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    Unstalling/deleting stuff REDUCED my harddrive space? wth?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Duke2007, Sep 18, 2007.

  1. Duke2007

    Duke2007 Notebook Deity

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    ok I had 87.1 gB free on C drive. i uninstalled some sony sonic stage crap and cleaned out my recycle bin and other unneeded old files.

    now my hard drive space is 86.4.

    can anybody explain?



    edit: Wow i just restarted my laptop now (fz190 160 GB hdd) and now my free space is 86.1!!

    what the hell is going on here?
     
    Duke2007, Sep 18, 2007
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  2. LIVEFRMNYC

    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    Maybe System Restore is the reason.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Sep 18, 2007
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  3. dr.pratik

    dr.pratik Notebook Evangelist

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    delet the restore points from disk cleanup extra options
     
    dr.pratik, Sep 18, 2007
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