flyfishingrules2 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 http://www.ghacks.net/2011/02/23/remove-windows-7-sp1-backups-to-free-up-disk-space/ Notice: this is to free up disk space after you have decided SP1 works for you! If you use this tip, you will not be able to remove Windows 7 SP1. Savings could be as much as 2-3 GB's. Link to post Share on other sites
IntelGuy Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 And there is no need to open an elevated command prompt to do the cleanup. Windows Disk Cleanup now has a check box to remove the Service Pack Backup Files. Nice addition. Link to post Share on other sites
flyfishingrules2 Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 (edited) What IntelGuy says (but the command line is more fun, perhaps funner)! Edit: I just looked in Disk Cleanup, and it said I had 0 bytes Service Pack Files which seems odd to me because I just installed it. When I am comfortable with SP1, I will use the command line delete and report back if much/any space is freed up. Edited February 23, 2011 by flyfishingrules2 Link to post Share on other sites
IntelGuy Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 (but the command line is more fun, perhaps funner)! Absolutely! Link to post Share on other sites
nigsy Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 What IntelGuy says (but the command line is more fun, perhaps funner)! Edit: I just looked in Disk Cleanup, and it said I had 0 bytes Service Pack Files which seems odd to me because I just installed it. When I am comfortable with SP1, I will use the command line delete and report back if much/any space is freed up. I'm not seeing any residual files either, maybe it's because I had the RC installed before taking the final release?? Must empty my recycle bin though @ 56gb!! Link to post Share on other sites
Dakeyras Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 http://www.ghacks.net/2011/02/23/remove-windows-7-sp1-backups-to-free-up-disk-space/ Notice: this is to free up disk space after you have decided SP1 works for you! If you use this tip, you will not be able to remove Windows 7 SP1. Savings could be as much as 2-3 GB's. Good tip! Only installed W7 SP1 yesterday on my W7 rig, so will leave it for about a week before doing so. Link to post Share on other sites
WaterstonFan Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Good tip! Only installed W7 SP1 yesterday on my W7 rig, so will leave it for about a week before doing so. W7 SP1 is not check marked when I check to see what needs to be installed/updated. Do I need it? How do I know the difference? Link to post Share on other sites
Jacee Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 It is advised to download it on a new Windows 7 computer, when you get the update notification. Link to post Share on other sites
Chris951 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 i've had it since the release date and no problems at all so far Link to post Share on other sites
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