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    Windows folder is 27GB...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Vedya, Jul 23, 2009.

  1. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    Hey,

    My Windows folder (Vista x64) is a whopping 27.3 GB, why is this? What should I do about it? My OS Partition is running extremely low on space and thus I have to fix this problem quickly.

    Thanks,
    Vedya
     
    Vedya, Jul 23, 2009
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  2. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    You can use a partition manager to resize your partition to make it bigger.
     
    jackluo923, Jul 23, 2009
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  3. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Probably a combination of installed programs, files saved to that partition, paging file, restore points (you could delete some of the older ones to make some room), uninstaller information for all of the hotfixes and updates from Microsoft that have been installed, and probably growth in your registry hives (even if you installed all your programs into a different partition, they would still have added entries to the registry, which is kept on the system partition).
     
    Shyster1, Jul 23, 2009
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  4. Dragunov-21

    Dragunov-21 Notebook Evangelist

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    Volume Shadow Copy, by any chance?
     
    Dragunov-21, Jul 23, 2009
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  5. irrational

    irrational Notebook Guru

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    damn that winsxs folder... check it. it's probably the biggest folder there, mine is 15 GB
     
    irrational, Jul 24, 2009
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  6. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    WinSXS folder size does not reveal it's true size. it's much smaller than that.

    check "WinSXS" on my sig.
     
    davepermen, Jul 24, 2009
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  7. WhiteDragon

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    I'd say you need to organize and clean the drive(s) on that computer.
     
    WhiteDragon, Jul 25, 2009
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