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I have a new Dell XPS 8500, with Windows 7
Professional, SP1,with Spywareblaster, Avast,
and Windows firewall.
1 TB HD
Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-33-3770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz 3.40 GHz
Ram 12.0 GB
System type : 64-bit operating system


I usually check for updates and run CCleaner,
Defraggler at least once a week. Yesterday
while running Defraggler I noticed that my
used spaced increased during the process which
is something I have never seen before.

When I bought the computer 2 months ago it had
60GB of used space but that number has now risen
to 73.4GB! I've added some files but not 13.4GB!

I keep my computer as simple and clean as I can,
and no games but I don't understand why Defraggler
is doing this and over time this is going eat up
my HD.

So my question is how can I stop Defraggler
from eating up my HD and is there a way to recover
the 13.4 GBG?


Thoughts/Suggestions?
Robert

This is a hint for you.

http://www.piriform.com/docs/defragg...run-defraggler

"I ran Defraggler on my Windows Vista/7 PC and now
I've lost one or more System Restore points.

This is a known issue with Windows Vista/7 and
third-party defragmentation tools such as Defraggler.
The problem occurs when the amount of disk space
set aside for System Restore is too low.

Advanced users can clear out old System Restore
points ('volume shadow copies') to make more room
using this procedure."

So what that tells you, is Defraggler is triggering
tracking of the file changes it is making, and System
Restore is making copies of *each* defragmented file.

It's true, that "clearing out the old System Restore points",
will recover the space, but that is a stupid thing to do.
Better to use a defragmenter, that does not have an issue
with System Restore. Then, there is no mess to clean up.

And no, I don't have a list of defragmenters that work right :-)

Just a guess,
Paul