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Windows XP Folder almost 6GB? Normal?


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Hello out there, anyone know why my Windows folder is soo big?

my System32 seems to be the 5GB folder, I doubt it's a virus, but anything's possible

running virusscan now...

anyone else have a 5GB windows folder

I've XP Pro Installed.

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go to the system menue and the system restore tab, how much hard drive space do you have alocated for the system restore?

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he he, it was near the MAX! (lil over 2gigs). I lowered that, thx for that tip, still whats up, do I have to reboot for it to take place?

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la la la, here's my 20th reply in just a few minutes..

Anyone know what I can do about BootVIs, I pressed "Stop Tracing", but Im sure I did that last time as well, dunno why it made that file.

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Is it good that my LastGood and LastGood.tmp folders in my Windows directory take up like 600MB total? =P Can I safely delete these folders?

I was able to get rid of 2.6GB elsewhere on the C: drive after turning system restore off which somehow turned itself back on, must have when I installed/uninstall SP1..

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Originally posted by username

go to the system menue and the system restore tab, how much hard drive space do you have alocated for the system restore?

system restore doesn't live in the Windows Folder it lives in

System Volume Information, which is a hidden and protected (no user access by default) Folder.

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Originally posted by Martog

Is it good that my LastGood and LastGood.tmp folders in my Windows directory take up like 600MB total? =P Can I safely delete these folders?

Those files are for the "Last Known Good Configuration" option on boot. Basically, if something really bad happens and the system can't boot (I think is has something to do with drivers), you have a safety net.

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Originally posted by username

go to the system menue and the system restore tab, how much hard drive space do you have alocated for the system restore?

I am just curious, what does everybody else set it?

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Originally posted by JediXAngel

I am just curious, what does everybody else set it?

I leave my System Restore settings alone, even though I dont use them (some day they may come in handy)

On my drives its at 12% (default) so about 9159MB on C: and 2335MB on my backup drive (should maybe disable it on this one)

Anyway my Windows folder is 1.44GB in size and System32 is 989MB

This is with all updates from WindowsUpdate except the MovieMaker update

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Originally posted by JediXAngel

I am just curious, what does everybody else set it?

i disabled system restore on both of my drives, i never need it.

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Originally posted by JediXAngel

I am just curious, what does everybody else set it?

the default on installation is 12% of your Windows Hard Drive. i don't have a system restore tab, lol i had to repair xp and since then its gone, i'm ok, i hope for now! :::crosses fingers:::

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