| Windows 7: HD Showing full after Win7 installation |
14 Sep 2011
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#1 | | Win7 64bit Ontario, Canada |
HD Showing full after Win7 installation Built new rig Mon night and shows problem I can't understand. It's an i7-2600 w/Z68 board, and OCZ Vertex3 60GB SSD.
I installed Windows 7 Premium with no extra's, then removed some components I never use, yet Windows is reporting that I only have 13GB of free space available of 60GB.
I added the MB, LAN, Vid drivers, and still show only 17GB unused. I added up Program Files, Program Files (x86), User, Program Data, and Windows folders as shown in their properties and only arrive at a total of approx 13GB.
What gives? | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebuilt OS Win7 64bit CPU i7-2600K Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V Pro Memory 16GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengence Graphics Card MSI 460GTX OC Hawk in SLI Sound Card X-Fi Gamer Monitor(s) Displays 28" Hann LCD Screen Resolution 1900x1200x59 Keyboard Logitech original G15 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU CoolerMaster 750W Case Antec 1200 Cooling Xigmatek Dark Night, Crucial Memory Cooler, case fans Hard Drives OCZ Vertex3 60GB
300GB Velociraptor Internet Speed 25M Cable Other Info All Fans run 100% |
14 Sep 2011
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#2 | | ME/XP/Vista/Win7 uk Hampshire |
Do you have Windows Old folder? | My System Specs | | |
14 Sep 2011
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#3 | | Win7 64bit Ontario, Canada |
No, is a fresh installation on brand new blank SSD. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebuilt OS Win7 64bit CPU i7-2600K Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V Pro Memory 16GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengence Graphics Card MSI 460GTX OC Hawk in SLI Sound Card X-Fi Gamer Monitor(s) Displays 28" Hann LCD Screen Resolution 1900x1200x59 Keyboard Logitech original G15 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU CoolerMaster 750W Case Antec 1200 Cooling Xigmatek Dark Night, Crucial Memory Cooler, case fans Hard Drives OCZ Vertex3 60GB
300GB Velociraptor Internet Speed 25M Cable Other Info All Fans run 100% |
14 Sep 2011
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#4 | | Win7 64bit Ontario, Canada |
Only running 60GB because rig is dedicated gamer and the only things that ever go on this drive is Windows 7 and at max, three games. Have never had more than 45GB on my game machines ever. Speed is critical, not storage size. All other computer chores are done on gaming computers as they get retired and have larger drives installed. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebuilt OS Win7 64bit CPU i7-2600K Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V Pro Memory 16GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengence Graphics Card MSI 460GTX OC Hawk in SLI Sound Card X-Fi Gamer Monitor(s) Displays 28" Hann LCD Screen Resolution 1900x1200x59 Keyboard Logitech original G15 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU CoolerMaster 750W Case Antec 1200 Cooling Xigmatek Dark Night, Crucial Memory Cooler, case fans Hard Drives OCZ Vertex3 60GB
300GB Velociraptor Internet Speed 25M Cable Other Info All Fans run 100% |
14 Sep 2011
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#6 | | Win7 64bit Ontario, Canada |
Ran disk cleanup as soon as Windows 7 was done updating and all device drivers were installed. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebuilt OS Win7 64bit CPU i7-2600K Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V Pro Memory 16GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengence Graphics Card MSI 460GTX OC Hawk in SLI Sound Card X-Fi Gamer Monitor(s) Displays 28" Hann LCD Screen Resolution 1900x1200x59 Keyboard Logitech original G15 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU CoolerMaster 750W Case Antec 1200 Cooling Xigmatek Dark Night, Crucial Memory Cooler, case fans Hard Drives OCZ Vertex3 60GB
300GB Velociraptor Internet Speed 25M Cable Other Info All Fans run 100% |
14 Sep 2011
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit Peterborough, England |
If you don't want to use system restore, turning it off will free up some space. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1) Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse PSU 460W Case HP Elite Cooling Air cooled Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage Internet Speed 2Mb Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop |
14 Sep 2011
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#8 | | MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit Austin, Texas |
Rather than eliminate an extremely useful and sometimes life-saving tool such as System Restore, then simply reduce the amount of space reserved for System Restore. 2 GB will at least give you some restore capability.
Turn Hibernate off:
go to an elevated command prompt and
enter following:
POWERCFG -H OFF
EXIT
Restart your computer. Command Prompt - Elevated
How to Open a Elevated Command Prompt in Windows 7
Reduce the amount of space used for paging purposes:  | type Advanced System | Advanced tab | Settings button in the Performance section | Advanced tab | Change button in the Virtual Memory section | Uncheck Automatically manage paging file size for all drives
You can either get drastic and choose no paging file or select a size to your liking.
Use CCleaner. Link in my sig. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba Satellite S875D-S7239 laptop OS MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit CPU AMD A10-4600M Motherboard AMD Pumori (Socket FT1) Memory 6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-12-28) Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 7660G Sound Card High Definition Audio Device Monitor(s) Displays Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@60Hz) Screen Resolution 1600x900@60Hz Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard Mouse HP Wireless Optical Mobile Mouse Model FHA-3410 Hard Drives SSD 119GB Corsair CSSD-V128GB2 ATA Device Internet Speed What the local pub, local coffee shop offers. Other Info Optical Drive:MATSHITA BD-CMB UJ160B ATA Device
Also have an Asus ha1002xp netbook with Win 7 Ultimate installed. |
14 Sep 2011
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#9 | | Win7 64bit Ontario, Canada |
System restore is disabled on this rig, and every one I've built for myself in the last 10yr.
I found the answer 5min before you answered karl lol; Yes it's a MASSIVE hibernate file and an even larger pagefile!!!
Already disabled hibernate by command prommpt, but have another question : Since rig is exclusively for use by me, and exclusively for gaming, and has 16GB memory, can I disable pagefile? Or would be better to move to another HD, or just set small | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebuilt OS Win7 64bit CPU i7-2600K Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V Pro Memory 16GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengence Graphics Card MSI 460GTX OC Hawk in SLI Sound Card X-Fi Gamer Monitor(s) Displays 28" Hann LCD Screen Resolution 1900x1200x59 Keyboard Logitech original G15 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU CoolerMaster 750W Case Antec 1200 Cooling Xigmatek Dark Night, Crucial Memory Cooler, case fans Hard Drives OCZ Vertex3 60GB
300GB Velociraptor Internet Speed 25M Cable Other Info All Fans run 100% |
14 Sep 2011
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#10 | | MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit Austin, Texas |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba Satellite S875D-S7239 laptop OS MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit CPU AMD A10-4600M Motherboard AMD Pumori (Socket FT1) Memory 6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-12-28) Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 7660G Sound Card High Definition Audio Device Monitor(s) Displays Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@60Hz) Screen Resolution 1600x900@60Hz Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard Mouse HP Wireless Optical Mobile Mouse Model FHA-3410 Hard Drives SSD 119GB Corsair CSSD-V128GB2 ATA Device Internet Speed What the local pub, local coffee shop offers. Other Info Optical Drive:MATSHITA BD-CMB UJ160B ATA Device
Also have an Asus ha1002xp netbook with Win 7 Ultimate installed. HD Showing full after Win7 installation problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:05 AM. | |