Drivers, IBMTools, IBMWork folders - removal!

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jamess · #1 Post by **jamess** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:03 am

These folders seem to include all the patches, updates and drivers installed on my machine. I am wondering if i can delete the contents of these, since they eat about 3 gb of disk space.

thanks!

ramian · #2 Post by **ramian** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:38 am

You may want to make a backup of them before deleting them as a number of them aren't available from the IBM site.

#3 Post by **carbon_unit** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:15 am

If the IBMWork folder is there, the recovery must have been interrupted. That folder is supposed to get deleted during the cleanup after the recovery. It does appear to have the installers for a lot of the IBM programs though.

henri · #4 Post by **henri** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:17 am

I have also been wondering if Software Installer/Update programs do any cleanup of old drivers. My C:\Drivers folder is 1.1GB and my guess is that there are leftovers of old versions.

#5 Post by **bill bolton** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:36 am

henri wrote:if Software Installer/Update programs do any cleanup of old drivers.

No, they don't.

Cheers,

Bill

Troels · #6 Post by **Troels** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:48 am

Reusing an old thread,

So, IS it safe to delete the C:\DRIVERS folder?

Hotbrick · #7 Post by **Hotbrick** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:23 pm

See this thread:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=32386

Drivers, IBMTools, IBMWork folders - removal!

Drivers, IBMTools, IBMWork folders - removal!

My C:\DRIVERS is 1.1GB

Re: My C:\DRIVERS is 1.1GB

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