Thanks you the help but i have just one more question. Is it common to lose
about 7GB of disk storage in little over 2 hours, and if i deleted previous
restore points to clear up disk space would my computer be OK?
Thanks
"Steve Thackery" wrote:
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> I'm inclined to think this is a coincidence. I don't think there is any way
> defragging your disk can result in a loss of disk space (not permanent,
> anyway).
>
> As the other contributors have said, Vista runs other activities which
> consume disk space. I would take their advice re backups, Disk Cleanup,
> etc.
>
> Two last things to say about defragging. Firstly, manually defragging is
> not a sensible response to seeing your disk space go down. Defragging is
> not intended to release disk space, nor consume it. It simply reorganises
> the data on the disk to make it faster to access. (In reality defragging
> can release some space, but only a bit, and that isn't its real purpose).
>
> Secondly, you should never need to defrag manually anyway. Vista kicks off
> a defrag once a week automatically, and all the informed opinion is that it
> works fine if you leave it to its own devices).
>
> I would look elsewhere for what is using up your disk space. It is almost
> certainly Vista doing its normal business, though, and I honestly think you
> could safely ignore it.
>
> SteveT
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