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    Insta-Bloat

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Wayne99, Jan 5, 2010.

  1. Wayne99

    Wayne99 Notebook Consultant

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    I just formatted and resized my Windows partition and reinstalled XP 2 weeks ago. Windows partition is now 30G, up from 25. After installing it and some assorted programs, I think it used about 4-5 Gig. Then I ran Windows update, but didnt check the disk usage immediately afterward. FF a few days, my computer starts acting as bad as it did before I formatted. Today I have 200 megabytes free, even after cleanup. I'm running virus/nasty checks while i post here but ???....

    ???????????????

    Nevermind, I guess...I rebooted and now I have 17G free. But I still want to know what the heck is going on...
     
    Wayne99, Jan 5, 2010
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  2. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Well, there are the Windows Update Installation files... potentially some shadow copies, temp files.

    The fact that you installed a lot will have been responsible here.

    I had my laptop use 1 or 2GB and give it back out of nowhere before...
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 5, 2010
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  3. Wayne99

    Wayne99 Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, but 17 G? That's pretty scary. Where was it? When will it vanish again? Sheesh, Windows...
     
    Wayne99, Jan 5, 2010
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    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I'd not worry too much about it.

    Unless this issue just reappears without installations.

    My guess would be that Windows kept the files for an easy rollback.
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 5, 2010
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  5. surfasb

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    The best way to gauge disk usage isn't through a free space counter. Get a disk mapping program like WinDirStat to take snapshots of each folder's usage.
     
    surfasb, Jan 5, 2010
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