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What percentage of free space should one have on partition C:, where the OS
and programs are?

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Minimum of 15% for defrag to work. I try to keep 35-40% free.

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> What percentage of free space should one have on partition C:,
> where
> the OS and programs are?

You need a minimum of 15% to use the Windows XP Defrag command.
Other than that, I don't think a percentage is an appropriate way
to look at it. You should be more concerned with the amount than
the percentage. I'd want to always have at least 5GB or so free.

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> Minimum of 15% for defrag to work. I try to keep 35-40% free.
>
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> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from: George Ankner
> "If you knew as much as you thought you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>
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>> What percentage of free space should one have on partition C:, where the
>> OS and programs are?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Alias
>>
>> Use the Reply to Sender feature of your news reader program to email me.
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> Alias typed:
>
>> What percentage of free space should one have on partition C:, where
>> the OS and programs are?
>
>
> You need a minimum of 15% to use the Windows XP Defrag command. Other than
> that, I don't think a percentage is an appropriate way to look at it. You
> should be more concerned with the amount than the percentage. I'd want to
> always have at least 5GB or so free.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>

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> What percentage of free space should one have on partition C:, where the
> OS and programs are?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Alias
>
> Use the Reply to Sender feature of your news reader program to email me.

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I've seen it stop working at 10% free just 2 weeks ago, but different
amounts may be needed for different drive sizes. Try to keep at least 20%
free. You can delete temp files and your internet cache to free up some
space.

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> Thanks.

You're welcome. Glad to help.

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>> Alias typed:
>>
>>> What percentage of free space should one have on partition
>>> C:, where
>>> the OS and programs are?
>>
>>
>> You need a minimum of 15% to use the Windows XP Defrag
>> command.
>> Other than that, I don't think a percentage is an appropriate
>> way to
>> look at it. You should be more concerned with the amount than
>> the
>> percentage. I'd want to always have at least 5GB or so free.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup

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