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Tidying up WIN 7
killjoy
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I am trying to free up some space on boot drive ('only' have 39GB).
THe windows directory is 18GB of which 10GB is WinSXS and 3GB Installer is there anyway I can reduce this.
THe windows directory is 18GB of which 10GB is WinSXS and 3GB Installer is there anyway I can reduce this.
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Disable Hibernation
Disable System Protection
Move "Documents" to another drive and redirect to that
Uninstall any apps that are not required
Put any new installs on a different drive
To be honest the volume isn't really large enough to begin with. Minimum I would recommend would for a Win7 OS drive is 80gb. Ideally you want 120gb or more.
I'd say you can get away with that size as long as everything else is installed on another drive.
It's a common mistake. You can install Windows 7 in only 15-20GB but you will soon live to regret it. I'd say from experience that 60GB is a realistic minimum size, and then you need to be really careful what you install and how.