"Phil" wrote in message
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Can you throw any light on this one for me please?

I did a clean up & defrag of XP. (NTFS)

I note that on a 80GB drive I only have 28% free space,
after a month of use?
Where to look to determine the "hog"

My W98 machine, after 6 years, still has 70% free space.
What could cause this?

Volume (C
Volume size = 76.32 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 54.40 GB
Free space = 21.92 GB
Percent free space = 28 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 0 %
File fragmentation = 0 %
Free space fragmentation = 1 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 296,563
Average file size = 330 KB
Total fragmented files = 0
Total excess fragments = 0
Average fragments per file = 1.00

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 768 MB
Total fragments = 1

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 1,985
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 297 MB
MFT record count = 300,838
Percent MFT in use = 98 %
Total MFT fragments = 3

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Phew!!!
At last - after using TreeSize
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml
It showed several restore points, two of which where in excess of 21GB!!
the following post then solved it for me:

"You can delete all but the last restore point. Go to StartAll
programsAccessoriesSystem toolsDisk cleanup. Choose any drive for disk
cleanup and when disk cleanup has estimated the files usage, flip to the
"more options" tab and click on clean up under system restore. This will
clean up all but the last restore point."
Anando
Microsoft-MVP for Windows XP

The log now shows 94% free space :-)

I wonder why XP was able to store such large backups when set to a max of
12%?
Thank you to all who contributed!
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Volume (C
Volume size = 76.32 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 4.47 GB
Free space = 71.85 GB
Percent free space = 94 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 0 %
File fragmentation = 0 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 21,374
Average file size = 233 KB
Total fragmented files = 0
Total excess fragments = 0
Average fragments per file = 1.00

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 768 MB
Total fragments = 1

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 1,400
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 297 MB
MFT record count = 22,817
Percent MFT in use = 7 %
Total MFT fragments = 3