Newly installed W7 taking up too much space.

MS says 64-bit W7 needs 20GB of disk space. Usually the size grows when you install all updates and stuff.

Swap file and hibernation file. Both are sized with your RAM. The VM is probably set for 1-2 GB and you really have 4-8 GB.

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skadd said:

AWESOME! Thank you!

Now I have 8 GB of used space and 24,6 GB free space. Quite the difference!

Why would anyone need a 8+ GB pagefile anyway when you have 8 GB of RAM.
It may have been useful a few years back, but not anymore I think.

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on a similar note, I had the same issue. I disabled hibrenation but it keeps coming back.

skadd said:

AWESOME! Thank you!

Now I have 8 GB of used space and 24,6 GB free space. Quite the difference!

Why would anyone need a 8+ GB pagefile anyway when you have 8 GB of RAM.
It may have been useful a few years back, but not anymore I think.

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skaad, balamw:

question - I know Mac OS and Unix well, but Windows only marginally. Can you guys elaborate on how I adjust the swap file and hibernation files - I am having the same problem as the OP, and down to about 8GB free on my 32GB partition, which is essentially a new/clean installation running only a single program (Quicken).

thanks,
Mark

g-boac said:

Can you guys elaborate on how I adjust the swap file and hibernation files

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Here's a link on how to tweak the pagefile. http://tweakhound.com/windows7/tweaking/7.html and from the same site a bit about hibernation http://www.tweakhound.com/windows7/tweaking/10.html. Skadd's registry hack above is a other way to reduce the size of the hibernation file.

Like the author of the links I provided, I don't recommend messing with either the pagefile or the hibernation settings.

May I ask why you run quicken in Boot Camp instead of a VM? Or do you plan on running other things too later? In the VM you could limit the RAM and thus the size of the pagefile and hibernation file.

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skadd said:

I noticed

Tried to disable hibernation in power settings and deleting the file with "powercfg -h off"
but it keeps coming back after reboot.

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that command should work, i use it in windows all the time (old system). make sure to disable hibernation in your power saving options too you may need to do both.