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    why is there significant more space on two of the same dv6000?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by burman, Mar 2, 2008.

  1. burman

    burman Notebook Consultant

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    i've got two of the same computer. brief rundown

    one has a 140 GB HD

    the other has a 142

    the content on the two are both almost identical yet the 142GB has a significant amount more of space and i can't tell why.

    "downloaded stuff" on both comes to 104GB

    in program files the 142GB has 2.5GB total while the 140GB has 888MB

    these are the only two areas i can see that would take up the most space and yet the 142GB still has 14.9GB of space left while my 140GB has 437MB. any ideas?
     
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    player_13 Notebook Enthusiast

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  3. burman

    burman Notebook Consultant

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    ran it and only found 109MB worth of stuff to delete. still not making a dent in the seemingly missing 15GB
     
    burman, Mar 2, 2008
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    Delete the last Restore Points. Instructions are in the Vista Tweaks thread in the Windows forum.
     
    Harper2.0, Mar 2, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Yea most likely temporary cache for the OS and programs,

    15gb missing is quite alot im guessing one computer might have different settings or programs that take up space
     
    flipfire, Mar 2, 2008
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    can i get a link? search brought up too many results.
     
    burman, Mar 3, 2008
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    got it. lovely. thank you.
     
    burman, Mar 4, 2008
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