What take some much space on laptop?

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Helene

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I only have 4 GB free space out of 70 GB.

I don't play games, and only instal programs like Microsoft Office, photo programs.

I did all that was recommanded like disk cleanup etc. etc.

I did search to see what is so much space and was not successfull.

Where should I look?

Is there any hidden space?

Thanks
 

My Computer

System One

70GB for Vista? It requires 40GB + RAM. I would uninstall what you can from Windows add/remove. How big is the winsxs directory? Have you deleted everything in the different temp directories.

C:\temp
C:\%user directory%\temp
C:\windows\temp

70GB is not that much space for Vista.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
When I go to Computer it says:

ACER (C):
4 GB free of 70 GB

How big is the winsxs directory?
Where do I find this info?

Have you deleted everything in the different temp directories.

C:\temp
yes
C:\%user directory%\temp
can't find this
C:\windows\temp
yes

Thanks for the help so far. That is nice.
 

My Computer

System One

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    * BFK Customs *
    CPU
    Intel C2Q 9550 Yorkfield
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5Q Pro
    Memory
    8GB Dominator 8500C5D
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX ATI 1GB 4870 XXX
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD 7-1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1x 47" LCD HDMI & 2x 26" LCD HDMI
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080P & 1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    2x 500GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache WD Caviar Black
    PSU
    Corsair 620HX
    Case
    CM Cosmos RC-1000
    Cooling
    Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    HP Enhansed Multimedia
    Mouse
    Razer Diamondback 3G
    Internet Speed
    18.6Mb/s
    Other Info
    My First Build ;)
Helene said:
When I go to Computer it says:

ACER (C):
4 GB free of 70 GB

How big is the winsxs directory?
Where do I find this info?

Have you deleted everything in the different temp directories.

C:\temp
yes
C:\%user directory%\temp
can't find this
C:\windows\temp
yes

Thanks for the help so far. That is nice.
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Hi Helene,

Your %user directory% is your user name on your computer. You need to enable showing of hidden files and directories on your computer to show it.

Anyways, you can also clean your hard drive following the instructions here; http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/158356-extended-disk-cleanup.html?filter[11]=Performance%20Maintenance

You can also clean your SP1 backup files by following the directions here; http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/142656-sp1-disk-cleanup-tool.html?filter[11]=Performance%20Maintenance

One last thing... change the size of the amount of space used by system restore by following the directions found here; http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76227-system-restore-disk-space.html

That should free up some hard drive space for you.

Snarks :cool:
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Precision M4400
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    250 GB SATA 7200rpm
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Revolution
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