I have two laptop, an old Toshiba, another new HP. They are installed totally the same softwares. All installed wXP.
The old occupies 7-giga space, but the new HP laptop occupies 12-giga space? The 2nd occupies 5-giga more than the 1st one!!
It is hard to understand? Why it occupies so big more space? Can it be solved?
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Reply 1 : Why it occupies so big more space?
The OS as configured by vendors, such as HP, Dell, and the rest all seem to be filled with a lot of what I call bloatware, tons of trial versions of software, crippleware and such in hopes you buy the full copy one day.
HP includes their photo sotftware, HP Care, and a ton of other products, my guess this is where the extra space is used from. Also, not sure how your Toshiba is configured but my HP has about 5-6GB in a partition so you can reload the OS from scratch and be like day one again, so that could also be where the space has gone.
HP includes their photo sotftware, HP Care, and a ton of other products, my guess this is where the extra space is used from. Also, not sure how your Toshiba is configured but my HP has about 5-6GB in a partition so you can reload the OS from scratch and be like day one again, so that could also be where the space has gone.
Reply 2 : Why it occupies so big more space?
Both my PCs are done with clean installation, so there is nothing to do with the vendors advertisements.
The C: partitions of my PCs are only for OS. Actually even you did not change any thing, after working days or weeks, you often see the "occupied space" changes including smaller.
I always doubt there are virtual/nonsense codes/files occupying the space, these vertual/nonsense codes/files are not occuoied the space stably.
The C: partitions of my PCs are only for OS. Actually even you did not change any thing, after working days or weeks, you often see the "occupied space" changes including smaller.
I always doubt there are virtual/nonsense codes/files occupying the space, these vertual/nonsense codes/files are not occuoied the space stably.
Reply 3 : Why it occupies so big more space?
On a larger hard drive, if that's the case on your new computer, the percentage alloted for System Restore Points may be larger.. As such, System Restore will take up more space on the second computer. For example, 10% or an 80 GB hard drive is a lot different than 10% or a 250 GB hard drive. To reduce the space used for SR points, RIGHT click on "My Computer", choose "Properties", then the "System Restore" tab, then simply move the slider to a smaller percentage.
Hope this helps.
Grif
Hope this helps.
Grif
Reply 4 : Why it occupies so big more space?
The PCs leave 12% for "System Restore" automatically. What is the meaning of "System Restore", how much space should at least leave for the "System Restore"?
Reply 5 : Why it occupies so big more space?
On an 80 GB hard drive, you might want 12%, while on a 250 GB hard drive, you might only want 4 - 6 %..
Your choice depending on how many restore points you want to keep.
Hope this helps.
Grif
Your choice depending on how many restore points you want to keep.
Hope this helps.
Grif
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