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    rusalka Posts: 26, Reputation: 3
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    Feb 3, 2008, 01:09 PM
    How to reduce Vista's size on hard drive
    I like Vista, but it annoys me that it takes up so much place on my hard drive. More than half of it! I tried playing with the visual options and managed to save some disk space but it is still HUGE. Do you know any tricks to save some more space. I don't need any special effects and special visual stuff, can they all be just turned off somehow?
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    Feb 3, 2008, 01:34 PM
    More that half? When I got my Vista machine its 320G hard drive had less than 20G used. And if you are trying to run Vista on a 40G drive, you are underpowered.
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    Feb 3, 2008, 04:03 PM
    It's currently consuming 30 GB our of a 50GB hard drive (my 120 GB hard drive is partitioned into two)
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    Feb 3, 2008, 05:57 PM
    That's not too bad. I have my OS partition taking up 50G on a 100G partition
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    Feb 3, 2008, 07:41 PM
    I have the same as you, 30gigs taken on c: of 50gig and then the rest partitioned into D:
    Not much to do really, when you install programs, make sure you install the app or game to d: this may save C: but D: will bulk up
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    Feb 3, 2008, 11:29 PM
    :( It would be high time for Microsoft to develop this and make the visual effects an option to completely erase or let it as a choosable option upon installing. Because this is a ridiculous size for an opsys. I want my XP back :'(
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    Feb 4, 2008, 09:12 AM
    You can turn off all the visual effect stuff, but it is not going to reduce the size of anything, it would just help with a little performance
    These days a Usb external drive is key to have
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    Feb 4, 2008, 10:06 AM
    External drive? For a laptop? :D
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    Feb 4, 2008, 11:04 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by rusalka
    external drive? for a laptop? :D
    Why not? They make some small externals that are very portable.
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    Feb 4, 2008, 11:31 AM
    Don't know where you are located, but I have seen 350gb drives for $100 US
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    Feb 4, 2008, 12:57 PM
    You kidding? That's not expensive at all. I'm located in Hungary. I bet it's three times the price here...
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