?Disk Space?

[Jake]

>-----Original Message-----
>
> Hi, I had win xp installed on this pc when I bought
>it...I just went out and bought my own win xp home
>cd....before I installed I had a disk space of 31.1
>unused...I also had alot of programs installed....when I
>did a reinstall ( It said it would deleate the other
>copy )...I came out with only win xp installed and a
disk
>space of 29.2...Can u tell me why I lost space when I
>have less installed...where it went...and how to get it
>back? Thanks for your time...
>
> If you could please email me your reply cause I might
>not be able to find my way back here...Not sure how I
got
>here...lol Thank you again.
>.
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