Windows 7 unneeded files

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I have 60GB SSD, and I had like 10GB of free space, before I installed 1.5GBs of updates. Now I have 1GB. So, where are those win update installation files, and any other temp or unneeded trash files?

Thanks in advance.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '12 at 17:26

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run cleanmgr.exe should allow you to clean temporary files etc. in your OS disk.

answered May 16 '12 at 17:26

johnshen64

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:04

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If you don't use the hibernate mode (suspend to disk) you can disable it. That will delete the hidden file C:\hibernate.sys which has the size of your main memory.

If you don't want to loose the hibernate mode and you have an additional HDD in your system you can create a special hibernate partition on the HDD.

For more details see Creating a hibernation partition on Windows 7

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answered May 16 '12 at 17:50

Robert

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 16 '12 at 18:02

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There's a comprehensive article over at Lifehacker. This solution requires a reinstall though. I don't know if that's something you're willing to do but it could pay major dividends.

answered May 16 '12 at 18:02

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 16 '12 at 20:37

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I'm a fan of CCleaner. It has good options to cleanup a lot of temp files related to specific programs.

answered May 16 '12 at 20:37

Daniel

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Windows 7 unneeded files

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