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Hi all i have a Dell and the HD IS 500GB but i only have somewhere between 10 to 13 available?..where in the heck is the other 480 or so?...i want to install windows 7 but i need 16gb free but i don't!..so if anyone can lead me in the right direction that would be sweet i just bought a seagate barracuda 500gb internal HD can i somehow install 7 on that and slap in to my DELL?..any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Vic

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It seems incredible that you have such a tiny amount of space free. Do you have large files (eg video) on the drive? If so, it would be wise to move these to another drive for storage and use the main "C" drive as the workhorse.

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It seems incredible that you have such a tiny amount of space free. Do you have large files (eg video) on the drive? If so, it would be wise to move these to another drive for storage and use the main "C" drive as the workhorse.

no movies files

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Open Windows Explorer, expand your C: drive and right click on each folder then properties to see which folder(s) are using most space.

You can then delve deeper into each folder and see which sub folders or files are hogging it.

Have you downloaded and run CCleaner to get rid of all temporary files and other crud?

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