Missing GB in Vista Recovered!
When I first acquired my Lenovo v100, my 100GB went from 70GB free to 0.5GB free in a matter of weeks. This never happened on XP, 98SE, or any other system I had. Only with Vista.
Initially I thought the problem was just system restore. I’d managed to free 13GB by deleting all the old restore points (but the most recent will be retained) but still wondered how Vista and friends could take up 60GB!
Today I found out why.
Lenovo comes with its own Rescue and Recovery program and it makes scheduled backups. I found 3 and deleted all of them and disabled the scheduled backups. Now I have 54GB free, which is really more like it. 40GB was assigned to 3 backups! Imagine that.
If you have a space problem, wondering where the heck all your GB went, check out not only System Restore but also your manufacturer’s proprietary backup software that comes with your computer. Very likely it is sucking up most of your GB too.
On the upside, I now have a habit of backing up everything to my several portable hard drives (redundancy is so important) as well as to DVDs. It is a better way of backing up your important data and keeping your computer space free for important things. Like running WoW or Elder Scrolls III.
Posted on February 2, 2009 at 2:18 am
Hello. And Bye. 
Christina Sng worked as a web developer, information architect, account executive, producer, technical writer, and usability consultant in the 10 years (that's 30 years in Internet time!) she brought bread home. She has since retired to raise her children but still spends most of her waking hours on the net, no thanks to Apple. Here are some of her adventures.
Posted on September 16, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Good site. Thanks!!!