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jrauman
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From time to time, i want to free up some space on my OS drives (C: drive). I usually start with Windows 'Disk Cleanup' utility if i have plenty of time (as it can be slow at times). Other times, i will manually attempt to do what Disk Cleanup does by opening File Explorer, navigating to the appropriate folders, and deleting files. Earlier this week, i cleaned up one Windows 10 computer and two Windows Server 2016 servers. I cant remember if i used Disk Cleanup or if i did it manually, or if i used both methods. Regardless, the next time i restarted the Windows 10 computer, it took over 3 hours to restart with this one message "Getting Windows ready. Don't turn off your computer". After 3 hours, i was able to login and use the computer. A day later, i had run disk cleanup and/or did some manual updates on a couple Windows Server 2016 servers. Again each server took over an hour to restart with the same exact message. I did a second restart, and it only took a minute to restart.
What is happening??? Why does using Disk Cleanup and/or doing some manual cleanup of Temp folders cause such a long restart? It's been consistent lately. What gives? What is triggering this long restart? What is it doing while it is sitting there "Getting Windows ready"? What can i do to avoid the long restart, if anything? Is there one specific checkbox in Disk Cleanup that causes this problem?
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What is happening??? Why does using Disk Cleanup and/or doing some manual cleanup of Temp folders cause such a long restart? It's been consistent lately. What gives? What is triggering this long restart? What is it doing while it is sitting there "Getting Windows ready"? What can i do to avoid the long restart, if anything? Is there one specific checkbox in Disk Cleanup that causes this problem?
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