Running out of HD space

I accidentally set WSUS to download All Language updates which is why I
believe i'm running out of hard drive space. I started with 35GB of available
HD space 1 week ago and now its all gone.

How can I get rid of the update it downloaded that I don't need.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks.

are u sure that it's just patches have gotten the space? Why don't u
uninstall those patches which u don't need?

"AJ" wrote:

> I accidentally set WSUS to download All Language updates which is why I
> believe i'm running out of hard drive space. I started with 35GB of available
> HD space 1 week ago and now its all gone.
>
> How can I get rid of the update it downloaded that I don't need.
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated.
>
> Thanks.

Perhaps try the WSUS Newsgroup
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...pdate_services

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"AJ" <> wrote in message
news:074CBC13-F831-4C18-980D-...
|I accidentally set WSUS to download All Language updates which is why I
| believe i'm running out of hard drive space. I started with 35GB of available
| HD space 1 week ago and now its all gone.
|
| How can I get rid of the update it downloaded that I don't need.
|
| Any suggestions are appreciated.
|
| Thanks.

> "AJ" <> wrote in message
> news:074CBC13-F831-4C18-980D-...
> |I accidentally set WSUS to download All Language updates which is why I
> | believe i'm running out of hard drive space. I started with 35GB of
> available
> | HD space 1 week ago and now its all gone.
> |
> | How can I get rid of the update it downloaded that I don't need.


The /best/ suggestion, since the system has only been up for a week, and the
issue is language content -- is to uninstall, throw away the database and
content, and start from scratch, properly configuring the server /before/
you initiate the synchronization.

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Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MVP-Software Distribution
Everything you need for WSUS is at
http://technet2.microsoft.com/window...s/default.mspx
And, everything else is at
http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
.....

Thanks all for the quick replys. I actually found a great solution. I
downloaded a tool called WSUS Server Debug Tool and ran it on the server to
purge all unneeded updates and vioalá I gained 25GB or hard drive space.



"Lawrence Garvin (MVP)" wrote:

> > "AJ" <> wrote in message
> > news:074CBC13-F831-4C18-980D-...
> > |I accidentally set WSUS to download All Language updates which is why I
> > | believe i'm running out of hard drive space. I started with 35GB of
> > available
> > | HD space 1 week ago and now its all gone.
> > |
> > | How can I get rid of the update it downloaded that I don't need.
>
>
> The /best/ suggestion, since the system has only been up for a week, and the
> issue is language content -- is to uninstall, throw away the database and
> content, and start from scratch, properly configuring the server /before/
> you initiate the synchronization.
>
> --
> Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MVP-Software Distribution
> Everything you need for WSUS is at
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/window...s/default.mspx
> And, everything else is at
> http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
> .....
>
>
>