Subj : Windows 11 24H2 update yoinks 8.6GB of your precious drive space
To   : All
From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Oct 11 2024 11:00:06

Windows 11 24H2 update yoinks 8.6GB of your precious drive space and refuses 
to give it back  but a fix is coming

Date:
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:44:17 +0000

Description:
This is an odd drive space eating bug, and one that appears to be related to 
Microsofts clever new update trick.

FULL STORY
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Windows 11 24H2 contains a bug ( among others already spotted) that seemingly 
eats a sizeable portion of your drive space. 

 Windows Latest reports that the 24H2 update leaves behind an undeletable 
8.63GB cache of files in its wake (a bit like a visitor who doesnt know when 
its time to go home). 

Normally, Windows 11s Disk Cleanup feature would be able to remove these 
temporary files after the installation of 24H2, but if you try to do so, this 
doesnt work due to the bug  the 8GB cache still remains. 

The problem seems to be related to a new improvement made to Windows Update 
known as checkpoint cumulative updates which were brought in with Windows 11 
24H2. This is a system designed to trim down update sizes by providing more 
compact incremental cumulative monthly updates (though some will still be 
larger baseline updates  we go into this in more detail here ). 

The issue began with the release of Windows 11 24H2, and hasnt been cured 
with the latest cumulative update for October, as folks are still complaining 
about the 8.6GB of files being eaten up. Is there any way around this? The 
best bet is to play a waiting game 

Is the bug actually grabbing 8.6GB of your drive, though? Well, we cant be 
sure of that, as the 8.6GB of files might not really exist in their entirety 
on your drive (thats just the size being reported, and Windows Latest notes 
the size might actually be smaller than this). 

Even so, this is still lost drive space, which is certainly an annoyance  
especially if you have a small system drive. So, what can be done? 

Well, one option is a clean installation of Windows 11 24H2, which wont leave 
any such cache behind  but thats a lot of trouble to go to in order to swerve 
around this bug, and its hardly a practical solution. 

A more sensible option is to wait for Microsoft to fix the problem, as the 
issue is now on the software giants radar, and a cure is going to be 
incorporated in a future update, were told. Hopefully the next cumulative 
update for 24H2, with any luck. You may also like... Latest Windows 11 24H2 
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11



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-11-24h2-update-yoinks-8-6g
b-of-your-precious-drive-space-and-refuses-to-give-it-back-but-a-fix-is-coming


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