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    Disappearing gigabytes

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Mystyn, Dec 27, 2007.

  1. Mystyn

    Mystyn Notebook Enthusiast

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    My new FZ290 seems to be losing GB's for no apparent reason. I haven't done any of the clean install things and I've only installed a couple programs of my own. But every few days, some HDD space seems to just vanish. Last night when I went to bed I had 134GB free. I started it up this morning and I have 131GB.

    Any idea what's going on? Thanks
     
    Mystyn, Dec 27, 2007
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Shadow files, caching, just a bunch of system maintenance. Unless you need the space for something else, just let the OS do its job.
     
    Lithus, Dec 27, 2007
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    H3rmaN Notebook Evangelist

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    H3rmaN, Dec 27, 2007
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  4. Hunningolla

    Hunningolla Notebook Consultant

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    Nice link. Is there any downside in reducing that amount? It's set up at 20gb for me.. :D

    EDIT:No matter, googled it, set to 5gb now. Thanks for the tip!
     
    Hunningolla, Dec 27, 2007
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  5. Mystyn

    Mystyn Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the link =)
     
    Mystyn, Dec 28, 2007
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