The Laptop Thread: Configs, deals & questions

navin · 7th March 2009, 11:54

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Originally Posted by SirAlec

you can do two things.tab

1. go to start>accessories>system tool > disk cleanup..

Oh I clean up and defrag about once a week. Does not change much.

SirAlec · 7th March 2009, 15:59

^^^^^^^^
download this tool from here.

http://www.extensoft.com/?p=download...eediskanalyzer

aZa · 8th March 2009, 22:31

Guys how would a Intel ATOM 1.6 compare to a CELERON M 2.0 Ghz ? The usage here is word processing, presentations, movie watching, mp3 and some light weight games. The above mentioned processors can they run VISTA ?

SirAlec · 8th March 2009, 23:59

atom i guess is actually build from celeron core. Its not a good idea to install it on a celeron based machine.

vivekiny2k · 9th March 2009, 05:37

@ navin,

follow this to reduce your restore space if you wish. this space doesn't show up anywhere in regular disk analysis.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/gadget...ml#post1095954

navin · 9th March 2009, 16:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirAlec

http://www.extensoft.com/?p=download...eediskanalyzer

thanks. i will.

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivekiny2k

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/gadget...ml#post1095954

so I just loose 20Gb of my hard disk without any reason? MS is nuts!

harry10 · 9th March 2009, 17:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by navin

thanks. i will.

so I just loose 20Gb of my hard disk without any reason? MS is nuts!

Yes they are. Now i just get amused seeing their stupid antics.

vivekiny2k · 9th March 2009, 19:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by navin

so I just loose 20Gb of my hard disk without any reason? MS is nuts!

you can choose to disable system restore altogether and reclaim all of it.

navin · 9th March 2009, 23:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivekiny2k

you can choose to disable system restore altogether and reclaim all of it.

ok so is that where my 20GB went? if that is the case MS should say that somewhere. Also in this case guys like me would have just bought a bigger hard disk and let MS have their 20GB.

anupmathur · 10th March 2009, 07:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by navin

ok so is that where my 20GB went? if that is the case MS should say that somewhere. Also in this case guys like me would have just bought a bigger hard disk and let MS have their 20GB.

Navin, for drive C:\ you may reduce the amount of disc space allocated for System Restore, but do not eliminate it.
For Data partitions, you may cancel the restore feature if you are maintaining backups manually elsewhere.
It does come in handy at times to get going if your OS has suffered corruption and is refusing to boot.
It is good to maintain at least two good restore points for the system drive.

navin · 10th March 2009, 12:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by anupmathur

Navin, for drive C:\ you may reduce the amount of disc space allocated for System Restore, but do not eliminate it.
For Data partitions, you may cancel the restore feature if you are maintaining backups manually elsewhere.
It does come in handy at times to get going if your OS has suffered corruption and is refusing to boot.
It is good to maintain at least two good restore points for the system drive.

no I'd rather let MS do what they want. Mad men those guys in Seattle were. If they had advertised it atleast we'd know. hard disks and RAM is pretty cheap nowadays.

SirAlec · 12th March 2009, 00:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by navin

ok so is that where my 20GB went? if that is the case MS should say that somewhere. Also in this case guys like me would have just bought a bigger hard disk and let MS have their 20GB.

Dude! thats what you end up cleaning when you use 'More options' in disk cleanup utility.

you do that regularly right?

navin · 12th March 2009, 16:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirAlec

Dude! thats what you end up cleaning when you use 'More options' in disk cleanup utility.

you do that regularly right?

Yes I do. Thanks. Sometimes I wonder how/why MS got so big making such poor software. Then again so did GM.

devarshi84 · 12th March 2009, 19:14

Lack of competition. Linux was never that ready until recently. Mac was in the niche market and other Os's are used only in their companies. So basically windows has had a free run.

navin · 13th March 2009, 10:35

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Originally Posted by devarshi84

Lack of competition.

and some (in retrospect) lax policy from IBM (both in the case of MS and Intel).

7th March 2009, 15:59	#1637
SirAlec Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: zxc Posts: 3,395 Thanked: 727 Times	^^^^^^^^ download this tool from here. http://www.extensoft.com/?p=download...eediskanalyzer
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8th March 2009, 22:31	#1638
aZa Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Noida / Delhi Posts: 1,595 Thanked: 21 Times View My Garage	Guys how would a Intel ATOM 1.6 compare to a CELERON M 2.0 Ghz ? The usage here is word processing, presentations, movie watching, mp3 and some light weight games. The above mentioned processors can they run VISTA ?
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8th March 2009, 23:59	#1639
SirAlec Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: zxc Posts: 3,395 Thanked: 727 Times	atom i guess is actually build from celeron core. Its not a good idea to install it on a celeron based machine.
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9th March 2009, 05:37	#1640
vivekiny2k Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: cincinnati, jabalpur,chennai Posts: 1,264 Thanked: 211 Times View My Garage	@ navin, follow this to reduce your restore space if you wish. this space doesn't show up anywhere in regular disk analysis. http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/gadget...ml#post1095954
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12th March 2009, 19:14	#1649
devarshi84 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ahmedabad - Tor Posts: 4,024 Thanked: 212 Times View My Garage	Lack of competition. Linux was never that ready until recently. Mac was in the niche market and other Os's are used only in their companies. So basically windows has had a free run.
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