet from a CF of 192MB, Windows98SE installed with VB6 & MS Jet 3.5 DLL files
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  7. Sep 7th, 2002, 03:22 PM #6
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    What are you doing with an embedded computer? Maybe if you make the program in C++ you won't need the VB DLL files and you can save a few megs...
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    did you go into Windows Add/REmove and get rid of everything?

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  9. Sep 7th, 2002, 03:51 PM #8
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    Red face

    They are industrial computers, built inside the walls of a house.
    They are all connectected to our RS485 domotics bus and also with TCP/IP ==> impossible to build a complete PC into a wall...
    These computers do have a 800x600 TFT with touchscreen ; the meaning is to manipulate a domotics system with some simple touches onto the screen (using a VB6 application).
    I still need more space...
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  11. Sep 7th, 2002, 08:10 PM #9
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    disk compression

    shoulnd't be too much slower .....
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  12. Sep 8th, 2002, 07:47 AM #10
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    Compression makes the whole thing very slow. It's only a pentium 180MHz.
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