Vista x64 eating up my C:/ drive!!

Ok this is really annoying, I have a 30GB C:/ drive and Vista keep
expanding by the second, the WINDOWS folder is 20 GB

winsxs = 8 G
System32 = 3.3 G
SoftwareDistribution = 2.5 G
SysWOW64 = 1 G

Is this normal? And how can I free some stuff up? I want to remove thi
winsxs folder (I don't need any updates)

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Xandu

That is normal. You could disable system restore. Vista does requir
40GB for OS + RAM. I started with 56GB due to 16GB of RAM. It move
the paging file of 16GB to E: once created

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SCSIraidGUR

Michael A. McKenney
'www.SCSIraidGURU.com' (http://www.SCSIraidGURU.com)

Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
16GB DDR667
SAS RAID
eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card

Hmm, I see. What about the hibernation file that takes up 3.5 GB fo
hibernation? How do I disable that

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Xandu

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:24:47 -0500, SCSIraidGURU
<> wrote:

>That is normal. You could disable system restore. Vista does require
>40GB for OS + RAM. I started with 56GB due to 16GB of RAM. It moved
>the paging file of 16GB to E: once created.

What is this "16GB of RAM" you talk about?

RAM is the wrong term, if you're talking about reserved/used space for
system restore points.

And it would only be 16GB if one had a 110GB drive, because Vista uses
15% of the drive for restore points unless the user has changed that.

In the OP's case, abaout 4 gigs would be used.

Bumpag

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Xandu

"Paul Montgomery" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
>>That is normal. You could disable system restore. Vista does require
>>40GB for OS + RAM. I started with 56GB due to 16GB of RAM. It moved
>>the paging file of 16GB to E: once created.
>
> What is this "16GB of RAM" you talk about?

You do not know what 16GB of RAM means or what? He's got a high end
twin-quad core Xeon system with 16GB of ECC and registered RAM. Look at his
website.

> RAM is the wrong term, if you're talking about reserved/used space for
> system restore points.
>
> And it would only be 16GB if one had a 110GB drive, because Vista uses
> 15% of the drive for restore points unless the user has changed that.
>
> In the OP's case, abaout 4 gigs would be used.

You seem to like making a fool out of yourself with people that clearly know
a lot more about computers than you do.

ss.

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:01:54 +0100, "Synapse Syndrome"
<> wrote:

>You seem to like making a fool out of yourself with people that clearly know
>a lot more about computers than you do.

I'll admit that I know nothing about x64... I'm not afraid of being
wrong or of admitting it.

Speaking of admitting being wrong: when are you gonna retract your
calling me a liar? You've had plenty of time to view the proof you
requested several days ago.