Re: 18GB still gone with SP2 update

[Crosspost to Vista General newsgroup]

To avoid confusion, always reply to your original thread, please, Karen:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d829cfed309b53

> I tried Msft support for SP2 update. Maybe it was an English as a second
> language issue, but my responder tried to help me free up more disc space
> with disc cleaning, and then suggested uninstalling and reinstalling SP2.
> No
> thank- you!

You could always call back and speak with someone else.

And since SP2 did, in fact, install, your questions really have nothing to
do with Windows Update and you'd be better off discussing this in a
Vista-specific newsgroup (e.g.,
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vista.general) or forum
(e.g.,
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...stasp/threads/).

Or you could just see...

HOW TO Free Up Hard Disk Space After Installing Windows Vista Service Pack 2
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fr...a-sp2-compcln/
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Karyn C wrote:
> I posted yesterday regarding this issue. My "answer" wasn't an answer but
> rather a direction to search for answers elsewhere. So I'll try again.
> BTW
> I tried Msft support for SP2 update. Maybe it was an English as a second
> language issue, but my responder tried to help me free up more disc space
> with disc cleaning, and then suggested uninstalling and reinstalling SP2.
> No
> thank- you!
> It's in there and working. All I am wondering is why 18 GB of something
> is
> gone from my C drive after installing SP2 via Windows update. I read for
> hours at the various sites suggested, and gleaned that SP2 is supposed to
> free up disc space.
> 18 GB is a lot of stuff, whatever it is, and a simple "I dunno" would be
> the
> right response if that's the case.
> I guess you don't need it if you never knew you had it. But what was it?
> K.C.

Thank-you for the replies.
I think Shenan Stanley MVP has answered the question to my satisfaction. I
was looking at System Restore before your posts came up. There were only 5
restore points listed, and I think there had been more at another time. I
did the command line or whatever it's called, to check on shadow copy
storage size and maximum shadow copy storage space. There were only 5.79 GB
being used, with a maximum of 20.8. If a bunch of older restore points were
deleted when installing SP2, that could account for the "missing" 18 GB.
Mystery solved. Thanks again. K.C.
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> [Crosspost to Vista General newsgroup]
>
> To avoid confusion, always reply to your original thread, please, Karen:
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d829cfed309b53
>
>> I tried Msft support for SP2 update. Maybe it was an English as a second
>> language issue, but my responder tried to help me free up more disc space
>> with disc cleaning, and then suggested uninstalling and reinstalling SP2.
>> No
>> thank- you!
>
> You could always call back and speak with someone else.
>
> And since SP2 did, in fact, install, your questions really have nothing to
> do with Windows Update and you'd be better off discussing this in a
> Vista-specific newsgroup (e.g.,
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vista.general) or
> forum (e.g.,
> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...stasp/threads/).
>
> Or you could just see...
>
> HOW TO Free Up Hard Disk Space After Installing Windows Vista Service Pack
> 2
> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fr...a-sp2-compcln/
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
> www.banthecheck.com
>
>
> Karyn C wrote:
>> I posted yesterday regarding this issue. My "answer" wasn't an answer
>> but
>> rather a direction to search for answers elsewhere. So I'll try again.
>> BTW
>> I tried Msft support for SP2 update. Maybe it was an English as a second
>> language issue, but my responder tried to help me free up more disc space
>> with disc cleaning, and then suggested uninstalling and reinstalling SP2.
>> No
>> thank- you!
>> It's in there and working. All I am wondering is why 18 GB of something
>> is
>> gone from my C drive after installing SP2 via Windows update. I read for
>> hours at the various sites suggested, and gleaned that SP2 is supposed to
>> free up disc space.
>> 18 GB is a lot of stuff, whatever it is, and a simple "I dunno" would be
>> the
>> right response if that's the case.
>> I guess you don't need it if you never knew you had it. But what was it?
>> K.C.
>

YW. Yes, what you describe in System Restore is default behavior after
installing the Service Pack.

And you may wanna check out
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fr...a-sp2-compcln/
anyway.


Karyn C wrote:
> Thank-you for the replies.
> I think Shenan Stanley MVP has answered the question to my satisfaction.
> I
> was looking at System Restore before your posts came up. There were only
> 5
> restore points listed, and I think there had been more at another time. I
> did the command line or whatever it's called, to check on shadow copy
> storage size and maximum shadow copy storage space. There were only 5.79
> GB
> being used, with a maximum of 20.8. If a bunch of older restore points
> were
> deleted when installing SP2, that could account for the "missing" 18 GB.
> Mystery solved. Thanks again. K.C.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> [Crosspost to Vista General newsgroup]
>>
>> To avoid confusion, always reply to your original thread, please, Karen:
>> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d829cfed309b53
>>
>>> I tried Msft support for SP2 update. Maybe it was an English as a
>>> second
>>> language issue, but my responder tried to help me free up more disc
>>> space
>>> with disc cleaning, and then suggested uninstalling and reinstalling
>>> SP2.
>>> No
>>> thank- you!
>>
>> You could always call back and speak with someone else.
>>
>> And since SP2 did, in fact, install, your questions really have nothing
>> to
>> do with Windows Update and you'd be better off discussing this in a
>> Vista-specific newsgroup (e.g.,
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vista.general) or
>> forum (e.g.,
>> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...stasp/threads/).
>>
>> Or you could just see...
>>
>> HOW TO Free Up Hard Disk Space After Installing Windows Vista Service
>> Pack
>> 2
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fr...a-sp2-compcln/
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>> www.banthecheck.com
>>
>>
>> Karyn C wrote:
>>> I posted yesterday regarding this issue. My "answer" wasn't an answer
>>> but
>>> rather a direction to search for answers elsewhere. So I'll try again.
>>> BTW
>>> I tried Msft support for SP2 update. Maybe it was an English as a
>>> second
>>> language issue, but my responder tried to help me free up more disc
>>> space
>>> with disc cleaning, and then suggested uninstalling and reinstalling
>>> SP2.
>>> No
>>> thank- you!
>>> It's in there and working. All I am wondering is why 18 GB of something
>>> is
>>> gone from my C drive after installing SP2 via Windows update. I read
>>> for
>>> hours at the various sites suggested, and gleaned that SP2 is supposed
>>> to
>>> free up disc space.
>>> 18 GB is a lot of stuff, whatever it is, and a simple "I dunno" would be
>>> the
>>> right response if that's the case.
>>> I guess you don't need it if you never knew you had it. But what was
>>> it?
>>> K.C.