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|    philo to Ted Bundy    |
|    Re: Manage OS Size    |
|    10 Apr 09 15:57:42    |
      From: philo@privacy.invalid              Ted Bundy wrote:       > Over the years my Windows XP OS has grown to where it's now almost       > 5Gb. Is there a tool to easily identify elements that are no longer       > used? I do common tasks like deleting temp files, run Ad- Aware and       > defrag periodically, but it's reached the point where my C drive is       > only 60% free (42% OS, 30% program files and 20% documents).                     First off check system restore...by default it's set to 12% of the drive       which is typically *way* larger that could ever be necessary...       usually 3% or so is enough. Try to keep maybe 10 restore points.              Also, if you have a desktop...check to see that hibernation is turned off...              Also you may want to reduce the size of your internet cache...       probably a few hundred megs is enough              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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