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Updating - Free up disk space (windows.old etc)
Hi there
To Windows updaters (those who've upgraded rather than done a "Clean install").
This is also especially good if you are using smaller capacity SSD's for your installation or even VM's where you don't want to use too much disk space either.
You can delete the Windows.Old and the temporary setup files (saved me around 15GB - which on a 110 GB SSD is significant !!).
Simply follow the instructions here -- you don't need any "Take ownership", registry hacks or special privileges -- it's all done from File Explorer. It's for windows 8.1 but works identically with windows 10.
Delete the temporary installation files too - those are around 5GB.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html
Cheers
jimbo
Last edited by Brink; 03 Oct 2014 at 10:19. Reason: replaced link for the same here