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Fresh basic Vista 64 install

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TheNiceGuy

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I just finished the install, no programs, or extras (save Japanese support at 1GB), just the OS as normal, updates and drivers, for my system below.
I guess they make em big these days.
 
Originally posted by: TheNiceGuy
I just finished the install, no programs, or extras (save Japanese support at 1GB), just the OS as normal, updates and drivers, for my system below.
I guess they make em big these days.
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That doesn't sound right. My Vista 64 install is only... 12GB or so (don't have the numbers in front of me as I am not at my desktop) 35GB is crazy.
 
Originally posted by: TheStu
That doesn't sound right. My Vista 64 install is only... 12GB or so (don't have the numbers in front of me as I am not at my desktop) 35GB is crazy.
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Agreed!

I don't have Vista 64, but I'm using W7 Ultimate 64 at the moment (with only Flash & Avira installed) and it's using 1/2 the space the OP reports - 17.3GB!

Vista 64 isn't W7 64, but I can't imagine there being that much difference...

Here's a screenie, if you're interested: http://vindsl.com/images/Windows_7_x64_Disk_Usage.png (W7 x64 Disk Usage)
 
This is Vista from when it came out, + 3 hours of updates. ??
Or maybe its the new ATi drivers? hahaha
I do have a 22" CRT, lol
 
You might try running CrapCleaner, if you haven't already done so...

LoL!

I'm not being a wiseguy - that's the name - or CCleaner, if you wanna be politically correct 😉
 
Originally posted by: Rubycon
Turn off system restore.
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Agree :thumbsup:

Doing all the updates has driven the restore points through the roof.

Turn off system restore.

Reboot

Check drive space used ( you should see a vast improvement ).

Reenable system restore

This will get rid of all the extra space take by restore points.
 
~Cool :thumbsup:

I fired up W7 again and gave this a try. Actually, I just deleted the restore points (System Protection reported 2.2GB current usage).

Now my install is down to 14.7GB

Screenie: http://vindsl.com/images/Windo...ete_Restore_Points.png (W7 x64 after deleting the restore points).

Um...

Guess I should go create another restore point now, eh what? 😀
 
Originally posted by: TheNiceGuy
I just finished the install, no programs, or extras (save Japanese support at 1GB), just the OS as normal, updates and drivers, for my system below.
I guess they make em big these days.
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The only thing I can think of is you might have a huge page file, ~12GB worth.
 
Usually the reason is:

Base install (nothing you can do about really)

System restore (12% of your HD space)
Page file (related to your memory so 4gig mem = 4gig page file)
Hiberfile (related to your memory so 4gig mem = 4gig hiber file)
WinSxS (which usually is the biggest cause as it's reported wrong in Explorer, this is frequently reported as 4-14Gb which it's nowhere near that big in reality)

In short you have little to worry on a desktop pc with a typical hd (not SSD)
 
Originally posted by: Snapster
Usually the reason is:

Base install (nothing you can do about really)

System restore (12% of your HD space)
Page file (related to your memory so 4gig mem = 4gig page file)
Hiberfile (related to your memory so 4gig mem = 4gig hiber file)
WinSxS (which usually is the biggest cause as it's reported wrong in Explorer, this is frequently reported as 4-14Gb which it's nowhere near that big in reality)

In short you have little to worry on a desktop pc with a typical hd (not SSD)
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Yea, both the page file and hiberfile will match the size of your ram. In my case, I have 6 gigs, so theres 12gigs worth of files on there. I disabled and deleted the hiberfile which saved me 6gigs, and moved my pagefile to another physical disk.

I believe you can delete and disable the hiberfile via disk cleanup. Or by turning hibernation off in the power section of the control panel.
 
Originally posted by: dawks
I believe you can delete and disable the hiberfile via disk cleanup. Or by turning hibernation off in the power section of the control panel.
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Actually, I think hibernation is disabled when you delete the hiberfile using disk cleanup.
 
Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Originally posted by: dawks
I believe you can delete and disable the hiberfile via disk cleanup. Or by turning hibernation off in the power section of the control panel.
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Actually, I think hibernation is disabled when you delete the hiberfile using disk cleanup.
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Yes, thats what I typed.. Thanks!
 
hum I use 40 gb on my install drive on media center system that machine been on the same install I have some adobe suite installed, openoffice. I do run ccleaner on the system and cleaned the up the updates , and yes the system runs a hibernation file. The os has been installed for little over year
 
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