After re-booting, half my memory is gone.

I did a complete reinstall of Vista Home Premium using the restore disks that I ordered from Microsoft. Vista works fine now, but I went from 35 GB of free up to 19 GB free. I was told there is a file named windows.old which had the old o/s in it, and if I deleted it, I'd get the memory back. The problem is, the file is not found. Any ideas?

Hello

Run DiskCleanup - start - all programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Cleanup

The option is shown as previously the Windows Installations.

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How to remove and delete the folder Windows.old on Vista or Windows 7
http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/delete-Windows-old-removal.aspx

How to remove the Windows.old folder that is generated when you perform a custom
Windows Vista installation
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/933212/en-us

I hope this helps.

Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Bike - Mark Twain said it right.

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