Vista - SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool

**Brink** · 05-27-2009

How to Use the Vista SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool

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Click here to read the entire tutorial

**Brink** · 09-05-2009

Hello Wii,

This is not the Disk Cleanup in Vista. It is the separate SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool instead.

**sassofalco** · 09-05-2009

Thanks Shawn,

........how simple is that? 1.2GB gained in 30 seconds, flat!!

**Brink** · 09-05-2009

LOL, not bad at all Tony.

**Ruby** · 09-06-2009

Hello Brink,
I was hoping to get some feedback on my post, is it possible that my winsxs folder's properties is calculating it's size based on some uncompressed data in archives, there seems to be a significant difference ~1.2GB.

**Brink** · 09-06-2009

Hello Ruby,

Sorry about that. This is a perfectly normal amount of space to be recovered. When the SP1 and SP2 is installed, they create backups in case you want to uninstall them later. Using this SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool removes these backups to recover the space since you would not likely uninstall them afterwards anyway.

**Ruby** · 09-06-2009

Hi Brink,

I think you meant to say a normal amount of space, anyway I understand what the tool does, I should have been a little more specific, there seems to be more space recovered ~2.3GB in my winsxs folder compared to my drive ~1.2. You would think that it should be the other way around.

**Brink** · 09-06-2009

Oh, DOH!

I'm not exactly sure why it would be like that either unless the data was compressed as you thought as well in the winsxs folder.

**Ruby** · 09-06-2009

O.K. It seems with Windows there's always something. The reason I posted my findings in the first place was because of the amount of space people were reporting. My initial reason for the snapshot of the winsxs properties dialog was to see how many files/folders were actually being deleted. So I guess it's safe to assume that I recovered 1.2GB. Anyway I'm off to do a little research on this matter as my curiosity has now peaked.

**Ruby** · 09-06-2009

Hi Brink,

I'm back from my brief research which landed me here. I believe it is beyond the scope of your tutorial, but thought you might be interested in my findings. From this I believe it is safe to assume that what the drive properties dialog reports is the correct space recovered. Am I correct?

**Brink** · 09-06-2009

Yes, I would always trust the drive properties over anything else. Hidden files or subfolders can affect a folder's size by not being included in it until they are unhidden.

Thank you for posting back with this.

05-27-2009
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,108 posts	SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool How to Use the Vista SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool ... Click here to read the entire tutorial
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09-05-2009
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,108 posts	Re: SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool Hello Wii, This is not the Disk Cleanup in Vista. It is the separate SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool instead.
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09-05-2009
sassofalco Vista Home Premium 32bit [x86] - SP2 834 posts	Re: SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool Thanks Shawn, ........how simple is that? 1.2GB gained in 30 seconds, flat!!
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09-05-2009
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,108 posts	Re: SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool LOL, not bad at all Tony.
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09-06-2009
Ruby Vista Home Premium SP2 32bit 10 posts	Re: SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool Hello Brink, I was hoping to get some feedback on my post, is it possible that my winsxs folder's properties is calculating it's size based on some uncompressed data in archives, there seems to be a significant difference ~1.2GB.
My System Specs

09-06-2009
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,108 posts	Re: SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool Hello Ruby, Sorry about that. This is a perfectly normal amount of space to be recovered. When the SP1 and SP2 is installed, they create backups in case you want to uninstall them later. Using this SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool removes these backups to recover the space since you would not likely uninstall them afterwards anyway.
My System Specs

09-06-2009
Ruby Vista Home Premium SP2 32bit 10 posts	Re: SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool Hi Brink, I think you meant to say a normal amount of space, anyway I understand what the tool does, I should have been a little more specific, there seems to be more space recovered ~2.3GB in my winsxs folder compared to my drive ~1.2. You would think that it should be the other way around.
My System Specs

09-06-2009
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,108 posts	Re: SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool Oh, DOH! I'm not exactly sure why it would be like that either unless the data was compressed as you thought as well in the winsxs folder.
My System Specs

09-06-2009
Ruby Vista Home Premium SP2 32bit 10 posts	Re: SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool O.K. It seems with Windows there's always something. The reason I posted my findings in the first place was because of the amount of space people were reporting. My initial reason for the snapshot of the winsxs properties dialog was to see how many files/folders were actually being deleted. So I guess it's safe to assume that I recovered 1.2GB. Anyway I'm off to do a little research on this matter as my curiosity has now peaked.
My System Specs

09-06-2009
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,108 posts	Re: SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool Yes, I would always trust the drive properties over anything else. Hidden files or subfolders can affect a folder's size by not being included in it until they are unhidden. Thank you for posting back with this.
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