It could be something simple, such as a glitch in System restore taking up too much space for restore points, but it certainly shouldn't be happening. One thing I would suggest is downloading the free program TreeSize, which will let you quickly find out which directories are taking up the most space. With a few click you should be able to narrow it down to the specific folder, and from there find out what files are consuming your hard drive. If you encounter a problem tracking it back to the source let us know.
John
I've been running Vista for less than a week now, no problems so far. The only thing I notice is that my hard drive free space decreases by 1 or 2GB's a day without me downloading or adding anything. Is there a setting or something I need to adjust? Thanks

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