Re: Reinstallation of XP resulted in lost harddisk space
- From: Dr Teeth <no.email.here.please@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 09:45:21 +0100
On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 16:00:01 -0700, Baluba JC
<BalubaJC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I have just reinstalled Win XP on my Dell Inspiron with a 40 GB harddisk. I
>deleted all the partitions, and the result was that ca 10 GB of space was
>lost. Is there any way I can find the last 10?
>
>I hope someone can help me with an answer.
>
>Best regards Johnny
The default values for the IE cache, recycle bin and system restore
are CRAZY. If you set them to more normal or acceptable values you'd
get oodles of space back. Last week, reclaimed >5Gb on my
brother-in-law's PC by changing IE's cache from 5.5Gb to 50 Mb (he's
on 2Mb ADSL).
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Cheers,
Guy
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