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This has probably nothing to do with the x60 t itself but likely some software or Vista.

I am noticing that my space consumption is more than I think it should be. Almost 2x what it should be. I also think that the cause is the backup that runs automatically. The problem is that I am trying to free up some space and I am willing to eliminate the backups or move them to another device but, I cannot find the backup file(s) to remove.

If I go to My Computer and count the bytes used by each of the folders, it does not approximate the disk use that My Computer Properties tells me.

I would appreciate any direction from the forum.

Thank you.

A couple of things:

1) A portion of the HDD is used by the Lenovo software for recovery - this is a seperate partition
2) Delete the old restore points
3) Delete backups of files that vista makes

Thanks.

I can delete old restore points. I think that the separate partition is only about 5 GB and does not get computed into the properties of the drive.

I can't find the Vista backups. Or it may be a thinkvantage utility?

Thanks again.

I had a similar situation on my x60T. I had the 5GB Lenovo partition you are talking about, but there was also an 8.5GB System Volume Information file. I believe it was some sort of backup or what not but I used a free disk analysis software called Space Monger that showed this 8GB file as un-scannable space so thats what pointed me to it. Not sure what to do with it, but it seems to be something that Vista does which I would guess is a back-up/ restore point deal.

The other place in which your space is going is in a page file and hibernation file, both of which you would not be able to see. My hibernation file was 3.5GB and since I had 3GB of RAM in my laptop, the page file was 3.5GB as well.

So on my laptop, if you count the 5GB partition, the 8.5GB system volume information file, and the 3.5GB page and hibernation files, i roughly had ~20GB of unusable space, so I know what you are talking about. The page file and hibernation file really should be as they are, but not sure if there is some way you could get rid of that System Volume Information deal or what not.

You may be right regarding the backups stealing your space.
Go into Rescue and Recovery and have a look if it has made backups, if so you can delete them from there. Don't forget to turn of the automatic backup function.

andyP wrote:You may be right regarding the backups stealing your space.
Go into Rescue and Recovery and have a look if it has made backups, if so you can delete them from there. Don't forget to turn of the automatic backup function.

Thanks. I found close to 30 GB consumed by the backups.