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    System Space disappearing!!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by frozen sun, Mar 18, 2007.

  1. frozen sun

    frozen sun Notebook Consultant

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    there is some problem.. My vista notebook says dat i have used up 20 GB of HDD in 11 days.. which i am sure i havnt.. My windows folder and personal files everything combined comes to less than 10GB as of now.. (m still transferring my files)

    Is this bcoz of the system restore facility? i think it on an auto mode.. i have some 19 restore points.. almost 2 in a day.. so, can it be the reason? if yes, how do i remove it? will a disk clean up remove all the restore point?
     
    frozen sun, Mar 18, 2007
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    chienne Notebook Enthusiast

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    That is most definitely the problem. Go to disk cleanup then click on the "More Options" tab. Then click on the System Restore and Shadow Copies and click Clean up. I do that every week or so and it restores about 10 GIGS.
     
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    iza Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm not sure if it works on vista, but you could try WinDirStat to see what's taking up space.
     
    iza, Mar 18, 2007
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    frozen sun Notebook Consultant

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    disk clean up did work! thanks.. Will try windirstat anyways..
     
    frozen sun, Mar 18, 2007
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    jtse Notebook Guru

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    jtse, Mar 19, 2007
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