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    Where is my disk space going?? Vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Jeremy14, Oct 5, 2008.

  1. Jeremy14

    Jeremy14 Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm like loosing disk space.. in hours.. i have my drive is 250GB oke to start with it's 232GB.. it takes 10GB for recovery partition.. so 223GB installed firefox, CCleaner, Live messenger.. you can't tell me this is taken what 20GB???

    Where the hell is my disk space going?? :p
     
    Jeremy14, Oct 5, 2008
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    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    Shadow Copies/Restpre pts.
     
    McGrady, Oct 5, 2008
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    System restore points at work.

    C: > properties > disk cleanup > more options > you can delete all but the most recent system restore point and you will get back some space.

    Else you could turn off system restore completely, but make sure you have a backup of your data or even better a complete PC backup or similar... though I would not recommend turning it off completely.

    You can reduce the shadow copy storage size though...

    command prompt (as admin) and vssadmin list shadowstorage > that will give you the size allocated / size being used...
     
    fonduekid, Oct 5, 2008
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    Flicker Notebook Consultant

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    I ran into the same problem, disk space evaporates on Vista. It's the primary reason I'm looking for external hard drives, and if anyone knows of any good deals on 500GB-1TB externals please post them (available shipping to Canada)
     
    Flicker, Oct 5, 2008
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  5. Jeremy14

    Jeremy14 Notebook Evangelist

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    @Fonduekid, that shadowstorage i limited to 7, not yet tried that other one... going to try that :p
     
    Jeremy14, Oct 5, 2008
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    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    [232GB] - [9 or 10GB (Recovery Partition)] = 223GB. Seems to be fine.
     
    Andy, Oct 5, 2008
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    crash NBR Assassin

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    crash, Oct 6, 2008
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    ^ yeah. i was going to link that but i saw others had already helped him. lol though, almost the same title :D
     
    Chango99, Oct 6, 2008
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    crash NBR Assassin

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    Yup. I linked it because the title was so close and because it has some extra info that wasn't covered in the responses. :D
     
    crash, Oct 6, 2008
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    Jeremy14 Notebook Evangelist

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    yes,,, but i only have 199GB

    so wheirs that space?
     
    Jeremy14, Oct 6, 2008
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    Thats what people have been saying... its probably used up by the system restore points.

    Have you tried doing a disk cleanup, from within Vista?

    Also, if you really want to clean up as much as possible, try getting in EasyCleaner and chose unnecessary > find > select all > delete all ..... it might help probably!!!
     
    fonduekid, Oct 6, 2008
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  12. Jeremy14

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    did disk cleanup, is easycleaner a program???
     
    Jeremy14, Oct 6, 2008
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    how does dis WindDirStat work??
     
    Jeremy14, Oct 6, 2008
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