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   Message 663 of 2,222   
   chrisv to Dustbin   
   Re: Documents & Settings   
   22 Jul 06 11:15:56   
   
   From: chrisv@nospam.invalid   
      
   Dustbin wrote:   
   > Dustbin wrote:   
   >> 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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