- Apr 28, 2005
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I am transferring files and installing programs onto my new system, which at the moment only has a new Samsung 830 Series 128 GB SSD installed. I have well over half of my programs installed and just a very small amount of personal data. I decided to check, using Windows Explorer, how much space is left and was greeted with quite a surprise. It shows that I have used, in round numbers, 64 GB of space and have 64 GB left... and that's after emptying the Recycle Bin! I couldn't believe it, so I checked each folder in the C: drive and the total came up to just under 36 GB!
What's going on? Surely that is not normal!
I checked my C: partition on the old computer(in my signature) and found results not quite so bad, but still surprising: total partition shows 164 GB used while the individual folders total only about 137 GB.
I had calculated that by storing most of my personal files(videos, photos, music, etc.) on separate HDD's that a 128 GB SSD should be more than adequate for Windows 7 x64 and all my programs. Now I am not so sure.
Am I doing something wrong or just missing something?
What's going on? Surely that is not normal!
I checked my C: partition on the old computer(in my signature) and found results not quite so bad, but still surprising: total partition shows 164 GB used while the individual folders total only about 137 GB.
I had calculated that by storing most of my personal files(videos, photos, music, etc.) on separate HDD's that a 128 GB SSD should be more than adequate for Windows 7 x64 and all my programs. Now I am not so sure.
Am I doing something wrong or just missing something?