Hey man, I lose space when I save too. Usually about 2-4 mgs every time I save. What I do before I play and after I play is go to My computer, then right click your active drive and use disk clean-up. Clean out temp.files, and recycle-bin.(you can delete temp.internet files as well if you want). That usually gives me back quite a bit of space back on my active drive...but before this make sure that you have scan-disc and defragged recently.