Hi everyone
Just for a test I did an Upgrade from Vista X-64 and then compared with a Clean W7 X-64.install and re-loaded all the applications I'm using on VISTA X-64.
Partition size I'd defined in both cases was 53.71 GB .
Vista X-64 Used 42 GB
Windows 7 X-64 used 17 GB.
Now I understand that details of Microsoft Updates were also held in the VISTA system and there are very few for W7 Beta but I can't believe that there is a 25 GB difference. The Windows update database shouldn't contain 25 GB of files -- that's more than the entire OS itself together with all its applications.
Programs up to same service levls and patches
All "Temporary" files deleted from both systems including IE downloaded stuff.
What's up then --does a system get really full of "inexplicable junk". Note I did an upgrade so there is no "Windows.OLD" directory and on the clean install I did it on brand new fresh partitions.
Any explanations -- performance of the systems doesn't seem to be much different - but just confused as to what's in the extra 22 GB worth of files.
Obviuosly another good reason to do a clean install WHERE POSSIBLE.
Cheers and confused
jimbo
Just for a test I did an Upgrade from Vista X-64 and then compared with a Clean W7 X-64.install and re-loaded all the applications I'm using on VISTA X-64.
Partition size I'd defined in both cases was 53.71 GB .
Vista X-64 Used 42 GB
Windows 7 X-64 used 17 GB.
Now I understand that details of Microsoft Updates were also held in the VISTA system and there are very few for W7 Beta but I can't believe that there is a 25 GB difference. The Windows update database shouldn't contain 25 GB of files -- that's more than the entire OS itself together with all its applications.
Programs up to same service levls and patches
All "Temporary" files deleted from both systems including IE downloaded stuff.
What's up then --does a system get really full of "inexplicable junk". Note I did an upgrade so there is no "Windows.OLD" directory and on the clean install I did it on brand new fresh partitions.
Any explanations -- performance of the systems doesn't seem to be much different - but just confused as to what's in the extra 22 GB worth of files.
Obviuosly another good reason to do a clean install WHERE POSSIBLE.
Cheers and confused
jimbo