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Solve : How big is your Windows folder??

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Right click on Windows folder, click "Properties".
STATE Windows, Service Pack version.

My Vista, SP1 - 18.5GBMy XP SP3 is 3.10 GB

Oh my, I have to get Vista!XP, SP3, 4.47 GB (4,805,584,254 bytes)
In details:

XP SP3: 3.55 GB (3,816,868,832 bytes)

Vista Ultimate(laptop):18.8 GB

XP Pro SP3(laptop) 1.59GB
XP pro x64(laptop) 2.19GB

My Vista, SP1 - 15.4GB, quite a space hog, compared to Win XP SP3. As broni ILLUSTRATES is appears to mostly be lodged in the WinSxS folder.I found this, which sheds some light on that folder: http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/53906-what-winsxs-folder.htmlWindows XP Home 3.90GB
Windows XP Tablet EDITION PC 6.09GB
Windows XP Home 2.51GBXP Pro SP3 2.91 GBQuote

I found this, which sheds some light on that folder: http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/53906-what-winsxs-folder.html
Couple more:
http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/archives/1306-Demystifying-the-WinSxS-directory-in-Windows-XP,-Vista-and-Server-20032008.html
http://www.winvistaclub.com/f16.html
Mostly untouchable stuff, but with 500GB HD, I'm not gonna worry about it.Vista Ultimate 64bit = 19.3G

Windows 7 64bit = 11.2GXP X64 - 5.4GB.Vista SP1: 9.22 GB (9,901,689,036 bytes)


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