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Perdu · #1 Post by **Perdu** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:01 pm

I purchased a T61 with 160Gb drive. After I added my documents and pictures there was about 37gb left. My previous machine was running XP Pro, so I assumed Vista was huge, but it seemed odd.

I have just done a clean install of Vista, reinstalled all the Lenovo configutaion and my documents and pictures. Now I have a drive that 88Gb free.

Am I missing something? How do I tell if I have a recovery partition?

Thanks.

#2 Post by **ryengineer** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:37 am

Perdu wrote:snip....How do I tell if I have a recovery partition?....snip

Right Click on My Computer > Manage > Disk Management. If you see EISA partition then you've recovery partition.

I hope you're familiar with the difference between Advertised HDD size Vs. Actual size.

Perdu · #3 Post by **Perdu** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:57 pm

I have an EISA partition but it's only 6.81 Gb. Does that sound right?

Thanks

#4 Post by **ryengineer** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:37 am

Yes, the hidden partition expands itself depending on the size of HDD.

On Vista preload two things were taking up the most space on your drive:

1. Windows Shadow copies.
2. Rescue and Recovery backup(s).

See the following thread:

why my available HDD under Vista is decreasing.

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