Data collection .xml files.

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  1. stapp

    stapp Global Moderator

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    Could someone tell me please what the data collection files in .xml format are on my computer for, and is it okay to delete them. They are here -

    C/windows/PCHealth/HelpCtr/DataColl.
     
    stapp, Feb 13, 2007
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  2. Jooske

    Jooske Registered Member

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    Hi there,
    Those files have to do with your system history, collected by the WMI. So you can look back from a special date. (hardware, software, etc.)
    Not sure whether it is safe to delete their data inside. I see different advices in various forums about that.
     
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    Thanks for the reply. Yes it is confusing, even reading them is confusing!!

    One of the them other day recorded the fact that I deleted TweakU from my system:blink:

    I ask because I never had many until recently, now I can get a couple or more a day.
     
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