So I did this...

"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada) 07/30/2015 at 02:54 • Filed to: None

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50 FUCKING GIGS! I was missing out on that much god damn space, holy shit on a candied salmon stick.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > not for canada - australian in disguise 07/30/2015 at 03:19

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Damn man, does it just create a new partition for Windows 10 with everything you have left over on your hard drive? I should be getting my computer from the movers next week so I'll be doing my upgrade then.

facw > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? 07/30/2015 at 03:31

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It keeps everything the same, but move a bunch of junk from your old Windows folder to a temporary folder so the upgrade can be rolled back. Cleaning it up afterward frees a nice bit of space. On my laptop, I had 15GB free before install and 35GB free after, which on a 128GB drive is a big deal.

facw > not for canada - australian in disguise 07/30/2015 at 03:32

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I think most of this is because Windows caches a copy of most installers in the Windows directory, but they’re not really needed (especially all the Windows Update ones), so it has lots of room for decrufting.

for Michigan > not for canada - australian in disguise 07/30/2015 at 03:32

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50 GB? Yikes. My Windows 8.1 was only 22 GB, or 6.5 GB less than my Win 10.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > facw 07/30/2015 at 03:45

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Nice! I have a 2TB drive so I guess it wouldn't really make a difference for me.

Wheelerguy > not for canada - australian in disguise 07/30/2015 at 03:46

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And then suddenly you get 5 2TB Samsung SSD’s for a RAID.

spanfucker retire bitch > not for canada - australian in disguise 07/30/2015 at 07:29

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Just as long as you know you can never roll back now. That’s the only reason for Windows.old to exist, and it goes away after 30 days anyways.

spanfucker retire bitch > facw 07/30/2015 at 07:30

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It’s not the installers, it’s the Windows.old folder that appears in the parent directory on the C: drive after you do an OS upgrade. It’s handy if you feel you have the desire to roll back the upgrade, but if you don’t intend on doing so, it’s just wasted space that’s better deleted using the Disk Cleaner.