SP1 Disk Cleanup Tool

How to Use the Vista SP1 Disk Cleanup Tool​

   Information

This will show you how to run the Vista SP1 Cleanup tool to permanently remove the Vista RTM backed up files created during the installion of the Vista SP1 to gain more hard drive space.

   Warning

Running the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Disk Clean-up tool permanently removes the ability to uninstall the Vista SP1. Do not run this tool unless you have no plans of uninstalling the Vista SP1 and just want to save or regain hard drive space. The only option to remove the SP1 after using this tool is to do a clean install of Vista.

   Note

The Vista SP1 disk cleanup tool gave me back 1.6 GB on my hard drive. This amount will vary on each computer. To see how much space you recover, make a note of how much free space you have on the C:/ drive in Computer before and after you run the SP1 Cleanup Tool.

Here's How:
NOTE: If you installed Vista SP2, then you will need to use the Vista SP2 Disk Cleanup tool instead. The SP1 Disk Cleanup tool will no longer work after installing SP2.

1. Open a elevated command prompt.​

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2. In the elevated command prompt, type vsp1cln.exe and then press Enter. (See screenshot below)​

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3. Type Y when you see Would you like to continue? and press Enter.​

NOTE: Tying N will cancel running the Vista SP1 disk cleanup tool. You can also just close the command prompt window to cancel to.​

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4. It will take a little bit to finish. When it is finished, you will see the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Disk Clean-up completed message. (See screenshot above)​

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5. When it's done, you can close the elevated command prompt.​

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That's it,
Shawn

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[Brink]

Hi Casey,

To see how much space you recover, you will need to make a note of how much free space you have on the C:/ drive in Computer before and after you run the SP1 Cleanup Tool.

Shawn

 

[ripbox]

thanx for this :D ....
i hadnt even realised that sp1 had taken up room with old data backups

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Ripbox. It is a lot.

 

[charlie_]

Thanks!
I gained back 1gb of space

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Charlie.

Shawn

 

[ZaBaKa]

This is a great little tip. Cleared exactly 1 gig.

 

[SIW2]

Hi,
If you go to C:Windows/Software Distribution/Downloads then double click Downloads a load of files will open up with names like c0c4a9f... These are the downloaded source files. If you have already installed them simply right click and delete them - you will need to confirm the action when prompted.
Before deleting them you might like to open each one and locate the blue cab file - copy it to another folder or cd so you can integrate them using vLite to create an updated installation disc for next time you reinstall.

Hope this helps - also Wise disk cleaner, free from www.wisecleaner.com has an option to delete them for you
SIW2

 

[Nik2209]

Great!!
I got 2gb back
thanks
Nik

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Nik. That's a nice amount.

Shawn

 

[ButantaBR]

WTF? Have 12.6GB free in root, after this, 19.0GB O.o

 

[Brink]

WOW, now that's a space savings. :eek:

 

[ripbox]

Shawn it seem that if you go past SP1 and continue to SP2 you can no longer or you no longer need to remove SP1 files....
Do these files get cleared when you install sp2?

 

[Brink]

Hello Ripbox,

You're correct. When installing SP2 the backups from SP1 are replace with the ones for SP2, so you would need to use the SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool instead.

 

[ripbox]

Hello Ripbox,

You're correct. When installing SP2 the backups from SP1 are replace with the ones for SP2, so you would need to use the SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool instead.

Thanks for that conformation Brink..... it did make me wonder what happend to the SP1 setup files and were they moved to another lacation on my pc