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Peterofnj
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      11-16-2007
This question is related to Window Vista system restore. I had used it
several times and after each system restore, I usually go and delete all my
previous restore points. I also go and delete all temp files in the
Window/Temp folder and in application data/local/Temp folder. I then used
system clean up to delete any memory errors and other junk files. Without
turning system restore back on, I notice my disk space is smaller after
around two system restores. Does anyone know what is eating up the hard drive?

It's easy to misunderstood this. Let say I have 2 gig in my hard drive.

Turning sytem restore on reduce my hard drive to 1.7 gig.

I used system restore once and after all the clean up, my hard drive is back
to the original 2 gig.

I use system restore again and perform the same maintenance, except instead
of being back to 2 gig, my hard drive is now 1.9 gig. This gradual reduction
happened after every two system restores. My question is what is eating up
that space?
 
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Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]
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      11-16-2007
Its possible crash logs are also contributing to it. How big is your disk
drive? Have you ran the Disk Clean Up wizard (All Programs > Accessories >
System Tools > Disk Cleanup).
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"Peterofnj" <> wrote in message
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> This question is related to Window Vista system restore. I had used it
> several times and after each system restore, I usually go and delete all
> my
> previous restore points. I also go and delete all temp files in the
> Window/Temp folder and in application data/local/Temp folder. I then used
> system clean up to delete any memory errors and other junk files. Without
> turning system restore back on, I notice my disk space is smaller after
> around two system restores. Does anyone know what is eating up the hard
> drive?
>
> It's easy to misunderstood this. Let say I have 2 gig in my hard drive.
>
> Turning sytem restore on reduce my hard drive to 1.7 gig.
>
> I used system restore once and after all the clean up, my hard drive is
> back
> to the original 2 gig.
>
> I use system restore again and perform the same maintenance, except
> instead
> of being back to 2 gig, my hard drive is now 1.9 gig. This gradual
> reduction
> happened after every two system restores. My question is what is eating up
> that space?



 
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Peterofnj
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      11-16-2007
Thank you Andre for responding. My hard drive is 50 gig. It's an offline
computer so it won't have any weird thing from the net. The thing is I notice
it get slightly smaller only after I used system restore to go back to a
previous point. I'm suspecting it could be some log or something that's
taking up the space, but I don't really know.

I had use Disk Cleanup, but it's not that.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Its possible crash logs are also contributing to it. How big is your disk
> drive? Have you ran the Disk Clean Up wizard (All Programs > Accessories >
> System Tools > Disk Cleanup).
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> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Peterofnj" <> wrote in message
> news:279E5703-62A3-44CC-AF5B-...
> > This question is related to Window Vista system restore. I had used it
> > several times and after each system restore, I usually go and delete all
> > my
> > previous restore points. I also go and delete all temp files in the
> > Window/Temp folder and in application data/local/Temp folder. I then used
> > system clean up to delete any memory errors and other junk files. Without
> > turning system restore back on, I notice my disk space is smaller after
> > around two system restores. Does anyone know what is eating up the hard
> > drive?
> >
> > It's easy to misunderstood this. Let say I have 2 gig in my hard drive.
> >
> > Turning sytem restore on reduce my hard drive to 1.7 gig.
> >
> > I used system restore once and after all the clean up, my hard drive is
> > back
> > to the original 2 gig.
> >
> > I use system restore again and perform the same maintenance, except
> > instead
> > of being back to 2 gig, my hard drive is now 1.9 gig. This gradual
> > reduction
> > happened after every two system restores. My question is what is eating up
> > that space?

>
>
>

 
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      11-16-2007
Peterofnj wrote:

> This question is related to Window Vista system restore. I had used it
> several times and after each system restore, I usually go and delete all
> my previous restore points. I also go and delete all temp files in the
> Window/Temp folder and in application data/local/Temp folder. I then used
> system clean up to delete any memory errors and other junk files. Without
> turning system restore back on, I notice my disk space is smaller after
> around two system restores. Does anyone know what is eating up the hard
> drive?
>

The bloatware known as Vista. Microsoft is still, after all these years,
incapable of writing a good operating system. Either live with that reality
or move on to an operating system not riddled with all this crap....
Ubuntu!

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Frank
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      11-16-2007
NoStop wrote:
> Peterofnj wrote:
>
>
>>This question is related to Window Vista system restore. I had used it
>>several times and after each system restore, I usually go and delete all
>>my previous restore points. I also go and delete all temp files in the
>>Window/Temp folder and in application data/local/Temp folder. I then used
>>system clean up to delete any memory errors and other junk files. Without
>>turning system restore back on, I notice my disk space is smaller after
>>around two system restores. Does anyone know what is eating up the hard
>>drive?
>>

>
> The bloatware known as Vista. Microsoft is still, after all these years,
> incapable of writing a good operating system. Either live with that reality
> or move on to an operating system not riddled with all this crap....
> Ubuntu!
>
> Cheers.
>



Stop lying doris. We all know urbuttoo os is nothing but a garbage toy
os for kids and losers like you.
Cheers as*hole!
Frank
 
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Bill Yanaire
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      11-16-2007

"NoStop" <> wrote in message
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> Peterofnj wrote:
>
>> This question is related to Window Vista system restore. I had used it
>> several times and after each system restore, I usually go and delete all
>> my previous restore points. I also go and delete all temp files in the
>> Window/Temp folder and in application data/local/Temp folder. I then used
>> system clean up to delete any memory errors and other junk files. Without
>> turning system restore back on, I notice my disk space is smaller after
>> around two system restores. Does anyone know what is eating up the hard
>> drive?
>>

> The bloatware known as Vista. Microsoft is still, after all these years,
> incapable of writing a good operating system. Either live with that
> reality
> or move on to an operating system not riddled with all this crap....
> Ubuntu!


Give it a rest. Go outisde, lick yourself and chase parked cars. Who gives
a RATS ASS about Ubuntu anyway? Ubuntu is just a TOY OS.


>
> Cheers.
>
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> http://tinyurl.com/2w8qqo
>
> Frank - seek help immediately! Visit ...
> http://www.binsa.org/
>



 
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ulTRAX
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      11-16-2007
"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Its possible crash logs are also contributing to it. How big is your disk
> drive? Have you ran the Disk Clean Up wizard (All Programs > Accessories >
> System Tools > Disk Cleanup).


I don't know how good Vista disk cleanup is. I've used CCleaner for a number
of years... a free utility you can get here: http://www.ccleaner.com/ It's
pretty comprehensive and you can check off what you want to clean. It even
has a cookie manager so you can set aside cookies you want to keep.
 
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      11-17-2007
Bill Yanaire wrote:

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> "NoStop" <> wrote in message
> news:x4n%i.2048$cD.53@pd7urf2no...
>> Peterofnj wrote:
>>
>>> This question is related to Window Vista system restore. I had used it
>>> several times and after each system restore, I usually go and delete all
>>> my previous restore points. I also go and delete all temp files in the
>>> Window/Temp folder and in application data/local/Temp folder. I then
>>> used system clean up to delete any memory errors and other junk files.
>>> Without turning system restore back on, I notice my disk space is
>>> smaller after around two system restores. Does anyone know what is
>>> eating up the hard drive?
>>>

>> The bloatware known as Vista. Microsoft is still, after all these years,
>> incapable of writing a good operating system. Either live with that
>> reality
>> or move on to an operating system not riddled with all this crap....
>> Ubuntu!

>
> Give it a rest. Go outisde, lick yourself and chase parked cars. Who
> gives
> a RATS ASS about Ubuntu anyway? Ubuntu is just a TOY OS.
>

Believe what you want. Savy computer users disagree with your assessment.
But I don't give a **** how ignorant you are. Use what you want, but for
all the others who might benefit by knowing that a real operating system is
available, I'll be here to let them know.

Cheers.

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