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mr. James · 07-07-07, 10:46 AM

I recently got a Gateway MT3707 from best buy. It is a good laptop, with a 160 gb hard drive. The computer said it had 149. So, ten of that is partitioned for recovery. It says 139 is the size. After os, it was about 123 or so. I put a couple of games on it, which brought it back down to 115. I put a movie on it, temporarily, which brought it down to 108. I deleted it, and it went back to 115. A week or so later, it went down to 108 again. After a few more days, it went down to 103, and then 102. Is there a problem with the computer? I had adjusted the virtual memory, but I allowed it a maximum of 2000 mb. I hadn't installed anything after the movie. Thanks.

Annabell · 07-07-07, 01:53 PM

Hi, adjusting Virtual Memory/ Page File will affect your system please read the basics apply Here, some prefer to have the Page File on a 2nd HDD but a small PF needs to be left on the boot drive, but as said please read in the link

07-07-07, 10:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
mr. James Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Loss of hard drive space I recently got a Gateway MT3707 from best buy. It is a good laptop, with a 160 gb hard drive. The computer said it had 149. So, ten of that is partitioned for recovery. It says 139 is the size. After os, it was about 123 or so. I put a couple of games on it, which brought it back down to 115. I put a movie on it, temporarily, which brought it down to 108. I deleted it, and it went back to 115. A week or so later, it went down to 108 again. After a few more days, it went down to 103, and then 102. Is there a problem with the computer? I had adjusted the virtual memory, but I allowed it a maximum of 2000 mb. I hadn't installed anything after the movie. Thanks.

07-07-07, 01:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Annabell Computing Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,667 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Loss of hard drive space Hi, adjusting Virtual Memory/ Page File will affect your system please read the basics apply Here, some prefer to have the Page File on a 2nd HDD but a small PF needs to be left on the boot drive, but as said please read in the link __________________ As tonight is my last night in England i will be here, coz love you all lots.

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