WinXP: how big is your Windows folder?

[Yossarian]

Just wondering if it's time for a reformat to clean things up... 1.59 GB here.

 

[minendo]

2.17 GB (2,332,052,786 bytes)

 

[clicknext]

1.84GB

 

[Chaotic42]

1.34 GB

That's freaking huge for an OS.

 

[crisp82]

954mb. Thats after a fresh install. After numerous Windows Updates and drivers and install apps it normally goes up to around 1.4gb.

 

[NapalmKing]

My net computer is 1.4 Gb

 

[crisp82]

No need for a format. Clear out your registry using RegCleaner and remove any old programs and files that you don't use any more. Remove any files that are cloggin up your Windows folder.

BTW: Check how big your temporary internet files folder is. My guess, if you don't ever clear it out, a couple of hundred meg.

 

[elzmaddy]

1.4 GB with many appliations installed.

 

[RVN]

1.21 GB -one week old install.

 

[Yomicron]

2.16 GB (2,329,519,315 bytes)

about a one year old install

 

[Broadkipa]

1.9Gbs here

 

[SailorSpoon]

1.46 - Wee!

 

[Sketcher]

1.44GB

 

[snidy]

1.3 GB

 

[Nothinman]

$ du -hs /cygdrive/c/WINNT/
1.4G /cygdrive/c/WINNT

 

[sak]

1.51gb

 

[Crusty]

uhhh.....3.8gb. Is it supposed to be that big? I've cleaned out all my temp stuff too....hrmmm:Q

 

[RalfHutter]

1.06GB on a 4-month old install. I keep things (temp files, registry etc) clean.

 

[imported_Phil]

984Mb here, although that's because I install everything I can into my D: drive so if I have to reformat I don't lose much apart from Windows. Should point out that it's a 2-day old install, full WindowsUpdate and all my apps too.

Dopefiend

 

[Lonyo]

Bloat.
1.13 for Wink 2 after 5-6 months.

Now I know why I uninstalled XP a few days after installing it, it's so bloated and stupid.
Wink 2k is hardly that different from XP and quite a bit smaller.

I wish for the days of the old Win 98 at 500MB or so 🙂

 

[imported_Phil]

I call bloat on you, Lonyo! 🙂
I've got a tiny Celeron/400/96Mb/30Gb server machine by my feet, the standard (!) Win2k install is something in the region of 480Mb, and that's after three months hehe

Dopefiend

 

[compudog]

1.82Gb for mine. I hate reformatting, but it's a necessary evil...

 

[BoomAM]

1.42gb "size"
1.36 "size on disk"

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: DopeFiend
I call bloat on you, Lonyo! 🙂
I've got a tiny Celeron/400/96Mb/30Gb server machine by my feet, the standard (!) Win2k install is something in the region of 480Mb, and that's after three months hehe

Dopefiend

I went for everything and have a backup from Service Pack install.

Pipboy, have you checked backups of service packs?
ServicePackFiles on my main folder is 200MB, $NtServicePackUninstalll$ is 150MB
My temp is 52MB.

That's 200MB I could probably get rid of, then the 200MB SPFiles folder I'm unsure about, maybe you could check these folders on your machine and see if they exist/take up lots of space, that might be a good clean.

 

[Yossarian]

These guys are safe to delete?

$NtUninstallQ309521$ and similar