Seshomaru Samma Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 When I click on properties for C:/WINDOWS I get Size 2.25GBSize on disc 2.08GBThere are 18532 files there and 885 folders ,Is that normal? Does Windows grow in size with time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Mine saysSize 3.63GBSize on disc 3.39GBThere are 19,614 files there and 1412 folders.I've never looked in there before as I've never had need to - and I've been using computers for a very, very long time.Why are you looking in there? It can be dangerous looking in places that you ought not to without a good idea of what you are doing or have a good reason to be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshomaru Samma Posted April 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Why are you looking in there? It can be dangerous looking in places that you ought not to without a good idea of what you are doing or have a good reason to be there.Recently I used up all my disc space , so I started looking for what is taking most of it. I vaguely remeber that Windows was about 1GB when I installed it a year ago (I might be wrong) ,so I was a bit surprised.Anyway , I have no intention to mess with those files .I'm just curious. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyassa Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Once they used to trim the programs down, now with such big hard drives available they dont bother :) "640k ought to be enough for anybody" - Bill Gates (1981) :lol: :lol:Mine is 3.04 GB 18,631 files Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMTNT Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 I reduced the size of my windows folder dramatically by following the advise in this link.http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 I reduced the size of my windows folder dramatically by following the advise in this link.http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htmAs a general warningDo not carry out this procedure unless you are ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that you know what you are doing and have made a full backup of your systemAlso, Some who really need the space burn this file to CD, or compress the file but if space is that important a larger or second hard drive is the better fix. -- SM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 It would be safer to use a tool like Ccleaner to delete unneeded files from your system. It has also an option to remove hotfix uninstallers, but I would do that only if you are sure that you don't ever want to uninstall any hotfixes, and after making a backup, e.g. on a CD-ROM or DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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