Footprint

I had Vista Home Premium (32-bit) preinstalled on my computer when
purchased. For the last few days I've been doing an installed of Vista
Ultimate 64-bit and have noticed that my VHP (and programs) have a footprint
of about 23-25 gigs of space. Now that I'm done installing Vista Ult 64-bit,
I noticed the total installed footprint and the same ancillary programs have
a footprint of 90 gigs. Should the use of 64-bit OS & programs really take
up this much space?

Stupid question by me! Must have been punch drunk.


"novrad" <> wrote in message
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>I had Vista Home Premium (32-bit) preinstalled on my computer when
>purchased. For the last few days I've been doing an installed of Vista
>Ultimate 64-bit and have noticed that my VHP (and programs) have a
>footprint of about 23-25 gigs of space. Now that I'm done installing Vista
>Ult 64-bit, I noticed the total installed footprint and the same ancillary
>programs have a footprint of 90 gigs. Should the use of 64-bit OS &
>programs really take up this much space?