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Old 12-28-2006
Phillip Pi
 

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Re: Windows Vista b6000 Ultimate Ed. installations' disk space usagesbetween 32-bit vs. 64-bit
Wow, big difference.

On 12/27/2006 7:24 PM PT, Colin Barnhorst wrote:

> Yes, they are different and by about 3GB after installation.
>
> "Phillip Pi" <phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC> wrote in message
> news:ue1y3OiKHHA.2236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hello.
>>
>> Is it me or are the installed disk usages significantly different (a
>> few GB) between a 32-bit and a 64-bit installation? This is on the
>> same machine (ASUS K8V SE Deluxe with an Athlon 64 3200+ 754 CPU),
>> same Ultimate Edition, and similiar options in installation. I did
>> notice an extra Program Files (x86) in my C:\ root directory that
>> takes over 300 MB. Is this the only difference that makes the disk
>> usage different?
>>
>> Thank you in advance.

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