Excessive file size Windows update

Hiriseguy · Mar 23, 2008

Windows auto update added 95.4 gigs of files to my hard drive in the last 8
days. I got 21.6 gigs last night, 21.5 gigs yesterday. This cannot be right.
Filled up my 160 gig hard drive to max. Anyone else?

Mark L. Ferguson · Mar 23, 2008

Your recycle bin is probably full. The updates mostly overwrite previous
versions . You should try running cleanmgr, and removing all but the last
restore point.

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Hiriseguy · Mar 24, 2008

-- I took the suggestion to delete all restore points except the last one,
ran disk clean-up, and emptied the recycle bin. Gained over a hundred gigs of
drive space. Thanks for the advice.

Hiriseguy