.NET - multiple installed versions and "clutter"

[stockhausen]

I appear to have three copies of MS .NET loaded on my laptop:

v2.0 SP2 - 185MB
v3.0 SP2 - 179MB
v3.5 SP1 - 28.21MB​

Is v3.5 SP1 is so (relatively) small because it depends on the presence of v3.0 SP2?

Does anyone know whether I can safely delete MS .NET v2.0 SP2 and save myself some 185MB?

OS is XP SP3.


Many thanks for any informed responses

 

[stockhausen]

I have now found a very comprehensive answer to this question HERE.

Thanks for the help guys