WHAT THE?!

ladora · October 26th, 2009, 1:13 PM

Okay, this is not so much a cry for help but rather a question that I hope someone here can help answer.

So I just installed Vista Service Pack 2 and left it to do its magic while I went to have dinner. Came back, voila! It had installed and my laptop had restarted itself. All very good.

I decided to go and check my C drive to see how much space the new service pack took up, and BAM! I suddenly have 80gb of free space, when previously (before Vista SP2 installation) I only had like 30+gb of free space.

So my question is, where in the world did the extra 40+gb come from? I've had this happen before where my laptop does some kooky things (spring cleaning, I assume) and then I suddenly have a few extra gbs of free space, but never 40+ gigs like today. images/smilies/blink.gif

I hope it isn't anything bad that I've suddenly gotten back so much free space... images/smilies/mellow.gif

matt2000 · October 26th, 2009, 2:18 PM

Which version of vista do you have? My first thought would be the update cleared all your 'previous versions' backups, which can take up a lot of space. Vista could've generally compacted itself too.

ladora · October 26th, 2009, 2:29 PM

Vista Home Premium... I hope that's what you were asking for?

(computer idiot alert)

matt2000 · October 26th, 2009, 2:47 PM

Yep that's what I was asking for. Now I just need to check if it has the feature or not, I don't have Vista.

Edit: It does have it, and it is set to automagically take up 15% of your disk (or 30% of your free space, but that's irrelevant). See if you can work out the percentage you've gained. If it's something like 15% then it's probably your answer, and is nothing to worry about.

This page should explain anything I haven't. images/smilies/smile.gif

ladora · October 26th, 2009, 3:05 PM

Thank you so much for that! Just did a quick calculation and yep, it is about 15%! Mystery solved, yay!

+rep for you! images/smilies/biggrin.gif

matt2000 · October 26th, 2009, 3:15 PM

Thanks. We've noticed it at work, where a big chunk of space has magically appeared. Always turns out to be Previous Versions crashing and deleting the lot.

October 26th, 2009, 1:13 PM	#1
ladora Joined: Jun 12th, 2008 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Singapore Posts: 1,489 Car: A black office chair with 5-wheel drive Rep Power: 33	WHAT THE?! Okay, this is not so much a cry for help but rather a question that I hope someone here can help answer. So I just installed Vista Service Pack 2 and left it to do its magic while I went to have dinner. Came back, voila! It had installed and my laptop had restarted itself. All very good. I decided to go and check my C drive to see how much space the new service pack took up, and BAM! I suddenly have 80gb of free space, when previously (before Vista SP2 installation) I only had like 30+gb of free space. So my question is, where in the world did the extra 40+gb come from? I've had this happen before where my laptop does some kooky things (spring cleaning, I assume) and then I suddenly have a few extra gbs of free space, but never 40+ gigs like today. I hope it isn't anything bad that I've suddenly gotten back so much free space... __________________ "I got kicked out of Barnes & Nobles once for moving all the bibles into the fiction section." bye bye kimster

October 26th, 2009, 2:18 PM	#2
matt2000 Hedgehog Sandwich Joined: Feb 17th, 2006 Last Online: 2:26 AM Location: Meerkat Harborough, UK Age: 19 Posts: 5,616 Car: 1977 lol sprung Land Rover shed LFS Status: Rep Power: 101	Which version of vista do you have? My first thought would be the update cleared all your 'previous versions' backups, which can take up a lot of space. Vista could've generally compacted itself too. __________________ Forza 3 Owners Club

October 26th, 2009, 2:29 PM	#3
ladora Joined: Jun 12th, 2008 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Singapore Posts: 1,489 Car: A black office chair with 5-wheel drive Rep Power: 33	Vista Home Premium... I hope that's what you were asking for? (computer idiot alert) __________________ "I got kicked out of Barnes & Nobles once for moving all the bibles into the fiction section." bye bye kimster

October 26th, 2009, 2:47 PM	#4
matt2000 Hedgehog Sandwich Joined: Feb 17th, 2006 Last Online: 2:26 AM Location: Meerkat Harborough, UK Age: 19 Posts: 5,616 Car: 1977 lol sprung Land Rover shed LFS Status: Rep Power: 101	Yep that's what I was asking for. Now I just need to check if it has the feature or not, I don't have Vista. Edit: It does have it, and it is set to automagically take up 15% of your disk (or 30% of your free space, but that's irrelevant). See if you can work out the percentage you've gained. If it's something like 15% then it's probably your answer, and is nothing to worry about. This page should explain anything I haven't. __________________ Forza 3 Owners Club Last edited by matt2000; October 26th, 2009 at 2:50 PM.

October 26th, 2009, 3:05 PM	#5
ladora Joined: Jun 12th, 2008 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Singapore Posts: 1,489 Car: A black office chair with 5-wheel drive Rep Power: 33	Thank you so much for that! Just did a quick calculation and yep, it is about 15%! Mystery solved, yay! +rep for you! __________________ "I got kicked out of Barnes & Nobles once for moving all the bibles into the fiction section." bye bye kimster

October 26th, 2009, 3:15 PM	#6
matt2000 Hedgehog Sandwich Joined: Feb 17th, 2006 Last Online: 2:26 AM Location: Meerkat Harborough, UK Age: 19 Posts: 5,616 Car: 1977 lol sprung Land Rover shed LFS Status: Rep Power: 101	Thanks. We've noticed it at work, where a big chunk of space has magically appeared. Always turns out to be Previous Versions crashing and deleting the lot. __________________ Forza 3 Owners Club

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