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    e1405 Hard Drive - Lack of space

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Vorobei, Jun 2, 2006.

  1. Vorobei

    Vorobei Newbie

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    Hello, I got my e1405 some time ago, I am completely satisfied, but...
    Windows shows that there is 50Gb hard drive; hardware-testing software shows, that there is 60Gb, as i ordered.
    Also. out of that 50Gb, almost 10 was used by Windows, Media Center and Dell software.

    1) How can I get 60Gb capacity in windows?
    2) What pre-installed stuff can I safely delete in order to increase free space?

    ...please, help, I don't want to waste almost 20Gb
     
    Vorobei, Jun 2, 2006
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  2. gclg2000

    gclg2000 Notebook Guru

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    format that shizzy...i have the same laptop...i killed the backup partition and dropped the media direct junk....i have 55.4gb hard drive size now.

    next time search...and look at the stickes...
     
    gclg2000, Jun 2, 2006
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  3. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    a 60 GB HD with nothing on it is really about 55 GBs. the rest of the space lost is due to the recovery partition(s) and the space taken by XP (about 1.5 GBs).
     
    drumfu, Jun 2, 2006
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