Deleting security updates

[John Williamson]

So does that make it about 3 US pennies or so? Still, an insignificant
amount of money, which is the point I was making.

The problem at the moment being that it's down to 50 Gig of empty space,
which at the present rate of use will mean needing a bigger HD for
Christmas.

 

[s|b]

I agree that 250MB is not much these days in respect of a typical hard
disk, but I am using a relatively small (120GB) SSD and obviously I want
to keep the junk to a minimum.

I have a SSD with the same size, but it only contains W7 and other
software. I use a SATA hdd (500 GB) for all my data. I also moved temp
files/directories to this hdd.

 

[..winston]

Fyi....If SoftwareDistribution folder was deleted then iirc Windows Updates 'View installed updates will be blank (no list) until
the next updates are installed...i.e. deletion not only recovers space (MB's) but erases files containing log data.

--
....winston
msft mvp


"Brian" wrote in message

Is there any way, in Win 7 64-bit, to delete microsoft security patches
after they have been installed.

In Win XP one could delete such files just by going to the windows
directory and simply deleting them.

Kind regards

Brian

Thanks everyone for all the comments. I am very grateful.

I checked the folder C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Downloads and found
that it contained just over 250MB, and I deleted it.

I agree that 250MB is not much these days in respect of a typical hard
disk, but I am using a relatively small (120GB) SSD and obviously I want
to keep the junk to a minimum.

I followed up on the references given by some posters and it does seem
that the directory C:\Windows\Installer, which also seems at first sight
to contain junk, is rather important and that its contents should not be
deleted.

Kind regards

Brian

 

[Mike Barnes]

I have a SSD with the same size, but it only contains W7 and other
software. I use a SATA hdd (500 GB) for all my data. I also moved temp
files/directories to this hdd.

I have a 75 GB SSD with all my programs and documents on it, and it's
less than half full. Additionally I have several hundred GB of media
files on a NAS drive. My media files don't need a fast drive and have
completely different backup requirements.

 

[choro]

This is a bit more expensive. It's a 320Gb laptop drive. 60GBP, it cost me.

You are obviously not a good shopper. I bought a 500GB 2.5inch external
drive in its own housing and with back-up software thrown in for GBP45
well over a year ago and I know that HDs have got much, much cheaper since.[/QUOTE]