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| Thread ID: 144377 | 2017-09-26 22:22:00 | Huge install DIR fix? | fnphoto (2434) | Press F1 |
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| 1439838 | 2017-09-26 22:22:00 | My windows 10 120Gb SSD drive (C:) Has an installation folder c:/windows/installer which has become huge at 40.6 Gb. I have always understood these files to be undeleteable but not wanting to spend $ on a larger drive at this stage, I'm wondering if there is a safe way to regain some room. I have tried disk cleanup. | fnphoto (2434) | ||
| 1439839 | 2017-09-26 23:19:00 | Use ccleaner / do a custom install. See if it removes the junk files etc | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1439840 | 2017-09-26 23:26:00 | As well as Ccleaner, try running JRT. www.bleepingcomputer.com Did you choose to cleanup 'system files' when you ran disk cleanup, and made sure to select anything substantial? |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1439841 | 2017-09-27 00:34:00 | Its time to seriously consider a bigger HD. Your lack of HD space will just become a never ending issue with one temp 'fix' after the other, freeing less and less space each time. Some have suggested compressing that folder , havnt tried so dont know if its even do-able |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1439842 | 2017-09-27 01:47:00 | IF it's the only drive I agree with 1101, 120G is just too small by itself. If you also have a data drive however it's entirely possible to avoid these issues, my windows installation < 45G and I've had windows 10 running on a 32G tablet (don't do that - seriously) Cleaning up old system files, installers, junk etc should help. You can also move any large data files elsewhere and consider moving the swap file (again if you have a second drive) Do you have a windows.old directory at all? that can be removed via windows cleanup - CCleaner etc as suggested above. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1439843 | 2017-09-27 23:48:00 | IF it's the only drive I agree with 1101, 120G is just too small by itself. If you also have a data drive however it's entirely possible to avoid these issues, my windows installation < 45G and I've had windows 10 running on a 32G tablet (don't do that - seriously) Cleaning up old system files, installers, junk etc should help. You can also move any large data files elsewhere and consider moving the swap file (again if you have a second drive) Do you have a windows.old directory at all? that can be removed via windows cleanup - CCleaner etc as suggested above. Thanks all, I had tried Ccleaner & JRT but no luck. However I did regain almost 8 Gb by turning off hyberfil.sys as I don't really need it but I'd still like to reduce the size of the install dir if I can safely. |
fnphoto (2434) | ||
| 1439844 | 2017-09-28 02:49:00 | Seems very strange that yours is 40GB. I have checked three here. Main comp 1.2GB/539 files with largest file 210MB, other two, around 650MB. How is yours made so big. Large no. of files or several very large files? |
linw (53) | ||
| 1439845 | 2017-09-28 06:21:00 | PatchCleaner downloadable from Majorgeeks is supposed to fix these issues. You can choose to copy, rather than delete, for safety sake. | linw (53) | ||
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