Vista updates are taking too much space

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silasjohn

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Hi,

I regularly install windows vista updates. It is taking too much space. Installing 400MB of updates wiped off 3GB from my C drive. has anybody faced similar issues? Please let me know about the resolution for the same.
 

My Computer

System One

HI,
Try disk clean up and also clear old restore points. I think this will solve your proble
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP 540
    CPU
    Intel® Centrino® Duo processor technology • Intel® Core™2
    Memory
    1024 MB DDR2 667 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14.1 inches diagonal
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    160 GB
Yes

Every time you install 'major' updates windows will first create a new system restore point (if you have it enabled, which you should, and it is by default).

If you find you're low on space just go to System restore window and DISABLE it.
This will completely wipe your HDD clear of ANY system restore points that were previously hogging up space. (these files/folders are hidden and you cant see them but they do diminish available diskspace).

After youve done this you can re-enable it and create a new restore point. That way you won't have 10+ useless restore point hogging up data but just 1, which is more than enough =)
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Me, myself and I
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    Intel Core 2 Duo E 8500
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    Asus P5Q3 DELUXE
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    4x 1GB DDR3
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    Asus GeForce 9800GTX+
    Sound Card
    SoundBlaster X-Fi X-treme gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung Syncmaster 226BW
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    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    1x 250gb SATA
    4x 1TB SATA in RAID5
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    CoolerMaster 650Watt
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    CoolerMaster 690
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    4x 140mm, 3x 120mm, 1x 80mm casefans
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    Razer Lycosa
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    ADSL 12mbit/s
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    My other OS is a Linux =)
Or a better idea if your low on space is to go to My Computer, Right click on your main drive, then click on Properties, then click on Disk Cleanup, Files from all users on this computer, go to the More Options tab, and click Clean up Where it says System Restore and Shadow Copies. This will delete all restore points EXCEPT for the most recent.
 

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System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4 x 2.40 GHZ) G0 1066FSB - 8 MB
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5Q 1600FSB (Intel P45)
    Memory
    Corsair XMS2 8GB PC2-6400 800 MHZ (4 x 2 GB) DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 4870 - 1 GB - 2xDVI/VGA/HDMI (Palit) - Fact OC
    Sound Card
    Onboard 5.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    50" Hitachi Plasma TV
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    1 TB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 32MB
    PSU
    Cooler Master 850W Real Power M Active
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    Antec Nine Hundred Two
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    Thermaltake Blue ORB 2
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    Logitech G11
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    Logitech
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    ADSL
    Other Info
    LG Blu-Ray/DVD Disc Re-Writer & HD DVD-ROM
    Logitech G25
Ayporos said:
Yes

Every time you install 'major' updates windows will first create a new system restore point (if you have it enabled, which you should, and it is by default).

If you find you're low on space just go to System restore window and DISABLE it.
This will completely wipe your HDD clear of ANY system restore points that were previously hogging up space. (these files/folders are hidden and you cant see them but they do diminish available diskspace).

After youve done this you can re-enable it and create a new restore point. That way you won't have 10+ useless restore point hogging up data but just 1, which is more than enough =)
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I do not concur with that strategy. You should always have as many restore points as possible. I reserve 30GBs by default on all my system partitions - that is good for about 30 restore points. And that is only to get me thru the week because I make a complete system image with Norton Ghost on each Sunday. The day your system goes on the blink or you lost some files you will be happy to have a choice of restore points. And by the way, what is the problem. 99% of the time the extra space that the restore points occupy on the disk is not needed anyhow.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs
    1x60GB OCZ SSD
    6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
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