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Do Window 7 Updates Eat System Drive ?
Under XP I had to periodically clean out the backup folders generated by
each system update or, eventually, the System drive would run out of space. Is there an analogous process happening under 7? Where I'm going is that I *used* to have 30+ gigs available on my System drive and now I am down to 7.... Spent some time with WinDirStat, but cannot pin down any user-generated offenders. I *did* add 8 gigs of memory awhile back and PageFile.sys has grown accordingly.... but that still leaves 15 gigs unaccounted for. It is starting to seem like I should not have chinced out on the 100-gig SDD size.... -) -- Pete Cresswell |
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Do Window 7 Updates Eat System Drive ?
On 9/28/2015 11:16 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Under XP I had to periodically clean out the backup folders generated by each system update or, eventually, the System drive would run out of space. Is there an analogous process happening under 7? Where I'm going is that I *used* to have 30+ gigs available on my System drive and now I am down to 7.... Spent some time with WinDirStat, but cannot pin down any user-generated offenders. I *did* add 8 gigs of memory awhile back and PageFile.sys has grown accordingly.... but that still leaves 15 gigs unaccounted for. It is starting to seem like I should not have chinced out on the 100-gig SDD size.... -) Look at C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Temp |
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Do Window 7 Updates Eat System Drive ?
(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Under XP I had to periodically clean out the backup folders generated by each system update or, eventually, the System drive would run out of space. Is there an analogous process happening under 7? Where I'm going is that I *used* to have 30+ gigs available on my System drive and now I am down to 7.... Spent some time with WinDirStat, but cannot pin down any user-generated offenders. I *did* add 8 gigs of memory awhile back and PageFile.sys has grown accordingly.... but that still leaves 15 gigs unaccounted for. It is starting to seem like I should not have chinced out on the 100-gig SDD size.... -) Adjust the amount of space (max) allocated to System Restore. Rather than a percentage of the drive, dialing it to 3GB should be enough to maintain a short System Restore history. That's for undoing Windows Updates if you have to. SR points contain a copy of the Registry, and that to me is their main value. I try not to leave SR enabled on any partition other than C: . You could also turn it off entirely if you want. Certain parts of the disk are "Access Denied", so it's understandable if WinDirStat doesn't list everything. Even my favorite utility "nfi.exe" apparently cannot see four items (their file numbers are missing). Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) can recover some space. As could using CCleaner, but without touching the Registry. (Ccleaner has Registry options as well.) Paul |
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Do Window 7 Updates Eat System Drive ?
On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 11:16:50 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Under XP I had to periodically clean out the backup folders generated by each system update or, eventually, the System drive would run out of space. Is there an analogous process happening under 7? Try using Disk Cleanup (Start Run Disk Cleanup). It'll probably take a couple of gigabytes off of the winsxs folder located at C:\Windows\winsxs Do *not* delete any files in that folder! Here's an explanation: http://www.howtogeek.com/174705/how-to-reduce-the-size-of-your-winsxs-folder-on-windows-7-or-8/?PageSpeed=noscript You can also use CCleaner to do some cleaning... -- s|b |
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Do Window 7 Updates Eat System Drive ?
Per Paul:
Adjust the amount of space (max) allocated to System Restore. Rather than a percentage of the drive, dialing it to 3GB should be enough to maintain a short System Restore history. We have a winner. Going in: 6.89 gigs free. MyComputer | Properties | Change Settings | System Properties | System Protection | (select C | Configure | (found Current Usage = 23.11 GB, Max Usage = 49.8 GB) | (reduced Max Usage to 2.00 GB) Coming out: 28.7 gigs free. I can breathe again.... Thanks !!! -- Pete Cresswell |
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Do Window 7 Updates Eat System Drive ?
Per (PeteCresswell):
...(reduced Max Usage to 2.00 GB) Oops! SHB 2.99 GB. -- Pete Cresswell |
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Do Window 7 Updates Eat System Drive ?
Per (PeteCresswell):
Oops! SHB 2.99 GB. FWIW, I suspect I could have made it zero - because I rely on system images for my System backups/restores. -- Pete Cresswell |
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Do Window 7 Updates Eat System Drive ?
En el artículo ,
(PeteCresswell) escribió: I can breathe again.... Hold that breath a moment. Microsoft is automatically downloading Windows 10 install files to Windows 7 user's machines without their knowledge or consent. Those are saved in two hidden directories and total about 5GB. c:\$windows.~bt c:\$windows.~ws Explorer, open c:\, Tools, Folder Options, View, tick "Show hidden folders, files and drives" and see if the above directories exist. You can blow them away if you don't want Windows 10. http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/.../microsoft-is- downloading-windows-10-to-your-machine-just-in-case or http://tinyurl.com/pd3ck9v -- (\_/) (='.'=) Bunny says: Windows 10? Nein danke! (")_(") |
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Do Window 7 Updates Eat System Drive ?
Per Mike Tomlinson:
Microsoft is automatically downloading Windows 10 install files to Windows 7 user's machines without their knowledge or consent. Those are saved in two hidden directories and total about 5GB. Looks like I am not yet one of the luck ones... but now I know where to look if I see a sudden 5-gig increase.... Relevant, IMHO, even for people who *think* they have Windows Update turned off because my experience has been that somebody, somewhere quietly flips it back on at unpredictable intervals. -- Pete Cresswell |
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Do Window 7 Updates Eat System Drive ?
On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:37:07 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
FWIW, I suspect I could have made it zero - because I rely on system images for my System backups/restores. Just do it; you don't need that crappy System Restore! ;-) -- s|b |
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Do Window 7 Updates Eat System Drive ?
On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 08:00:06 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
Microsoft is automatically downloading Windows 10 install files to Windows 7 user's machines without their knowledge or consent. Those are saved in two hidden directories and total about 5GB. c:\$windows.~bt c:\$windows.~ws Doesn't happen if you block and hide KB3035583. -- s|b |
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Do Window 7 Updates Eat System Drive ?
En el artículo , s|b
escribió: Doesn't happen if you block and hide KB3035583. I did that and the download still happened. I think you underestimate just how sneaky M$ are. They're about as trustworthy as Volkswagen. "Ve haff vays of making you install Vindows 10!" -- (\_/) (='.'=) Bunny says: Windows 10? Nein danke! (")_(") |
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Do Window 7 Updates Eat System Drive ?
On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 22:33:42 +0200, "s|b" wrotG:
On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 11:16:50 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote: Under XP I had to periodically clean out the backup folders generated by each system update or, eventually, the System drive would run out of space. Is there an analogous process happening under 7? Try using Disk Cleanup (Start Run Disk Cleanup). It'll probably take a couple of gigabytes off of the winsxs folder located at C:\Windows\winsxs Do *not* delete any files in that folder! Here's an explanation: http://www.howtogeek.com/174705/how-to-reduce-the-size-of-your-winsxs-folder-on-windows-7-or-8/?PageSpeed=noscript You can also use CCleaner to do some cleaning... Use CCleaner and DiskMax. Also, the windows cleaner will delete a lot of the update backup files. And in C:\Windows|Installer you can delete the *.msp files which are service pack backups. |
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Do Window 7 Updates Eat System Drive ?
Per Mike Tomlinson:
I did that and the download still happened. I think you underestimate just how sneaky M$ are. They're about as trustworthy as Volkswagen. I am glad to hear one more reason for relying on my own system images instead of MS's recovery facility..... -) -- Pete Cresswell |
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Do Window 7 Updates Eat System Drive ?
On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:45:28 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
Doesn't happen if you block and hide KB3035583. I did that and the download still happened. I think you underestimate just how sneaky M$ are. I think you overestimate them. There's no W10 on my W7. My mother has automated Windows Updates on her W7 and when I checked she had a $WINDOWS.~BT folder. I uninstalled (and hid) KB3035583 and not only was the W10 icon in the Taskbar gone, the BT folder disappeared as well. -- s|b |
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