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[Closed] Help with disc space

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My lap top is running vista, I have two internal 32gb drive, windows is telling me that one drive is full but when I look at programs etc there is no way there is 32gb worth of stuff in there. Have run all the system tools i.e. defrag, system clean up, eror checks ,etc. Help!!!


 
Posted : 24/01/2010 11:57 am
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You want a hard disk visualiser.


 
Posted : 24/01/2010 12:06 pm
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where do I get one


 
Posted : 24/01/2010 12:10 pm
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search for sequoia view


 
Posted : 24/01/2010 1:23 pm
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[url= http://download.cnet.com/SpaceMonger/3000-2248_4-10050288.html ]Spacemonger[/url]


 
Posted : 24/01/2010 1:27 pm
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Sorted, its seems that windows vista is 18.7gb and winsys is 12gb! is this the norm, seems massive?


 
Posted : 24/01/2010 2:14 pm
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Err 32GB is pretty low spec for a HDD these days


 
Posted : 24/01/2010 2:25 pm
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Clearly I am living in the past ;0(


 
Posted : 24/01/2010 2:42 pm
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the recycle bin may be taking ~10% of available space too, so you can try reducing that amount.


 
Posted : 24/01/2010 11:58 pm
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I bought a 320GB laptop drive for ~ £40 delivered on Thursday...


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 12:01 am
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windows side by side - c:\windows\winsxs will take up loads of space and you cant delete anything from it.


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 1:28 am