Oct 21 2008
Reclaim Hard Drive Space After Installing Vista SP1
Many months have past now since the release of Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista. What you might not have known is that there is a backup of all replaced files when installing SP1. This is done so you can easily rollback your computer system if SP1 causes problems. If you are satisfied with SP1 then follow the steps below in order to get the disc space back, so it’s available to use. Be aware that once you do this you will no longer be able to uninstall Service Pack 1.
- Press the Windows Key + R on the keyboard.
- Type (vsp1 cln.exe) without the parenthesises, then hit Enter.
- A dialog box will appear, type Y (for Yes), then hit Enter.
- Wait a few seconds for Windows to complete the task, and you will have the hard drive space available to you.
After applying these simple steps you will have gained an extra 600-800 MB of hard drive space.
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You are talking about 600-800mb? Who cares, that space is so minimal it isn’t worth it at all, to make room you are much better off removing a lot of windows components you do not need or use as well as trimming your restore points and minimizing the allotted size for your temporary files.
I would have to agree with Brian Firman, granted any free space is good… there is a lot more you could do to gain “more” space when using Vista.
I hate Vista (as most do) and prefer to stick with XP, but, with Vista out and the need for more space and memory (for vista) it forced companies to compete and RAM and HD prices have dropped dramatically, about the only good thing that came from Vista… but wait… Windows 7 - I have recently been doing some pre-beta testing with Windows 7 and this will be the OS for everyone. Even in it’s pre-beta stage it surpasses Vista… it is what Vista “should have” been.