Wiped my PC with Windows 7, but memory is still the same?

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#1 Wakanoid
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So, recently I installed Windows 7 Bit-32 version and wiped all of my old info. But for some reason, I still have the same amount of space of my HDD...

But when I go into it, I barely see anything? Hmm? What's going on? I need more room :D.

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#2 hofuldig
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So, recently I installed Windows 7 Bit-32 version and wiped all of my old info. But for some reason, I still have the same amount of space of my HDD...

But when I go into it, I barely see anything? Hmm? What's going on? I need more room :D.

Wakanoid
when you say wiped do you mean you just deleted everything you had on the hard drive or that your completely re formatted it?
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#3 Firebird-5
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buy a new hard drive lol

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#4 broken_bass_bin
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Did you actually reformat the hard drive and delete everything, or did you just install Windows over the top of the old one?

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#5 sg17
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did you run a windows easy transfer utility before the Win7 install? If so, the file from the transfer utility was likely (the default) saved on you Hard disk. This can be a large file.

Also, if you didn't reformat, most (likely all) your program files will still be on your PC. Check the 'folder Progam Files (X86)' if I remember correctly that is where win7 puts all the old stuff. I could be mistaken for you as I went from vista 32 bit to Win7 64 bit.

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#6 ModernMenace98
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3 words, DELETE YOUR BACKUPS!
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#7 scoots9
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run Windirstat, it will tell you what is taking up space.

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#8 adam0926
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Go into disk clean up and delete all but most recent restore points.

And get a bigger Harddrive they are dirt cheap.