What ho one and all,

Similar to the previous thread, I have a refurbished computer with W7 Pro pre-installed. There is 4 gb of RAM and a single 250 gb hdd. I am only using the computer for watching DVD, other media files and 'catch-up' TV so it is connected to the internet.

The hdd came with four partitions, the first small one (apparently something to do with legacy programs?) C: (around 45 gb); D: most of the hdd and e: (about 2 gb) with Sys Vol information on it. I have no idea what e: does so have extended D: and now there only three partitions. Installed a few programs (partitioning, Acronis, VLC, another media player, Revo Uninstall); nothing very large.

When checking, I find I have 1.5gb of installed programs but the hdd reports as being around 80% full. Why does W7 take up so much space and is there anything I can remove to reduce it?

Thanks.