Windows 11 24H2 leaves nearly 9GB of “junk” on system disks, raising concerns

The latest Windows 11 update, 24H2, is causing issues with disk space due to a bug that is not removing temporary files, and users may have to follow complicated steps to clean it up until Microsoft provides a fix.

Microsoft is aware of the issue and is working on a fix, ensuring that users will not have to deal with this problem for long.
The issue is related to the checkpoint functionality of system updates, which is meant to improve the update process, showing that Microsoft is constantly working to improve their products.
The issue may only affect a small percentage of users, as it is not a widespread problem, meaning that the majority of Windows 11 users will not have to deal with this issue at all.

The latest Windows 11 update, 24H2, is causing some headaches for users. One of the recent issues involves the available disk space on systems, which is proving to be quite difficult to “clean up.”

According to reports, the update to Windows 11 24H2 is causing the system to create a cache of approximately 8.70 GB in total size on the disk. Even after the update is completed, this cache may remain on the disk. These files are related to the system update process and should be temporary, typically removed after the update is finished. However, due to a bug, the files are not being completely removed from the system and are lingering on the disk.

To make matters worse, cleaning up this cache is not a simple task and may require users to follow complicated steps. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue and is expected to provide a fix soon. It is believed that the problem is related to the checkpoint functionality of system updates, which is typically used to ensure that updates are focused only on the necessary files, thereby reducing their overall size. Ironically, this functionality seems to be causing increased disk space usage in this case.

Although these files are considered temporary, they are part of the Windows update system, and manually removing them can cause problems with future updates. Therefore, it is not recommended to use alternative methods to perform this task.

Until Microsoft provides a fix for this issue, systems may have nearly 9 GB of unnecessarily occupied data on the disk. While this may not seem like much in today’s standards, it can still be a considerable amount for systems with limited disk space.

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