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    Did a fresh install of vista and used 20 GB???

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by tallshorty, Oct 25, 2008.

  1. tallshorty

    tallshorty Notebook Evangelist

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    I just got my X200 and did my own fresh install of Vista Ultimate 64 Bit. Initially, after the installation of just Vista, 4 GB HDD space was used up. After installing all the Lenovo drivers and thinkvantage apps, I have used up 22GB! :eek: How is this possibe?

    This was my process:

    I manually installed:
    -Intel Chipset Utility
    -Intel Matrix Storage manager
    -Intel graphics driver
    -Thinkpad Power management driver

    The rest I used Thinkvantage System Update application. It only downloaded 500MB but somehow, I have installed about 18GB worth of data???

    I have a Thinkpad X200

    Is that normal? Any suggestions?
     
    tallshorty, Oct 25, 2008
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    000111 Atari Master

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    an acronis image of my t400 before nixing vista for XP took up 20 Gb. i think this might be normal for vista...
     
    000111, Oct 25, 2008
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    Vista's bloated
     
    virtuoso88, Oct 25, 2008
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    Great reply. :rolleyes:

    Most likely there is a lot of space being used by system restore and temporary system files. Do a disk cleanup and report back.
     
    Jackboot, Oct 26, 2008
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  5. tallshorty

    tallshorty Notebook Evangelist

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    Hmm...good assumption. But how do I do a disk cleanup?
     
    tallshorty, Oct 26, 2008
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    Start -> search -> "disk cleanup"
     
    Jackboot, Oct 26, 2008
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    tallshorty Notebook Evangelist

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    Sorry, I didn't know that's what you meant. I did do that but it only came up with IE temp files, and hibernation memory. Didn't add up to 20GB though.
     
    tallshorty, Oct 26, 2008
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    What about the "more options" tab and cleaning up system restore & shadow copies?
     
    Jackboot, Oct 26, 2008
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