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I have gone from win 7 32 bit to win 7 64 bit. My HDD is a Samsung spinpoint F3 500Gb. My HDD is partitioned "C" thru "K".
"C" partition is given 75gb. This is for the 32 bit as well as the 64 bit installation. The 32 bit used less than 14gb of space - including all the updates and before loading any applications or any other program. The 64 bit is using 72gb and I only have 2.9gb left of the 75gb "C" drive. Thus far, no one has been able to even guess at why this is happening. Not even a MS tech support guy. However, in a forum about 2 weeks ago someone had the same problem and said the problem stems from the page file. I don't know. I do have 32gb DDR3 ram. Would appreciate any help to figure this out.
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You're not *that* much older than I. I grew up with DOS as well.

The exact same thing can be done with simple folders. Maybe 2 partitions - one for the OS, one for everything else.
Different top level folders for different things. That way, the space for each is flexible, rather than restricted to a particular partition size.

But back to the original problem....Look at the hibernation file. It is likely consuming 32GB. If you don't use hibernation, turn it off and save 32GB of space.

From an elevated command prompt powercfg -h off Press enter.
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USAFRet,
I grew up with the DOS system, and with the single sided floppies and the dual sided floppies. There was no such thing as a HDD. So, as things evolved, if you wanted to create your own "file cabinet", so to speak then you simply made partitions and named them just like you would
on a regular 5 drawer file cabinet. My "C" partition is my operating system and only my operating system. My "D" drive is for utilities.
My "E" drive is for applications. My "F" drive is for games. My "G" drive is for my personal info. my "H" drive is a spare for any unusual stuff.
My "I" drive is for pictures. My "j" is for music. My "K" drive is for miscellaneous. I just grew up with this and it was easy to put things in order and I liked it and continued using it. After all, I am 70 years old.
 
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You're not *that* much older than I. I grew up with DOS as well.

The exact same thing can be done with simple folders. Maybe 2 partitions - one for the OS, one for everything else.
Different top level folders for different things. That way, the space for each is flexible, rather than restricted to a particular partition size.

But back to the original problem....Look at the hibernation file. It is likely consuming 32GB. If you don't use hibernation, turn it off and save 32GB of space.

From an elevated command prompt powercfg -h off Press enter.
 
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USAFRet,
I'm sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I tried the folders and I didn't like doing it that way. Hope that doesn't hurt your feelings. I just find it more organized, for me, to have the partitions. Anyway, I had read somewhere, I don't remember where, about manipulating the page file.
I went into the command prompt and typed in the command (powercfg -h off), no parenthesis, and it responded with "you don't have permission to change hibernate settings". I took the side cover off and yelled to the MOBO "I bought all of your pieces, I put you together, I own you, what the hell do you mean I don't have permission - "LOL". I'm still laughing. So, I went into the control panel, to advanced, I'm not so sure about that statement either, went into the page file settings. It was set at 32763. I set it to 10000. Yes it did go from 2.9GB free space on "C" drive to
30.2GB free space. I have never messed with the PAGE FILE and I don't know how much I need or if I need it at all. I would like to turn off the hibernate but I don't know how.
Man, this was long. My name is Jim. I thank you very, very much and I appreciate it. Ya know, I have been reading stuff on Tom's Hardware for a very long time but never had the need to apply any of the information. I believe the guys/girls on this site are very, very knowledgable.
 
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No prob.

For the hibernation file:
RightClick on the cmd.exe. Select "Run as Administrator". Enter the admin password.

NOW you can run that command:
powercfg -h off

That should free up another 32GB of space.

EDIT: With 32GB RAM, you can take the pagefile even smaller. 1024mb MIN and MAX Some people have gotten rid of it completely, with no apparent ill effects.

My name's Pete, BTW.
 
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Hooray, I turned off hibernation. Just doing that, now I have 50.3GB free of 75.0gb. So, I have gone from 2.9gb free of 75.0gb to 50.3gb free. I have gained
24.7gb by turning off hibernation and taking the page file from 32763 to 10000. According to you, I should be able to gain another 10gb by eliminating the PAGE FILE. And even if I did have to go to 1024 on the PAGE FILE, that would only use up app. 1gb of space. Very interesting. Also you have been very helpful.
We now have numbers to put on what we did if we need a future reference, which I don't think you will ever need.
Pete, I lived in the suburb of New Orleans, Chalmette, pronounced shallmet. We lost everything in Katrina and we now live in southern Mississippi. Picayune.
Picayune is app. 4-5 miles from the Louisiana line and app. 47 miles from New Orleans. So, it isn't that far from home. I am retired from Mobil Oil.
Thanks again sir.
 
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