Space used on the drive.

Due to a major problem of constant gel on my PC n ° 1, I decided to close after uploading all my files and I then uninstalled all applications except windows those. Even after defragmentation and disk clean up I was amazed to see that there are still some 46 GB of disk hard used. There are no bad sectors, and I would like to know what takes up space as my new PC n ° 3 with virtually identical spec uses only about 12 GB with the same Windows XP Pro SP3. Until I finally purge all this on my hard drive and maybe to reinstall programs, someone at - it ideas on what is all this space, as all the checks I did throw not clear on that?

Hello-

My hard drive is 55.8 GB.  C:\Windows\Installer is 49.5 GB.  I currently have 200 MB left on my hard drive.  How can I clean the folder install and not to ruin Windows or Office?

Thank you!

You should always start a new thread and not the Piggy-Back on someone else, especially one who is a month and a half.

However...

The installation directory is not supposed to become great, but sometimes the installation files (which are normally used to uninstall whatever it was that was installed) are deleted when the installation fails.  If you sort files in the C:\Windows\Installer depending on the size, you'll probably see a bunch of files with identical sizes.

For maximum safety, make an image of your hard drive before you do the following.  The procedure described below must be sure... but then again, the C:\Windows\Installer directory wasn't supposed to fill up with junk, either.

1. download the Windows Installer Cleanup from here utility:

http://MajorGeeks.com/Windows_Installer_CleanUp_Utility_d4459.html

2. run the downloaded executable to install the cleanup utility (note that Microsoft has removed this utility because of potential problems - read the instructions here:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301)

3. in an account that has administrator privileges.

4. open a command prompt window (start > run > cmd > OK)

5. type the following command and press ENTER after each line

CD /d "%programfiles%\Windows Install Cleanup.

Msizap G!

This command deletes the "orphaned" Installer files  For more information about the msizap and its syntax, seehttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370523%28VS.85%29.aspx

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