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    Hidden directory WAUUPGRD

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by georule, Sep 1, 2007.

  1. georule

    georule Notebook Guru

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    On my T61p. Seems to be about 3.5GB, the majority of which is a monster INSTALL.WIM file. A little googling on INSTALL.WIM would suggest this directory is a Windows Anytime Upgrade thing that Lenovo uses to do the initial install of the OS (in my case Vista).

    So, anyone know of any reason I can't delete this thing? Any of the ThinkVantage tools rely on it?
     
    georule, Sep 1, 2007
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    gridtalker Notebook Virtuoso

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    Isn't that the recovery directory?
     
    gridtalker, Sep 1, 2007
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    Interesting, I wonder if that's Windows Anytime Upgrade... will have to stick in the factory HDD and check.
     
    LaptopGuru, Sep 1, 2007
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  4. georule

    georule Notebook Guru

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    Dunno. Isn't there a special partition for that? This is on the regular old C drive, just with the Hidden attribute marked. I haven't done the "one time recovery disks" creation thing yet tho. I need to get some blank DVDs first. Think that directory might disappear when I do?
     
    georule, Sep 1, 2007
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  7. evert

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    Does this mean I only need these files if I were to upgrade my Windows Vista Business to a 'better' version?
     
    evert, Feb 21, 2008
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  8. evert

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    I've ZIP'ed and dumped the entire folder on a file server, and gotten a couple of GB's of free space :)
     
    evert, Feb 22, 2008
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    You don't really need these files, if for some reason you want to run windows any time upgrade you can also download the files or pay MS a couple bucks to ship them to you on a DVD. I'm not sure how Lenovo's restore system works though, so perhaps they are required for that, but i doubt it since they have their own partition for system restores. (assuming you haven't already deleted that like I have ;) )
     
    acruxksa, Feb 22, 2008
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  10. evert

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    Nope, keeping the hidden partition... :cool:

    But I am doing the same to the SWTOOLS folder though. ;)
     
    evert, Feb 22, 2008
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    I assume that you backed up the SWTools folder first? Lots of stuff there you might need someday...
     
    bsodder, Feb 22, 2008
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  12. evert

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    Yup. when I was referring to doing the same to that folder I referred to something I wrote earlier:

    :cool:
     
    evert, Feb 23, 2008
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    What is the exact location of the WAUUPGRD folder? It must be C:\Windows\???

    I am going to provide information in my guide as to how to burn an Anytime Upgrade Disk using this folder.

    Thanks!
     
    stallen, Feb 23, 2008
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  14. evert

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    my folder was located in the root: C:\WAUUPGRD
     
    evert, Feb 24, 2008
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