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19-02-2005
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| Salty Tech Monster Mod  Join Date: 17-11-2003 Location: South East England
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I am running Windows XP, my PC has a 40 gig HD......As of late I have noticed space now taken of around 9 gigs when I know that my programs should only be using around 4! Anyone here advise me whats chewing at my HD....and further more how to get back my space! | ||
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20-02-2005
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| Nasty Dish Obsession  Join Date: 01-06-2004 Location: Oxfordshire
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My System: SS1. 3.4Ghz Dual Core P4. 125cm Gibbi with Channelmaster feedhorn and Inverto C120 twin. 36v H to H  ...And thou were the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrad horse..." | When you say around 4 are you including the OS as XP is about 4ish gigs. Or has all this appeared recently ? L. | ||
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20-02-2005
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| Mod and septic resident  Join Date: 01-01-2000 Location: London SW
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| Id suspect its down to the various logging activities of the operating system and maybe the anti virus software, ready to present an image of the drive should anything go wrong. Either that or you are looking at a very large cache of internet files and cookies, both of which can be removed.
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