My Windows folder is HUGE. On Vista x64, it's taking 24.4 GB of space. Shouldn't it only be around 8 or so max?
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
mine is 20GB
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
I'm on Vista x64 and it's only 9.5GB. I guess you guys have way more programs installed than me?
I'm running Vista 32 bit, and mine shows 12.4gb.
no, it's not the Program Files folder, it's the actual Windows folder itself.
so that's not a strange size? i'm running out of room on this 160GB OS drive (figured it'd be large enough for an OS and games...guess not)max wrote:
mine is 20GB
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
6.7 GB here. Try CCleaner.
Well, some program files are stored in the Windows folder. For example, I see a Left 4 Dead and a Zune folder in my Windows folder. So I think that has something to do with it. Otherwise how can mine be 9.5GB and yours 24GB?
Last edited by SpIk3y (2009-04-01 19:26:42)
check your winxs folder. It stores multiple copies of dll's in order to let multiple applications run in Windows without any compatibility problem.
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
Seriously? Zune I can understand, L4D no. I've got to reinstall L4D to verify.. if it stores anything in the system directory.. RAGE.SpIk3y wrote:
Well, some program files are stored in the Windows folder. For example, I see a Left 4 Dead and a Zune folder in my Windows folder. So I think that has something to do with it. Otherwise how can mine be 9.5GB and yours 24GB?
Well my copy of L4D isn't legit, so that might have something to do with it. I see some Nero files in there too. Also, I just checked my winsxs folder and now my Windows folder is reading 24GB.
good idea, i haven't run it in a couple months at least...it's not even installed.Defiance wrote:
6.7 GB here. Try CCleaner.
holy shit! XS indeed. 14GB. is it wise to remove anything from it?max wrote:
check your winxs folder. It stores multiple copies of dll's in order to let multiple applications run in Windows without any compatibility problem.
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
Don't touch that folder, it can brick your system. The only real way of shrinking the folder is to uninstall programs you don't need anymore
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
fucking a. CCleaner only removed 1GB or so. question: if i use something like Norton Ghost to image my drive, can i restore the image to a non-identical drive? say, a larger one (with more cache perhaps)?max wrote:
Don't touch that folder, it can brick your system. The only real way of shrinking the folder is to uninstall programs you don't need anymore
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
Sure, no problem
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
awesome, thanks. they're dirt cheap, i might have to jump for one.max wrote:
Sure, no problem
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
1.68 GB, tinyXP
ITT: We tell each other how large our porn folder is...
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Last edited by GodFather (2009-04-01 20:25:44)
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maybe try using windirstat and see whats taking up so much space?
System restore ON perhaps?
My gaming folder is 100 GB
My Vista iz 14 GB
Mai FSX iz 15 GB
wat
My Vista iz 14 GB
Mai FSX iz 15 GB
wat
remove hibernation files (or something like that) Disk Cleanup. Also lower the amount of restore points and the max amount of space you allow them to take in total.
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