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Re: Windows XP with small harddrives
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Webster)
Thu Nov 10 12:35:15 2011
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Do they have 2GB of RAM in them? Might be pagefiles, which by default is
equal to the size of RAM (in Vista & 7, not sure about XP but it makes
sense). If hibernation is enabled, that might be eating the space too. Or
it could be the old HDD manufacturer trick where 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes
and so the 14GB you see in the OS (which is calculated on base 2 numbers)
equates to 16GB calculated with the tricky math.
-Chris
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Mike King <me@mpking.com> wrote:
> A few years ago, one of our labs was outfitted with "Ultra Cool" Ultra
> slim formfactor desktops with SSD drives.
>
> The drives were first generation, which meant they have about 16GB of disk
> space. (As shown when you right click on the harddrive in windows explorer)
>
> Recently, the machines have been experiencing problems running out of
> diskspace. There is not much, if anything installed on the machines, and
> profiles are cleaned up at logoff.
>
> Investigating one of them, My math must have been off. The Windows
> directory was about 10GB, and all other directories/files was about 4 GB.
> I'm not sure what happened to the other 2GB. (Yes I had show all files
> and hidden files selected)
>
> Thoughts? I thought it might be CSC (Client Side Cache, we use My
> documents folder redirection) but i've done resets on it (Hold down CTRL
> when selecting delete files, causes the whole thing to get purged)
> Afterwords, no change.
>
> Mike
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Do they have 2GB of RAM in them? Might be pagefiles, which by default is eq=
ual to the size of RAM (in Vista & 7, not sure about XP but it makes se=
nse). If hibernation is enabled, that might be eating the space too. Or it =
could be the old HDD manufacturer trick where 1GB =3D 1,000,000,000 bytes a=
nd so the 14GB you see in the OS (which is calculated on base 2 numbers) eq=
uates to 16GB calculated with the tricky math.<br>
<br>-Chris<br><br>On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Mike King <span dir=3D"=
ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:me@mpking.com">me@mpking.com</a>></span> wrot=
e:<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D=
"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
A few years ago, one of our labs was outfitted with "Ultra Cool" =
Ultra slim formfactor desktops with SSD drives.<div><br></div><div>The driv=
es were first generation, which meant they have about 16GB of disk space. (=
As shown when you right click on the harddrive in windows explorer)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Recently, the machines have been=A0experiencing=A0probl=
ems running out of diskspace. =A0There is not much, if anything installed o=
n the machines, and profiles are cleaned up at logoff.</div><div><br></div>=
<div>
Investigating one of them, My math must have been off. =A0The Windows direc=
tory was about 10GB, and all other directories/files was about 4 GB. =A0I&#=
39;m not sure what happened to the other 2GB. =A0(Yes I had show all files =
and hidden files selected)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thoughts? =A0 =A0 I thought it might be CSC (Client Sid=
e Cache, we use My documents folder redirection) but i've done resets o=
n it (Hold down CTRL when selecting delete files, causes the whole thing to=
get purged) =A0Afterwords, no change.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Mike</div>
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</p></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Chris Webster<br>Se=
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