Re: XP pro installation size

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"Mani" <Mani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,

I installed XP pro onto a 6 Gb partition and the free space left on
it is 1 Gb !
Adding up the three folders created by the install comes to 1.7 Gb.
So where has the remaining disk space gone ?
Should I be worried about this. Also I did format the partition
before.

Thankyou so much for any informative replies.

The rest might be in the "System Volume Information" folder. Hard to find a utility that will let you in there. Amust Disk Cleaner v1.0 will though and it is free.

http://www.amustsoft.com/disk-cleaner/

That "System Volume Information" is all or mostly "System Restore" backups. You can adjust this between 0% to 12% of the disk space I think.

--
Bill

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