Winston,
Thank you for the response - my Windows folder shows just over 10GB -
however when I look at my 'Users' folder it shows over 130GB which from my
knowledge of what I have on the computer does not seem right. I think in
total across all users accounts I have just over 50GB which is predominantly
made up of my videos, music & photos which are all stored on the 'Public'
folder.
When I then look at my own user account in 'Users' and just highlight with
the mouse it shows 2.17GB which I think is right. However when I right click
it and go to properties it then shows my own user account having 46GB. I do
not store videos, photos , music in there (all kept in my 'Public' folder)
only documents.
When I repeat this exercise with the other User accounts' (wife and
children) I get a similar response as my own for two of the accounts I.e
less than 1GB on highlighting with mouse and then when checking properties a
much larger amount of GB's
I am now assuming now this is why my HD is showing as practically full - but
still not sure as to how to fix it?
Thank you for your help
Steve
"...winston" <winstonmvp@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Login with an admin account(are all accounts admin accounts)?
> Check each user profile for size(right click on a user profile and
> determine the size of each)
> Windows and Office 2007, and all software on this Vista Ultimate
> machine(fully updated via Windows Update) consume 13GB of space.
> Music(Windows Media) and Music(Ipod) and Pictures are on separate
> partitions and shared among 3 pc's on the network.
>
> Additionally, while determing the size of each user's profile, do the same
> on the Windows folder(how large is it?)
>
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> "Cass" <stephen.cassidy3@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uV1PdjyiIHA.4868@xxxxxx Quote:
>> I have a 250GB hard drive , vista home premium, just the usual software
>> plus Office 2007. I have approx 50GB of video, music and pictures. I have
>> had computer for less than 3 months and it seems that almost every day
>> the hard drive gets fuller although I am not adding anything to it - I am
>> now down to 17GB. I have five separate users (the family) accounts.
>>
>> can anyone assist please?
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Steve
>