After installing windows8.1 C disk space is insufficient? Manually clean and update redundant files

Every Windows upgrade update from Microsoft will generate a backup update on the system installation disk. Every time to patch the system will go to the system disk in the file, the key is that these old update files will not be with the arrival of the new file to destroy themselves, the day accumulated night tired formed the so-called WinSxS update redundancy. Microsoft has also recognized the problem, so it has issued the DISM command to allow users to manually clean up and release redundancy. This article will share how to release the redundant updates from the cleanup win8/win8.1 system disk by using the DISM command to keep the latest version only.

Where is Windows redundancy?

We say Windows Redundancy update refers to some patch update files located in C disk, with a detailed path of X:windowswinsxs (X: Represents the user's actual system drive). Flash Player, such as the Windows 8.1 system, is updated monthly and the updated files are stored in amd64_adobe-flash-for-windows or ia86_adobe-flash-for-windows backup files.

A large number of Windows Update redundancy in Figure C

How does Windows redundancy clean up?

We take the Win8.1 system as an example (the same applies to the WIN8 system) by the following methods:

1. Right-click in the Start button of the traditional desktop and select the command prompt (admin) option;

Figure Start command Prompt (Admin) feature

Diagram Command Prompt window

2. Enter the following code in the pop-up window. (Note space)

Dism/online/cleanup-image/startcomponentcleanup/resetbase

Figure Enter DISM code

3. Confirm the return, wait for the system to clean automatically;

Figure in Windows redundancy cleanup

4. Clean and complete.

Figure Cleanup Complete

The effect of cleanup varies from person to person, and if the system has been used for a long time, the space released after the cleanup is considerable. Of course, the new system because there is not too much redundancy accumulation, the effect is not obvious.