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Blahblah1234 · Feb 24, 2008

I recently purchased a new computer. The available space was 202GB out of 222GB. Well about two weeks in and it is down to 193GB. I know I didn't download that much. I wonder what is taking up the space. It dropped like 1GB in the past hour or so. I have NIS2008 and it reports that everything is fine. Could it be the files in Windows Media Center? It seems like it gets new movie files on its own every now and then. If it is that can I somehow disable this?

DavidGP · Feb 24, 2008

Hi

It could be System Restore as this runs at various times from you installing MSFT updates, installing new software and a pre determined times, generally these backups can take 1GB or more space.

Right click on your C: drive and choose Properties > Disk Cleanup > More Options > then Cleanup under System Restore, this will purge all but the last known System restore point and give you back your space.

May also be files stored in your Norton Protected Recycle Bin, to purge these http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nsw.nsf/0/831aa5c6ef0d750685256c370048ad89?OpenDocument

theefool · Feb 24, 2008

You can disable system restore if one wishes in vista, btw.

http://vistasupport.mvps.org/turn_off_system_restore.htm

1/ Click the Start Button
2/ From the Start menu click Control panel
3/ In Control Panel click the System Icon
4/ On the Left of the System properties window you will see a list of Tasks, click on the System protection link
5/ In the System Protection window remove the 'Tick' mark from beside the drive you want to disable system restore on
6/ A message will now appear asking: 'Are you sure you want to turn System restore off'
7/ Press the Turn System restore Off button
8/ System Restore will now be turned off permanently on that particular drive
9/ To re-enable system restore just click your mouse in the box next to the drive you require system restore to monitor ( a tick will appear in the box), the click the Apply button and system restore will resume monitoring the drive.
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Blahblah1234 · Feb 25, 2008

Thanks for helping. The cleanup under system restore did the trick. It gave me 13GB back.

Blahblah1234 · Feb 25, 2008

One more thing while I'm here. The computer had the google toolbar already installed when I bought it. This creates problems sometimes. It sometimes randomly replaces my address bar for some reason and takes me to google image search instead of the site address I typed. Can I remove this for good? I know some stuff you remove but parts of it are still hidden away somewhere.

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