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#2348272 4-Nov-2019 20:09

Jase2985:

there is no way windows should be taking up 83gb. maybe 30gbs tops, so by the time you install your software you should still have a heap of free space.

Yeah it can... just had one today that had 60GB of temp files in c:\Windows :D

THey only had Office and couple other apps installed.... the temp files were dozens of 5MB log files for Windows Store.... which they dont use for anything.

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#2348373 5-Nov-2019 08:28

Writing archival and clean-up code really really sucks!

Especially for complex databases.

Been there, done that.

I guess windows programmers also think post-install clean-up code blows!

Budgets only seem to cover functionality -- and clean-up code isn't really part of functionality. People can always buy larger harddrives, after all.

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#2348378 5-Nov-2019 08:43

You may have another partition (drive) HP recovery of around 10 Gb.

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#2348505 5-Nov-2019 15:52

kotuku4: Those HP workstations have lots of HP utilities, and some partitions.

If its an HP, it will be riddled with crapware & un-needed partitions (same as every other branded PC ) :-(

Ditch the 128Gb , its too small to be of any real use.
Buy a 500Gb SSD , do a clean install of win10. If for any reason you have issues, you can put the 128G back in while you sort things out.

Keep it simple . Single HD, single partition, clean Win10 install.
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#2348513 5-Nov-2019 16:20

ANglEAUT:

Jase2985:

there is no way windows should be taking up 83gb. maybe 30gbs tops, so by the time you install your software you should still have a heap of free space.

🤣 Have you seen a 10+ year old Windows 7 machine? 😭

Have a nice look at the C:\Windows\WinSxS folder. Even after 3 years, cleanmgr.exe can find 12GB of Windows Update files to delete. So many files are forgotten in C:\Windows\Temp. And, we haven't even looked at C:\Windows\Installer yet.

WinSxS is a special folder, that most disk space utilities don't calculate correctly because of NTFS linked files

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#2348620 5-Nov-2019 20:26

nathan: WinSxS is a special folder, that most disk space utilities don't calculate correctly because of NTFS linked files

Does Windows Explorer calculate it correctly? This is since Jul-2016 on Windows 10.

Because most disk space utilities are 3rd party software, it's a lot faster to simply right click & choose Properties. ☺️

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#2349508 7-Nov-2019 15:58

So a conclusion to this update:

Thanks OmniousS

OmniouS:

You can't go wrong with these: https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/HDDSAM61500/Samsung-860-EVO-500GB-SSD-V-NAND-SATA-III-6GBs-RWM

I did get one of these but from Computer lounge they were cheaper

I then used AndrewNZ suggestion of Macrium Reflect only took me two attempts to figure it out

I didnt do any of the suggested clean out stuff didnt want to push my luck, above my paygrade!

Once again thanks to all!

So anyone want to buy a 128gb ssd drive??

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