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| Thread ID: 99670 | 2009-05-10 07:04:00 | What xp bug is this, disk cleanup actually takes more disk space. | lightfoot (39) | Press F1 |
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| 772833 | 2009-05-10 07:04:00 | An xp prof computer with rollback RX install, one 40 hard disk with two partitions c and d 20 gig each. C partition got 2.5 g blank, D partition got about 2 gig blank. So I went to do disk cleanup, tick all the boxes to delete such as old archives, and other boxes. When it is done with disk cleanup C partition actually got less space, C free space now is about 0.7gig compared to 2.5 gig before disk clean up, and D free space now is about 0.6 gig compared to about 2 gig before disk clean up. Why disk clean up actually takes more of the disk space instead of freeing it. |
lightfoot (39) | ||
| 772834 | 2009-05-10 07:07:00 | Download something like this: http://windirstat.info/ And have a look at whats taking up all that space. Also try defragging Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 772835 | 2009-05-10 07:10:00 | You know I tried to delete files from D partitions, the amount deleted was about 4 gig, but after deleting, the amount free space gained was only less than 1 gig. | lightfoot (39) | ||
| 772836 | 2009-05-10 07:12:00 | Download something like this: http://windirstat.info/ And have a look at whats taking up all that space. Also try defragging Blam Windows Defrag needs 15% free space to work .... |
minster (9180) | ||
| 772837 | 2009-05-10 07:20:00 | Windows Defrag needs 15% free space to work .... Indeed-forgot about that:p In that case disable hibernate and system restore-then move anything possible to a flash drive and try. Download CCleaner and run it too www.ccleaner.com Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 772838 | 2009-05-10 08:24:00 | Defrag it with something like defraggler, the built in windows ones suck | gary67 (56) | ||
| 772839 | 2009-05-10 08:45:00 | What is the reason that disk clean actually takes more free space and deleting files only gain small amount of free space? Thanks | lightfoot (39) | ||
| 772840 | 2009-05-10 09:05:00 | Have you emptied the Recycle Bin? | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 772841 | 2009-05-10 09:06:00 | No idea-could be a bug. It is windos you're dealing with here!:p |
Blam (54) | ||
| 772842 | 2009-05-10 09:24:00 | If it didn't have a system restore point, then the cleanup would have created one. Or is that only obvious to me? edit: Just read up on what the rollback RX software actually does. Does this mean that two restore points might have been created? |
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