Vista Eats Up All My Hard Drive Space...

Hey guys,

I've got a brand new Dell with an 80 gig hard drive and I've ran into
trouble with Vista eating all my space up. I installed Vista Ultimate on the
laptop and about 5 other programs that should leave me with tons of left over
space but I now have only 14Gigs left out of 80...What the heck is that all
about? Anyone else out there experiencing the same or know why it's doing
that?

Chris Morris

Chris;
Vista can use 15 GB of space.
But so can other programs.
I have 1 program that comes on 2 DVDs and uses about 7 GB IIRC.
How large are the programs you installed?

System Restore will use some space.
If your Dell has a hidden partition to restore the computer to
original, that can take more space.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Chris Morris" <Chris Morris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:27E57E08-7A81-47C4-90A0-ADC0C3743B8B@microsoft.com...
> Hey guys,
>
> I've got a brand new Dell with an 80 gig hard drive and I've ran
> into
> trouble with Vista eating all my space up. I installed Vista
> Ultimate on the
> laptop and about 5 other programs that should leave me with tons of
> left over
> space but I now have only 14Gigs left out of 80...What the heck is
> that all
> about? Anyone else out there experiencing the same or know why it's
> doing
> that?
>
> Chris Morris

Perhaps, but we do not know how much space "5 other programs" are
using.

"Something else is way wrong"
Possibly, but we do not know and I will not assume so without the
other details that are missing from the OPs post.

Your example is not typical.
Most who install several programs with Vista will easily exceed the 10
GB you are using, I did with only one program.
And I did not have anything wrong, much less way wrong.
There are just to many facts missing to come to any conclusion.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Puppy Breath" <nereply@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:utUgPl8XHHA.4692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Yeah, but Chris is talking about 66GB gone for virtually nothing. I
> have Vista Ultimate, Office 2007 Professional, Visual Studio, a few
> other programs on a 20 GB partition and still have almost 9GB left.
> So something is definitely wrong there. It sure isn't the search
> index, system restore, shadow copies or any of that either.
> Something else is way wrong, but I don't know what. Hope someone
> else does.

In C:\ do you have a folder called windows.old (not windows). If so, it is
generally quite large; it and all its contents can be deleted (they are the
files from your previous operating system, saved when you installed Vista
Ultimate).

"Chris Morris" wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I've got a brand new Dell with an 80 gig hard drive and I've ran into
> trouble with Vista eating all my space up. I installed Vista Ultimate on the
> laptop and about 5 other programs that should leave me with tons of left over
> space but I now have only 14Gigs left out of 80...What the heck is that all
> about? Anyone else out there experiencing the same or know why it's doing
> that?
>
> Chris Morris

"Chris Morris" <Chris Morris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:27E57E08-7A81-47C4-90A0-ADC0C3743B8B@microsoft.com...
> Hey guys,
>
> I've got a brand new Dell with an 80 gig hard drive and I've ran into
> trouble with Vista eating all my space up. I installed Vista Ultimate on
> the
> laptop and about 5 other programs that should leave me with tons of left
> over
> space but I now have only 14Gigs left out of 80...What the heck is that
> all
> about? Anyone else out there experiencing the same or know why it's doing
> that?


Same thing happening here.

400 Gb drive, 80 gig used when I upgraded to Vista, now 120 gig used.

Every week I seem to run out of space WITHOUT installing any new apps, and
WITH a regularly empty of the recycle bin, and running cleanup wizard.

BTN

Is system restore switched on or off?
I choose to have it switched off, but I find it still creates restore points
occasionally, probably when it installs updates.
I went into control panel - system - system protection & re-enables it then
clicked apply.
I then disabled it & clicked apply & my missing disk space was given back.
I know you're talking about ptentially a lot of disk space missing but maybe
this will help.

Also, do a chkdsk /f to see if there are problems with the file system.

If there are no problems reported you can check to see what chkdsk reports
as used space v's the amount explorer does.
Run chkdsk c: at a command prompt.
Look at the chkdsk results (2nd line down) & it will say something like "abc
KB in xyz files".
Divide the "abc" figure by 1024 & that is how much many MB's chkdsk reports
are on your disk.

Now go to Explorer & choose to view all hidden files & protected files.
Go to the root of C:, select all & view the properties. Are they roughly
the same?

If they are, maybe you have a lot of clutter & dmp files.
I would recommend downloading ccleaner.exe, a free tool at
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
I personally seclect everything under the cleaner tab.
I leave the "issues" tab & registry cleaner alone & don't use it.
Run Ccleaner & let it remove all the rubbish.



"Chris Morris" <Chris Morris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:27E57E08-7A81-47C4-90A0-ADC0C3743B8B@microsoft.com...
> Hey guys,
>
> I've got a brand new Dell with an 80 gig hard drive and I've ran into
> trouble with Vista eating all my space up. I installed Vista Ultimate on
> the
> laptop and about 5 other programs that should leave me with tons of left
> over
> space but I now have only 14Gigs left out of 80...What the heck is that
> all
> about? Anyone else out there experiencing the same or know why it's doing
> that?
>
> Chris Morris

This is exactly what I am seeing, my space is being eaten up daily without
anything new being done. Here is the link to all currently installed
programs, nothing too big to eat up 80 gigs.
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/...rris1/Vista.jpg

No, I don't have a Windows.old in the C:\ Dir either..this is bizarre.

Chris

"Sir Benjamin Nunn" wrote:

>
> "Chris Morris" <Chris Morris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:27E57E08-7A81-47C4-90A0-ADC0C3743B8B@microsoft.com...
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I've got a brand new Dell with an 80 gig hard drive and I've ran into
> > trouble with Vista eating all my space up. I installed Vista Ultimate on
> > the
> > laptop and about 5 other programs that should leave me with tons of left
> > over
> > space but I now have only 14Gigs left out of 80...What the heck is that
> > all
> > about? Anyone else out there experiencing the same or know why it's doing
> > that?
>
>
> Same thing happening here.
>
> 400 Gb drive, 80 gig used when I upgraded to Vista, now 120 gig used.
>
> Every week I seem to run out of space WITHOUT installing any new apps, and
> WITH a regularly empty of the recycle bin, and running cleanup wizard.
>
> BTN
>
>
>

By today standards 80gig HDD is too small to run your OS and third party
software. You need to get a larger HDD.

--

Bob Eyster
MS Windows Vista Premium



"Chris Morris" <Chris Morris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:27E57E08-7A81-47C4-90A0-ADC0C3743B8B@microsoft.com...
> Hey guys,
>
> I've got a brand new Dell with an 80 gig hard drive and I've ran into
> trouble with Vista eating all my space up. I installed Vista Ultimate on
> the
> laptop and about 5 other programs that should leave me with tons of left
> over
> space but I now have only 14Gigs left out of 80...What the heck is that
> all
> about? Anyone else out there experiencing the same or know why it's doing
> that?
>
> Chris Morris

I turned off and then back on system restore and it was only taking up
approx. 10 gigs of space so that was not the issue, I tried to do the chkdsk
/f and I get an error saying I don't have sufficient privilege to do so. My
account is an administrator account so I don't know why I wouldn't.

"Richard" wrote:

> Is system restore switched on or off?
> I choose to have it switched off, but I find it still creates restore points
> occasionally, probably when it installs updates.
> I went into control panel - system - system protection & re-enables it then
> clicked apply.
> I then disabled it & clicked apply & my missing disk space was given back.
> I know you're talking about ptentially a lot of disk space missing but maybe
> this will help.
>
> Also, do a chkdsk /f to see if there are problems with the file system.
>
> If there are no problems reported you can check to see what chkdsk reports
> as used space v's the amount explorer does.
> Run chkdsk c: at a command prompt.
> Look at the chkdsk results (2nd line down) & it will say something like "abc
> KB in xyz files".
> Divide the "abc" figure by 1024 & that is how much many MB's chkdsk reports
> are on your disk.
>
> Now go to Explorer & choose to view all hidden files & protected files.
> Go to the root of C:, select all & view the properties. Are they roughly
> the same?
>
> If they are, maybe you have a lot of clutter & dmp files.
> I would recommend downloading ccleaner.exe, a free tool at
> http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
> I personally seclect everything under the cleaner tab.
> I leave the "issues" tab & registry cleaner alone & don't use it.
> Run Ccleaner & let it remove all the rubbish.
>
>
>
> "Chris Morris" <Chris Morris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:27E57E08-7A81-47C4-90A0-ADC0C3743B8B@microsoft.com...
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I've got a brand new Dell with an 80 gig hard drive and I've ran into
> > trouble with Vista eating all my space up. I installed Vista Ultimate on
> > the
> > laptop and about 5 other programs that should leave me with tons of left
> > over
> > space but I now have only 14Gigs left out of 80...What the heck is that
> > all
> > about? Anyone else out there experiencing the same or know why it's doing
> > that?
> >
> > Chris Morris
>
>

80 gigs is too small for todays standards, What the heck are you talking
about? You're telling me that Vista should eat up 90% of my hard drive
space?? The OS??? You're nuts. No offense.

Chris

"Bob Eyster" wrote:

> By today standards 80gig HDD is too small to run your OS and third party
> software. You need to get a larger HDD.
>
> --
>
> Bob Eyster
> MS Windows Vista Premium
>
>
>
> "Chris Morris" <Chris Morris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:27E57E08-7A81-47C4-90A0-ADC0C3743B8B@microsoft.com...
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I've got a brand new Dell with an 80 gig hard drive and I've ran into
> > trouble with Vista eating all my space up. I installed Vista Ultimate on
> > the
> > laptop and about 5 other programs that should leave me with tons of left
> > over
> > space but I now have only 14Gigs left out of 80...What the heck is that
> > all
> > about? Anyone else out there experiencing the same or know why it's doing
> > that?
> >
> > Chris Morris
>
>