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    WSJagworld
    AskWoody Lounger
    May 11, 2012 at 11:19 am #483213

    I don’ install pictures, video or sound and didn’t install MS office and it keeps growing.:o:

    I use malwarebytes & CCleaner and have Microsoft Security Essentials running but the downloads folder is empty….. and don’t understand this.

    Has anyone ever used the black viper vista thing (that I found) to install or get Vista a little slimmer?

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    • joep517
      AskWoody MVP
      May 11, 2012 at 11:47 am #1332257

      The BlackViper settings will do nothing for your disk space usage. All those are for is to help decide what services to run when your system boots. What is the size of the HD?

      Use a tool such as WinDirStat to see where the disk space is being used.

      Joe

      --Joe

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    • BATcher
      AskWoody_MVP
      May 11, 2012 at 12:21 pm #1332262

      If you really have 47 TB of disk space on your laptop, I can’t see why you should be worried about a few odd files!

      To add to Joe’s suggestion, I propose TreeSize Free.

      BATcher

      Plethora means a lot to me.

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    • WSJagworld
      AskWoody Lounger
      May 11, 2012 at 2:08 pm #1332269

      It’s a 150 HD.

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    • joep517
      AskWoody MVP
      May 11, 2012 at 3:34 pm #1332279

      As Batcher said your post says you are using 47TB of disk. You really meant 47.5 GB right?

      Joe

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    • RussB
      AskWoody Plus
      May 11, 2012 at 3:39 pm #1332281

      It is using about 33% of available space. I would not worry until it is using 75-80% especially as you do not use any pictures or videos, etc.:)

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    • WSMedico
      AskWoody Lounger
      May 11, 2012 at 4:34 pm #1332291

      Is hibernate enabled. The hiberfil.sys file sometimes gets pretty large (3 to 5 GB is fairly common) To disable hibernate.

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      • BATcher
        AskWoody_MVP
        May 12, 2012 at 2:07 am #1332327

        The hiberfil.sys file sometimes gets pretty large (3 to 5 GB is fairly common) To disable hibernate.

        Ted – the hyberfil.sys file is created by Windows exactly the same size as the installed RAM! (Up to the maximum usable, of course…)

        BATcher

        Plethora means a lot to me.

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    • WSmaxcorrigan
      AskWoody Lounger
      May 17, 2012 at 2:39 pm #1333076

      As a noob i found that getting rid of most of the system restore points gained a lot of disk space there is an easy way to do this in vista os which deletes all but the last few restore points, i can’t remember how i did it, but i am sure others can point you in the right direction, well worth a try!

      Max……..

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      • WSzzron357
        AskWoody Lounger
        May 18, 2012 at 12:04 am #1333126

        My first run in with Vista showed 50 Gb used when only 25 was used.
        Another pc I found 60 Gb of shadow storage filling 110 Gb hard drive.
        A little googling found how to resize shadow storage – sorry I do not
        have a link to it — it is easy to find. I now resize all Vista systems.
        Some have no limits. Also I generally reduce space allocated to restore
        to under 2 Gb, not the 12% default. SP1 did help with shadow storage.

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        • WSgit1n0n
          AskWoody Lounger
          May 29, 2012 at 8:09 pm #1334640

          Your comment “I can’t remember how I did it” brought to mind the tool that does it. Open up the Disk Cleanup tool. Near the bottom, click on “Clean up System Files.” A new window opens. Click on the “More Options” tab – and then in that window you will see the option to remove older System Restore & Shadow copies.

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