Hard Drive Space

[quickturtle]

Hello....

Every time I get on my computer I keep noticing that my hard drive space gets smaller and smaller. I havent installed anything. It was 1.01Gb yesterday and today it's 980MB. What could be the problem and how do I solve it ? Thx

 

[linney]

Run the Disk Cleanup tool and use the "More Options" tab to remove all but the most recent restore point.

You don't really want Restore Points going back too far as they will more than likely uninstall all programs or settings you have changed since your "go back point" causing you more problems than it may fix.

The average restore point is 25mb+ with a "first in, first out" policy on restore points. They contain mainly deleted or altered exe, dlls, shortcuts and a registry backup and user profile details. They do not contain users data.

Keeping restore points for a week seems adequate. Amount of disk space used depends on the size of your restore points. Some restore points can be as large as 500mb after major alterations to a system (ie a new service pack or several hefty program installs, or running SFC /Scannow).

Do you use Hibernation? If not turn it off to save 500+MB.

This program might be useful for any diagnosing.

http://www.digallery.com/diskdata/

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