Vista Optimization help

cmmenke

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Hey guys, wondering if i could get some help regarding Vista's Size

I have a 60GB SSD for my OS, and programs...etc, and Vista is taking up roughly...26GB/s. Which is feel is ridiculous, so i was wondering, how do i get vista MUCH MUCH smaller.

When i original disk installed, it was around 10GB/s, now with all the updates its 26GB/s...any fix?

thanks again guys
 

coffeejunkee

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If you haven't already:
1. Disable hibernation file: open command prompt and type: powercfg –H off
2. Disable system restore (unless you think it's usefull)
3. Remove unneeded windows components
4. Do a disk cleanup
5. See how much additional stuff ccleaner can get rid of
6. Keep in mind 64-bit takes up more space than 32-bit

And download SSDtweaker while you're at it.
 

coffeejunkee

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Like? I'd say keep .net framework and windows search checked. The rest can leave the building, unless you use IE8/WMP.
 

coffeejunkee

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Ehm, I assume you know how to uncheck a checkbox? We're talking about the same 'turn windows features on or off' screen, right?
 

Cogman

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i was talking about manually deleting files that are uneeded with Vista

Don't do that. The probability of you screwing something up by manually deleting a file is astronomical. Use a tool to do it. Though, my bet is that system restore and shadow copies are the main culprits.
 

cmmenke

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I just installed 7, its down to around 11Gb/s normal, which seems high, since the disk was only 2.9GB/s, so something is being allocated for space, shadowstorage is down to 500mb/s, and system restore is disabled...idk what to do now.
 

Shining Arcanine

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Hey guys, wondering if i could get some help regarding Vista's Size

I have a 60GB SSD for my OS, and programs...etc, and Vista is taking up roughly...26GB/s. Which is feel is ridiculous, so i was wondering, how do i get vista MUCH MUCH smaller.

When i original disk installed, it was around 10GB/s, now with all the updates its 26GB/s...any fix?

thanks again guys

It is the winsxs folder7. It stores duplicates of every dll that was installed on your system in case a program might need one and there is no garbage collection mechanism to delete the old ones, so the folder keeps growing.

The effect is a feature and attempting to delete things from that folder could harm your system depending on how Microsoft designed its handling of it. i.e. Microsoft improved on Windows XP by designing Windows Vista to bloat quicker as you use systems running it. If you do not like it, you should change operating systems. Windows XP also has this issue, but it is not as bad as Windows Vista. UNIX operating systems such as FreeBSD and various Linux distributions lack this issue entirely. Mac OS X is another UNIX system. It was based off FreeBSD so by extension it should also lack this issue.

Don't do that. The probability of you screwing something up by manually deleting a file is astronomical. Use a tool to do it. Though, my bet is that system restore and shadow copies are the main culprits.

Using a tool to do it does not inspire much confidence when the tool likely was designed by someone likely designed by someone who does not know exactly what can be safely deleted and how.
 

Cogman

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It is the winsxs folder7. It stores duplicates of every dll that was installed on your system in case a program might need one and there is no garbage collection mechanism to delete the old ones, so the folder keeps growing.

The effect is a feature and attempting to delete things from that folder could harm your system depending on how Microsoft designed its handling of it. i.e. Microsoft improved on Windows XP by designing Windows Vista to bloat quicker as you use systems running it. If you do not like it, you should change operating systems. Windows XP also has this issue, but it is not as bad as Windows Vista. UNIX operating systems such as FreeBSD and various Linux distributions lack this issue entirely. Mac OS X is another UNIX system. It was based off FreeBSD so by extension it should also lack this issue.



Using a tool to do it does not inspire much confidence when the tool likely was designed by someone likely designed by someone who does not know exactly what can be safely deleted and how.

Don't get me wrong, I realizes that there is still the possibility to screw things up even with a tool. (I'm not a big advocate of deleting system files). However, a tool is more likely to have been tested at least to see if the system will still boot after deleting something.
 

thedosbox

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Don't get me wrong, I realizes that there is still the possibility to screw things up even with a tool. (I'm not a big advocate of deleting system files). However, a tool is more likely to have been tested at least to see if the system will still boot after deleting something.

It's unlikely the author tested every combination of program and it's dependency on an obscure DLL.

If the OP thinks Windows takes too much space, they can always go back to Windows 2000 ;)