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Did Upgrade To Win98 Dupe 2GB+ of Files?
LockedSince I upgraded from Win95 to Win98SE a few months back, I noted the space used on my 8.4 GB HD massively expanded from about 2 GB to over 4 GB. While “intriguing” there was no noticeable degradation. Discovered, however, in my C:/Windows 1,129 “new” objects. They are files without any extensions, and they total 2.32 GB! The filenames seem to be near random sequential alphabetic 8 characters in length, beginning with Aaaaagdf, Aaaaabebf, Aaaaabebk … Apbkcean, Baclcofk, Bacmacbb … to a final of Bhdldgdc. Some are “viewable”; some are not. The ones that are look like program coding with occasional spurts of readable text values, such as my browser’s “favorites” file, some color coding commands, etcetera.
What are these 1,129 files of 2.32 GB, and can I safely delte/erase them without damage?
I did not do a full “clean” install of Win98SE, but did the simple Win98SE upgrade from Win95B (that may be a factor?). The only other action I can think of, which may be pertinent, is that shortly after upgrading I did a full backup of my system to ZIP disk using the Win98SE backup utility (would you believe 18 – count ’em – 18 bleedin’ ZIP Disks?!). Is it possible that the backup created some sort of “termporary” backupfiles on my HD during the process but did NOT delete them after backup was completed to the ZIP disks?
The reason I’m quite suspicious of duplication” of Windows files, is that the “used” portion of my 8.4 GB HD almost exactly doubled when I first noted this (from a total used of about 2 GB to 4 GB). Call me suspicious.
Any insights, suggestions of how to proceed, or explanations that will allay my misgivings will be appreciated. Thank you all.