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Delete disabled Drivers

Hi,
i have a question!
How can i delete disabled SCSI and Disk drivers, which are on my Windows XP Computer but not needed (i think so)!
They're marked as disabled. Those drivers seems not to be listed in the device manager, even not if i show the hidden devices!
I cant find those drivers in the filesystem to delete the .sys file!

Here are a few exambles:
- abp480n5 (SCSI miniport)
- asc (SCSI miniport)
- hpn (SCSI miniport)
- Sparrow (SCSI miniport)
- ...

imitchie

.sys files are hidden. have you enabled, when searching, the "hidden files and folder" option? even then, some folders may be skipped. i would advise keeping them though, since they are less than all of 1-5MB all up...

Dozer42

Agreed, unless they're causing serious problems for other applications it might be better just to leave them be. =)

merowinger

ASKER

first thanks for your answers....

Addon: Search option set "search hidden files & folder"

2 Things:
- Are those drivers important? They are disabled and stopped?!?
- If i delete the Reg Key hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\%drivername% ... they seems to be deleted...is this so?

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merowinger

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So u wouldn't delete those drivers?

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