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   Message 662 of 2,222   
   Dustbin to Alan   
   Re: Documents & Settings   
   22 Jul 06 11:14:12   
   
   From: dustbin@jail.gov   
      
   Alan wrote:   
   > Can you explain the Documents & Settings folder in Windows XP?   
   >   
   > My Documents & Settings folder contains some folders with the same   
   > name as folders on C drive but the data is not identical.  It also   
   > contains folders that do not appear on the C drive.  For instance the   
   > "Data" folder appears on each. "Data" on C drive has 273 MB, whereas   
   > "Data" in Documents & Settings" contains 468 MB.  "Quicken" appears   
   > on the C drive, but not in Documents & Settings. However on the   
   > Documents & Settings, a sub folder of "Quicken", called   
   > QuickenArchive appears.   
   > None of this makes any sense. It appears that a tremendous amount of   
   > disk space is used up in Documents and Settings by highly inaccurate   
   > files that serve no purpose.   
      
   You describe a really fucked up system. Format and Clean Install.   
      
      
      
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