It was just choked with files and it needed to get a bit lighter in this respect. I was wondering about the movement of the Hotfixes and updates too. Amazing where 20GB can go, especially when being aware of it, I tried to keep the C drive light and install most things to other drives. The amount and size of auto updates to both OS and from Norton over 18 months or so, is quite incredible. No wonder they prefer you to be asleep when they deliver it. I think it is time to do an audit and see just how many progs are updating and bloating the system.
The good news appears to be Diskeeper, for which I once more thank The Sailor. It is making me deeply impressed with what it is doing and it has a much more vigorous approach than MS, which has even now, left me with a much quicker machine, even though the Bog Standard Defrag was done weekly across all drives. Lots of reporting back as well, so that you know exactly what, where and when it is doing things. So far I would give it a very punchy "Thumbs up"
Conan
Edit for JetCollie - CrapCleaner was the first elctronic laxative to be applied. It is a great and free piece of software. That cleared out the best part of 1GB. I use it maybe once a month but will now be upping the dose :-)