First thing-:without action, nothing happens on the computer....its just a machine Reasons that hog HDD space without knowing: 1]Virtual memory space 2]system restore space 3]hibernation save file space(hibenate.sys or something like that) 4]registry might not be cleaned for long...unwanted registries 5]MS office setup files till stored 6] Lot of data still in Recycle bin 7] Internet temporary files storage not cleared for long Thats all i can think of right now....some1 wil surely add m9ore to this BTW, there is no reason to post the same problem in two different forums.