C:\Windows Folder 13.5GB

Cythx · 12 Jun 2012 at 12:03

C:\Windows Folder 13.5GB, is that the right size for a clean install?

I could have sworn I remember it being like 8GB?

I'm not sure if there are any 'leftover' files from my previous install, there shouldn't be, I did format drive before installing a second time.

reflux · 12 Jun 2012 at 12:06

Depends on the version of Windows you have installed (XP/Vista/7 + 32bit/64bit) and how many/which updates you have installed. My Win7 64 installation is a year old and totals 19gb.

poker_999 · 12 Jun 2012 at 12:07

windows 7 is shockingly bloated

Ben Cole · 12 Jun 2012 at 12:07

Upgraded RAM recently? Massive page file?

Ben Cole · 12 Jun 2012 at 12:08

poker_999 said:
windows 7 is shockingly bloated

Got to disagree there.

Vista yes, 7 on the other hand will run nicely on old celerons. The full install of W7 Ultimate takes less than half of my 30Gb SSd on my media PC.

L0rdMike · 12 Jun 2012 at 12:12

Mines at 26GB :eek:

Cythx · 12 Jun 2012 at 12:15

Sorry, forgot to add this:

I use Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit

Cythx · 12 Jun 2012 at 12:16

I have deleted the pagefil and hiberfil.

The pagefil was 8 GB, I think the hiberfil was 6 GB.

So it would have been around 27 GB

It is now 13.5 GB but that sounds larger than I think I remember it being with pagefil and hiberfil gone.

Orcvader · 12 Jun 2012 at 12:34

Did you install all the updates? I notice after all the updates it gets bloated...

Saying that, after more than a year, my Windows folder is sitting in a never changing 23gb.

Cythx · 12 Jun 2012 at 12:47

Ya, I'm fully updated.

Maybe that's it, updates added another 6 GB onto the intial 7.5 GB? Sounds like a bit of a stretch..

Hicks · 12 Jun 2012 at 12:56

Turned off system restore?

Orcvader · 12 Jun 2012 at 12:58

Cythx said:
Ya, I'm fully updated.

Maybe that's it, updates added another 6 GB onto the intial 7.5 GB? Sounds like a bit of a stretch..

Sounds about right. I noticed similiar sizes after I did a fresh install on a laptop a month ago. Windows is very small when it's freshly installed from the disk... but then after all the Windows updates...

mysticsniper · 12 Jun 2012 at 13:00

you could install treesize, and will tell you where your space has gone.

Purgatory · 12 Jun 2012 at 13:05

Mine is 17.6 GB for Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on the desktop.

Sem · 12 Jun 2012 at 13:45

try this in cmd

dism /online /cleanup-image /spsuperseded /hidesp

removes the sp1 backupfiles should free up 5-6gb of space if you havent installed from a sp1 image

Sin_Chase · 12 Jun 2012 at 13:53

The OS reported size of the Windows directory is not accurate. There are many symlinked files that do not actually consume additional space but do report as usage.

The big ones are:

Left over Service Pack files (cleanup command above as well as cleanable through disk cleanup/system files)

Hibernation files

Page File

Cythx · 12 Jun 2012 at 14:02

Sem said:
try this in cmd

dism /online /cleanup-image /spsuperseded /hidesp

removes the sp1 backupfiles should free up 5-6gb of space if you havent installed from a sp1 image

I just did that, said there was no backup file.

@sin

I already deleted hiberfil and pagefil so the only big one would be left over service pack files.

lurkio · 12 Jun 2012 at 14:29

C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download

this is where windows downloads updates before installing them , you can flush that dir to save space

feck199 · 12 Jun 2012 at 14:31

Ben Cole said:
Got to disagree there.

Vista yes, 7 on the other hand will run nicely on old celerons. The full install of W7 Ultimate takes less than half of my 30Gb SSd on my media PC.

Erm..

He said bloated, he didnt say it wasnt smooth, or didnt run very nice. Yes it does run on old hardware, its still a massive install.

Hagar · 12 Jun 2012 at 15:10

13.5Gb sounds about right as I installed recently on a 60Gb drive (now superceded by a 256Gb). My boot drive was about 25% full after the install.