Inexplicably Low C: Drive Storage Space

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  1. pbcopter
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    Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 8.1 Pro x64, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1,
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    I agree with what Carwiz said.

    @Ztruker: It is not true for Windows 7.
    Last edited by pbcopter; 19 Feb 2013 at 09:33.
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  3. Ztruker
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    pbcopter, you may be right. The link I gave turns out to be for Windows 8, I thought it was for Windows 7. I edited the post to indicate that, thanks.
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