This is going to be another one of those posts where I really show my ignorance, but I have a little query and I'm sure someone here will know the answer.
So, I've just installed SP1 on my laptop.. everything seems to be in order... and interestingly... I seem to have about 15GB MORE free space on my hard drive than I did before I made the installation.
It went from about 55GB out of 100 to almost 70... Not that I'm complaining... extra space can't hurt but I just find this weird... Is this one of the functions of the SP? Does it delete unneeded windows files and stuff as well?
Cheers.
It's possible upgrading to SP1 deleted your existing system restore points, since they might no longer be valid, which might explain the extra free space all of a sudden.
Did you have a whole bunch of language packs installed? Those take up a massive amount of space. I know when I installed sp1, I deleted all the ones I didn't need.
It's funny I noticed the opposite for myself. However I am happy that I'm not having any problems with my network connection now :D
Quote from: AGA on Sat 06/09/2008 15:33:33
It's possible upgrading to SP1 deleted your existing system restore points, since they might no longer be valid, which might explain the extra free space all of a sudden.
I regularly clear my System Restore points, and like every two weeks Vista accumulates another 10 Gig of Restore Points, so yeah, that is probably it.
Quote from: largopredator on Mon 08/09/2008 09:06:25
Quote from: AGA on Sat 06/09/2008 15:33:33
It's possible upgrading to SP1 deleted your existing system restore points, since they might no longer be valid, which might explain the extra free space all of a sudden.
I regularly clear my System Restore points, and like every two weeks Vista accumulates another 10 Gig of Restore Points, so yeah, that is probably it.
Wow.. restore points take up a lot of space then... I suppose they have to... I'll remember that in future.
My opinion of restore points is that, if your computer is running fine at the moment, then get rid of all previous restore points. I do that regularly.
You can also just change the amount of space alloted to system restore in the system preferences.