Update aborted due to lack of disk space, can't get back to where I was before

[Eden]

I had about 250MB free when I ran the Windows XP Service
Pack 1 (Express) update.

The install quit because it ran out of space. My problem
now is that I can't get that space back. I'm stuck at
25MB free.

I'm fogetting about the update for now and will clear
some space later. But I need to get back to where I was.
Any suggestions as to where I can go to delete whatever
was put on my drive?

I tried Disk Cleanup but can't find that 225MB of stuff
the Service Pack put on the system.

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Eden;
Look in Add/Remove Programs for "Service Pack 1" uninstall if it is
there.
Look for "C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles" Delete it.

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"Eden" > wrote in message
...
> I had about 250MB free when I ran the Windows XP Service
> Pack 1 (Express) update.
>
> The install quit because it ran out of space. My problem
> now is that I can't get that space back. I'm stuck at
> 25MB free.
>
> I'm fogetting about the update for now and will clear
> some space later. But I need to get back to where I was.
> Any suggestions as to where I can go to delete whatever
> was put on my drive?
>
> I tried Disk Cleanup but can't find that 225MB of stuff
> the Service Pack put on the system.

[Eden]

Thanks for the response Jupiter,

Sorry, I wasn't clear on this. When I ran Disk Cleanup
and it was unable to retrieve enough space it sent me to
Add/Remove Programs. I don't see anything pertaining
to "Service Pack" in the list.

The closest thing is Service Connection with no size
shown.

At your suggestion I checked in the Windows folder but
there isn't a ServicePackFiles folder (or something
similar) in it that I can see. I also did a search for
the folder and turned up nothing.

Since the install was unable to finish could this be in a
temp folder somewhere? I've looked in the ones I know of
but have found nothing.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

>-----Original Message-----
>Eden;
>Look in Add/Remove Programs for "Service Pack 1"
uninstall if it is
>there.
>Look for "C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles" Delete it.
>
>--
>Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
etup.asp
>Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
>
>
>"Eden" > wrote in message
...
>> I had about 250MB free when I ran the Windows XP
Service
>> Pack 1 (Express) update.
>>
>> The install quit because it ran out of space. My
problem
>> now is that I can't get that space back. I'm stuck at
>> 25MB free.
>>
>> I'm fogetting about the update for now and will clear
>> some space later. But I need to get back to where I
was.
>> Any suggestions as to where I can go to delete whatever
>> was put on my drive?
>>
>> I tried Disk Cleanup but can't find that 225MB of stuff
>> the Service Pack put on the system.
>
>
>.
>

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Eden;
Reboot the computer.
Search for and delete all "*.tmp"
Also search for "Temp"
Delete the contents of all "Temp" folders (make sure they are "Temp",
not "Temporary" etc.)
Then try Disk Clean-up.

You should consider another hard drive.
If space is this close, this is the beginning of your problems (or
maybe the cause of other problems you may have)


--
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"Eden" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks for the response Jupiter,
>
> Sorry, I wasn't clear on this. When I ran Disk Cleanup
> and it was unable to retrieve enough space it sent me to
> Add/Remove Programs. I don't see anything pertaining
> to "Service Pack" in the list.
>
> The closest thing is Service Connection with no size
> shown.
>
> At your suggestion I checked in the Windows folder but
> there isn't a ServicePackFiles folder (or something
> similar) in it that I can see. I also did a search for
> the folder and turned up nothing.
>
> Since the install was unable to finish could this be in a
> temp folder somewhere? I've looked in the ones I know of
> but have found nothing.
>
> Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Eden;
> >Look in Add/Remove Programs for "Service Pack 1"
> uninstall if it is
> >there.
> >Look for "C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles" Delete it.
> >
> >--
> >Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> >An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
> etup.asp
> >Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
> >
> >
> >"Eden" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I had about 250MB free when I ran the Windows XP
> Service
> >> Pack 1 (Express) update.
> >>
> >> The install quit because it ran out of space. My
> problem
> >> now is that I can't get that space back. I'm stuck at
> >> 25MB free.
> >>
> >> I'm fogetting about the update for now and will clear
> >> some space later. But I need to get back to where I
> was.
> >> Any suggestions as to where I can go to delete whatever
> >> was put on my drive?
> >>
> >> I tried Disk Cleanup but can't find that 225MB of stuff
> >> the Service Pack put on the system.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Eden]

Thanks, I think I've found at least part of what I was
looking for. There is a folder called "LastGood.Tmp" that
is 151MB in size. It was created around the time I
attempted the update. I'll keep looking to see if there
is more stuff in other folders/files.

I'm assuming it's ok do delete not only *.tmp files but
folders with .tmp endings as well. Is this correct?

Thanks again Jupiter.

>-----Original Message-----
>Eden;
>Reboot the computer.
>Search for and delete all "*.tmp"
>Also search for "Temp"
>Delete the contents of all "Temp" folders (make sure
they are "Temp",
>not "Temporary" etc.)
>Then try Disk Clean-up.
>
>You should consider another hard drive.
>If space is this close, this is the beginning of your
problems (or
>maybe the cause of other problems you may have)
>
>
>--
>Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
etup.asp
>Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
>
>
>"Eden" > wrote in message
...
>> Thanks for the response Jupiter,
>>
>> Sorry, I wasn't clear on this. When I ran Disk Cleanup
>> and it was unable to retrieve enough space it sent me
to
>> Add/Remove Programs. I don't see anything pertaining
>> to "Service Pack" in the list.
>>
>> The closest thing is Service Connection with no size
>> shown.
>>
>> At your suggestion I checked in the Windows folder but
>> there isn't a ServicePackFiles folder (or something
>> similar) in it that I can see. I also did a search for
>> the folder and turned up nothing.
>>
>> Since the install was unable to finish could this be
in a
>> temp folder somewhere? I've looked in the ones I know
of
>> but have found nothing.
>>
>> Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Eden;
>> >Look in Add/Remove Programs for "Service Pack 1"
>> uninstall if it is
>> >there.
>> >Look for "C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles" Delete it.
>> >
>> >--
>> >Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>> >An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
>>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
>> etup.asp
>> >Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's
benefit.
>> >
>> >
>> >"Eden" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> I had about 250MB free when I ran the Windows XP
>> Service
>> >> Pack 1 (Express) update.
>> >>
>> >> The install quit because it ran out of space. My
>> problem
>> >> now is that I can't get that space back. I'm stuck
at
>> >> 25MB free.
>> >>
>> >> I'm fogetting about the update for now and will
clear
>> >> some space later. But I need to get back to where I
>> was.
>> >> Any suggestions as to where I can go to delete
whatever
>> >> was put on my drive?
>> >>
>> >> I tried Disk Cleanup but can't find that 225MB of
stuff
>> >> the Service Pack put on the system.
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Eden;
Yes you can safely delete all that end in tmp, that is what is meant
by "*.tmp"
Last good is a folder used for the "Last known good configuration",
accessed by tapping F8 during boot.
The file will come back if it is deleted and is not related to your
issue.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"Eden" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks, I think I've found at least part of what I was
> looking for. There is a folder called "LastGood.Tmp" that
> is 151MB in size. It was created around the time I
> attempted the update. I'll keep looking to see if there
> is more stuff in other folders/files.
>
> I'm assuming it's ok do delete not only *.tmp files but
> folders with .tmp endings as well. Is this correct?
>
> Thanks again Jupiter.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Eden;
> >Reboot the computer.
> >Search for and delete all "*.tmp"
> >Also search for "Temp"
> >Delete the contents of all "Temp" folders (make sure
> they are "Temp",
> >not "Temporary" etc.)
> >Then try Disk Clean-up.
> >
> >You should consider another hard drive.
> >If space is this close, this is the beginning of your
> problems (or
> >maybe the cause of other problems you may have)
> >
> >
> >--
> >Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> >An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
> etup.asp
> >Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
> >
> >
> >"Eden" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Thanks for the response Jupiter,
> >>
> >> Sorry, I wasn't clear on this. When I ran Disk Cleanup
> >> and it was unable to retrieve enough space it sent me
> to
> >> Add/Remove Programs. I don't see anything pertaining
> >> to "Service Pack" in the list.
> >>
> >> The closest thing is Service Connection with no size
> >> shown.
> >>
> >> At your suggestion I checked in the Windows folder but
> >> there isn't a ServicePackFiles folder (or something
> >> similar) in it that I can see. I also did a search for
> >> the folder and turned up nothing.
> >>
> >> Since the install was unable to finish could this be
> in a
> >> temp folder somewhere? I've looked in the ones I know
> of
> >> but have found nothing.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Eden;
> >> >Look in Add/Remove Programs for "Service Pack 1"
> >> uninstall if it is
> >> >there.
> >> >Look for "C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles" Delete it.
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> >> >An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> >>
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
> >> etup.asp
> >> >Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's
> benefit.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >"Eden" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> >> I had about 250MB free when I ran the Windows XP
> >> Service
> >> >> Pack 1 (Express) update.
> >> >>
> >> >> The install quit because it ran out of space. My
> >> problem
> >> >> now is that I can't get that space back. I'm stuck
> at
> >> >> 25MB free.
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm fogetting about the update for now and will
> clear
> >> >> some space later. But I need to get back to where I
> >> was.
> >> >> Any suggestions as to where I can go to delete
> whatever
> >> >> was put on my drive?
> >> >>
> >> >> I tried Disk Cleanup but can't find that 225MB of
> stuff
> >> >> the Service Pack put on the system.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >