Win 7 installation occupies 50gb

**Mike Atherton** · 04-21-2012, 10:20 AM

Hello, I have a question to ask: When installing Windows 7 on an SSD of 64 GB (60 GB real) the operating system takes up 50 gb practically, there is no partition in the available space that I have put about 10.5 gb. Why might this be, just installed Windows 7, and we all know that is approximately about 11 gb, i appreciate it responders this issue and possibly provide a solution, thank you all, a greeting!

**Ross Tyler** · 04-21-2012, 10:20 AM

Did you check the paging file / virtual memory, have you ever miss a clean install or you had an OS and you miss a migrations to w7, the same is the backup of your previous OS.

**John Emburey** · 04-21-2012, 10:21 AM

Does the Windows folder takes you 50GB, have you looked how much I took the WinSxS folder within the Windows?

**Ian Botham** · 04-21-2012, 10:21 AM

Look in the folder properties to see if it will locate a very rounded, remember that there are some hidden and the best seems to be that space occupied by another, often they are folders to restore system, data or other facts temporary fill in some corner of the disc space without realizing it.

**Tony Greig** · 04-21-2012, 10:22 AM

Only has 2GB of RAM, the swap file will be as much of 4GB to 6GB in "automatico/w7 so decides," at best, this is not generating much hard use. It gives me that is my point, which has migrated from a XP to Vista or W7 and has kept the previous installation if "you want to return back.

**John Petijohan** · 04-21-2012, 10:23 AM

You have to have something else installed, a clean install of Win7 x64 does not occupy more than 20-25GB , As I have commented off: hibernation, system restore, prefetch, you have little ram to completely disable virtual memory (ie if you release enough).