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Windows 10 : Released my hostage hdd space

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    newton saber
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    I upgraded to Win10 about a month ago or something. My machine auto-restarted the other day and after an update of Win10 and now I notice that I have tons of more space on my HDD. It looks like Microsoft finally let my hostage HDD space go. Previously I had less than half of my 1TB space left (426GB free). Now I have more than half of it (773GB). Crazy.

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      I upgraded to Win10 about a month ago or something. My machine auto-restarted the other day and after an update of Win10 and now I notice that I have tons of more space on my HDD. It looks like Microsoft finally let my hostage HDD space go. Previously I had less than half of my 1TB space left (426GB free). Now I have more than half of it (773GB). Crazy.

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      WinTen leaves the old OS on the machine for about six (I think) weeks, then it zaps it so you can't go back to spyware free system. :mad: :laugh: :laugh:

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        WinTen leaves the old OS on the machine for about six (I think) weeks, then it zaps it so you can't go back to spyware free system. :mad: :laugh: :laugh:

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        newton saber
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        Yeah, it's kind of crazy. I think it also had downloaded a copy of Win10 installation which it also kept on my harddrive for that period of time. Kind of terrible.

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          WinTen leaves the old OS on the machine for about six (I think) weeks, then it zaps it so you can't go back to spyware free system. :mad: :laugh: :laugh:

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          FIorian Schneidereit
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          It's 30 days ;)

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            I upgraded to Win10 about a month ago or something. My machine auto-restarted the other day and after an update of Win10 and now I notice that I have tons of more space on my HDD. It looks like Microsoft finally let my hostage HDD space go. Previously I had less than half of my 1TB space left (426GB free). Now I have more than half of it (773GB). Crazy.

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            BillWoodruff
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            Windows taketh-away, and Windows giveth, but know the all-seeing eye of Sauron of Redmond is watching you, now.

            «I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.

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              I upgraded to Win10 about a month ago or something. My machine auto-restarted the other day and after an update of Win10 and now I notice that I have tons of more space on my HDD. It looks like Microsoft finally let my hostage HDD space go. Previously I had less than half of my 1TB space left (426GB free). Now I have more than half of it (773GB). Crazy.

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              BillWoodruff
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              Windows taketh-away, and Windows giveth, but know the all-seeing eye of Sauron of Redmond is watching you, now, through your Windows.

              «I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.

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                WinTen leaves the old OS on the machine for about six (I think) weeks, then it zaps it so you can't go back to spyware free system. :mad: :laugh: :laugh:

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                Dan Neely
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                If it was 20 or even 50GB, I'd agree that it was probably from blowing away the rollback folder; but having a 250GB Windows folder before the upgrade is kinda insane. Makes me wonder if something else was going on.

                Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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