Newsgroup: it.aiuto
Titolo: Siamo sicuri che posso eliminarli?

A questo indirizzo: 
http://web.tiscalinet.it/andyewp/T&T_inutili.htm
 sta
scritto che per liberare spazio devo eliminare i file sotto riportati, ma a
che servono di preciso? Non è che eliminandoli comprometto il mio sistema?
Grazie.
.bak,
.tmp,
.old,
.chk,
.prv,
.---,
.~*,
.fts,
.ftg,
.gid,
.??$.
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che servono di preciso? Non è che eliminandoli comprometto il mio sistema?
sono per la maggiorparte files di backup (.bak, .old)
per dire, quando un programma fa qualche operazione su autoexec, ti
rinomina quello vecchio in .old o .bak, cosi` se non funziona qualcosa
sai come tornare indietro.
i files .~* mi pare di averli visti nelle installazioni, sono
compressi (.~zi e` un .zip compresso)
chk dovrebbero essrere dei log di scandisk
e i fts mi sa che sono gli indici persionalizzati degli help
come vedi, tutta roba tranquilla (e poi, The Elf non e` mica l`ultimo
arrivato... :-) )
se hai altri dubbi, 
www.whatis.com
 e verifichi che files sono. 
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Ciao!
        Gian Matteo

 >che servono di preciso? Non č che eliminandoli comprometto il mio


On 16 Dec 2000 15:24:55 +0100, 
pasqu...@hotmail.com
 ("3210man")
wrote:

	Ciao
Dal programma Mechanic, riporto parte dell'help in cui spiega
cosa significano le varie estensioni dei file, per capire se
si possono eliminare.
Scusate la lunghezza, ma penso sia una informazione che puo
interessare. !!!
	Ciao Giorgio
*.~*, ~*.*, *.??~, *.---, *.tmp, *._mp, *._mp
These file types are all indicative of standard Windows temporary
files.  These are the files that are created by applications when they
are running, and are supposed to be removed when they close.  Most of
the time, these types of files are used as virtual memory undo
information.
*.old, *.bak, *.syd
These files are indicative of backup copies automatically created by
installation programs that needed to modify an existing configuration
/ system file, such as autoexec.bat or config.sys.  These files are
usually initially created to allow you a way to “roll-back” to your
original settings should the new configuration cause problems.  If
your system is running ok, there is no reason to keep these files.
*.chk
When you use ScanDisk and it finds errors or lost clusters on your
hard drive, you have the option to save this information as a raw file
with a .chk extension.  These files are only necessary if you have
lost some type of information and are attempting to find or extract it
from your hard drive (a very difficult and expensive process).  If
your system is currently running ok, there is no reason to keep these
files if they exist.
*.gid
When you open a Windows help file and select the tab labeled “Search”,
the help system builds a search index with the extension of .gid.
These files usually consume a great deal of space and can also be
automatically re-generated if you ever need to search within the help
file again, so there is little reason to keep them resident on your
system if you attempting to conserve drive space.
mscreate.dir
"mscreate.dir" files are temporarily created in many "common"
application folders for indexing purposes.  Sometimes these files are
left behind and become obsolete when you uninstall or manually remove
various files from your system.  When these "mscreate.dir" files are
created, they are marked as "read-only" (a file that is "read-only" is
meant to be accessed and read from, but not moved or deleted).
Although these files are marked as "read-only", they may safely be
removed from your system if desired, as they are dynamically
re-created when and if an application needs to access them again for
indexing purposes.
0???????.nch
When you access newsgroups on the Internet using programs such as
Microsoft’s Outlook Express™ much of the information is downloaded
locally to your hard drive and stored as “cache” in a file with the
extension .nch, enumerated using a set of 9 numbers.  Since Internet
newsgroup information is most often extremely extensive,  this
information, when saved to a file, can add up to tens, if not
hundreds, of megabytes of disk space over time.  Because Internet
newsgroup information is also constantly changing and these files are
readily available again for downloading when necessary, it may be a
good idea to remove them periodically when drive space conservation is
a priority.
How do I know that the files I scan for are safe to remove?
Although we strongly recommend a full system backup before performing
any removal operation on your system, you can be fairly certain that
the files that this tool finds are completely safe to remove.  We have
spent years researching the subject of temporary files and obsolete
data stored by Windows operating systems and have compiled a list of
very reliable file types that may be assumed to be “junk or obsolete”.
The files that this tool looks for are by their very nature intended
to be removed anyway, yet for some reason were not.  There are various
options available as well to ensure that the files found are not being
used or have been used recently by any applications.
                                If you select the tab labeled "Files
to Find" you will see a listing of various default file-types that we
have selected as safe candidates for removal.  The file extension is
contained in the first column and the description of the file type is
specified in the second column.  The default file-types are explained
below:
*.~*, ~*.*, *.??~, *.---, *.tmp, *._mp, *._mp
These file types are all indicative of standard Windows temporary
files.  These are the files that are created by applications when they
are running, and are supposed to be removed when they close.  Most of
the time, these types of files are used as virtual memory undo
information.
*.old, *.bak, *.syd
These files are indicative of backup copies automatically created by
installation programs that needed to modify an existing configuration
/ system file, such as autoexec.bat or config.sys.  These files are
usually initially created to allow you a way to "roll-back" to your
original settings should the new configuration cause problems.  If
your system is running ok, there is no reason to keep these files.
*.chk
When you use ScanDisk and it finds errors or lost clusters on your
hard drive, you have the option to save this information as a raw file
with a .chk extension.  These files are only necessary if you have
lost some type of information and are attempting to find or extract it
from your hard drive (a very difficult and expensive process).  If
your system is currently running ok, there is no reason to keep these
files if they exist.
*.gid
When you open a Windows help file and select the tab labeled "Search",
the help system builds a search index with the extension of .gid.
These files usually consume a great deal of space and can also be
automatically re-generated if you ever need to search within the help
file again, so there is little reason to keep them resident on your
system if you attempting to conserve drive space.
mscreate.dir
"mscreate.dir" files are temporarily created in many "common"
application folders for indexing purposes.  Sometimes these files are
left behind and become obsolete when you uninstall or manually remove
various files from your system.  When these "mscreate.dir" files are
created, they are marked as "read-only" (a file that is "read-only" is
meant to be accessed and read from, but not moved or deleted).
Although these files are marked as "read-only", they may safely be
removed from your system if desired, as they are dynamically
re-created when and if an application needs to access them again for
indexing purposes.
0???????.nch
When you access newsgroups on the Internet using programs such as
Microsoft's Outlook Express™ much of the information is downloaded
locally to your hard drive and stored as "cache" in a file with the
extension .nch, enumerated using a set of 9 numbers.  Since Internet
newsgroup information is most often extremely extensive,  this
information, when saved to a file, can add up to tens, if not
hundreds, of megabytes of disk space over time.  Because Internet
newsgroup information is also constantly changing and these files are
readily available again for downloading when necessary, it may be a
good idea to remove them periodically when drive space conservation is
a priority.
How do I know that the files I scan for are safe to remove?
Although we strongly recommend a full system backup before performing
any removal operation on your system, you can be fairly certain that
the files that this tool finds are completely safe to remove.  We have
spent years researching the subject of temporary files and obsolete
data stored by Windows operating systems and have compiled a list of
very reliable file types that may be assumed to be "junk or obsolete".
The files that this tool looks for are by their very nature intended
to be removed anyway, yet for some reason were not.  There are various
options available as well to ensure that the files found are not being
used or have been used recently by any applications.