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Windows Server 2008 R2 and the WINSXS folder
I have a Dell server running Windows 2008 R2. I noticed my C: drive free space was getting low, total capacity 40gb, free space 4gb. I wondered what was hogging all the space so I ran WinDirStat and it shows me that 70% of my C: drive is being used by a Windows folder WINSXS. Not knowing what this was I googled it and discovered what it is for…and further discovered that this folder in Windows Server 2008 R2 was a problem that MS had to address with a Windows Update that installs a Disk Clean Up tool under the Desktop Experience. So I updated the server with this Windows update, installed the Desktop Experience feature, rebooted and ran the Disk Cleanup Wizard. It removed next to nothing. C: drive is still only showing 4gb free space. I rebooted it again, no help. How the heck do I get rid of this WINSXS folder’s contents? I have a D: drive with 900gb free but not sure how that helps me, I have no data on C:, just Windows and 2 apps, all my data is kept on D:.
thx experts...Bob R
thx experts...Bob R
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Ok Nick, I tried that command and got this:
Service Pack cleanup cannot proceed: No service pack backup files were found.
So now I start questioning myself as to if I did even install the update, so I go and try to install it again and it says UPDATE ALREADY INSTALLED. I rebooted the server to no avail.
Service Pack cleanup cannot proceed: No service pack backup files were found.
So now I start questioning myself as to if I did even install the update, so I go and try to install it again and it says UPDATE ALREADY INSTALLED. I rebooted the server to no avail.
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I guess this question has been abandoned by the experts so I guess I am on my own.
You probably already did it at some point to where it removed the SP installation files. Nothing else you can pretty much do there. Are you able to perhaps shrink your other drive an extend your primary drive?
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Good question Nick, I do have HUGE amounts of space on the D: drive but I didn't know you could transfer space form D: to C:, can you do that?
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OK, yes, the data on D is all ms office files and jpg xray files. Let me check out this link and give it a whirl and see what blows up :-)
stay tuned....thx Nick
stay tuned....thx Nick
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worked good...thx
Command using elevated command prompt: DISM /online /Cleanup-Image /SpSuperseded
I would honestly recommend running a backup before touching anything in the winsxs folder. But for the most part it does not grow that fast but will grow as you install updates. I would just double the space you have for the main drive (bump it up to 80gb). This should keep you safe for a longtime