OMG, Win10 is 50 Gig!!!

I did a backup the other day of a brand new Lenovo laptop that shipped with Windows 10 and that worked out at 27GB. From memory, with a fresh install of Windows 10 on it, the HDD was showing under 20GB used in total. Assuming Windows Backup uses some sort of compression, that's quite a difference.

Pretty sure Windows 10 is actually quite small (certainly comparable with Win7 that was 16GB for 32bit and 20GB for 64bit if I remember correctly). I think Azza is on the right track - it's not what Microsoft put into Windows 10 that's the issue, it's often the extra add-ons that the manufacturers put onto new builds that is the issue. This is why the first thing I recommend anyone do with a pre-built laptop/PC is to wipe the whole drive and install Windows yourself to get rid of all the extra junk nobody needs.
 
My Windows 10 pro x64 images with all the updates and drivers is only about 8gb when compressed with imagex. And depending on what software you are using can determine how well it compresses empty space.
 
No it's not.

Use Macrium Reflect for taking images, store them as a file on a HDD.

Keeping an image spanned over multiple DVDs is mental. One slight issue with a disc and you lose the whole thing.
 
bledd. said:
No it's not.

Use Macrium Reflect for taking images, store them as a file on a HDD.

Keeping an image spanned over multiple DVDs is mental. One slight issue with a disc and you lose the whole thing.
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Indeed. Get with the times and buy a USB HDD. and use the free Macrium Reflect, or buy it if you want to use regular incremental backups (highly recommended).
 
It's a bit late now, but it's always best to do a clean install using MSDN media, and then create a system backup using Macrium Reflect.
 
My work machine's Windows 10 /windows folder (upgraded from 7) is 18.6GB, including the Program Files and Program Data folders it rises to 36GB.

Does indeed sound like HP junk, which is typical of HP and most OEMs really.
 
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