{"id":396,"date":"2013-08-14T14:59:15","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T18:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/?p=396"},"modified":"2013-08-14T15:24:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T19:24:26","slug":"how-to-recover-windows-disk-space-by-deleting-servicepack-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/how-to-recover-windows-disk-space-by-deleting-servicepack-files\/","title":{"rendered":"How to recover windows disk space by deleting servicepack files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I ran out of disk space on my computer and noticed that my windows folder alone was taking crazy 45GB. I used <a title=\"FREE TreeSize\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jam-software.com\/freeware\/\" target=\"_blank\">TreeSize FREE<\/a> tool<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/free-disk-space-treesize-tool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-398\" title=\"free-disk-space-treesize-tool\" src=\"http:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/free-disk-space-treesize-tool.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/free-disk-space-treesize-tool.jpg 361w, https:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/free-disk-space-treesize-tool-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Try to run the following command as administrator (Right click on command prompt icon and run as admin)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>dism \/online \/cleanup-image \/spsuperseded<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/free-disk-space.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-399\" title=\"free-disk-space\" src=\"http:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/free-disk-space.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/free-disk-space.jpg 553w, https:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/free-disk-space-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After command completion I was able to regain <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>4.5GB<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I ran out of disk space on my computer and noticed that my windows folder alone was taking crazy 45GB. 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