Hard Drive Gone Wierd

[vidcc]

I have a 30 gig hard drive which had 14 gig free, when a bubble poped up telling me i was low on space. I checked and was amazed that suddenly my drive was showing 38 gig capacity with 168 meg free.Even after i deleted some old files freeing up 8 gig it was still showing a 38 gig capacity (i rebooted and defragmented to see if i could solve it) the OS is XP home edition using NTFS.
No errors on the disk surface and i can't find any duplicated files
i have checked for virus and trojan and wasn't online when the problem occured.

I wouldn't mind but i haven't gained a larger drive, rather lost space :helpsmile:

[SciManAl]

clear

[Smurfette]

Check the drive for errors and see what pops up.

[vidcc]

as stated wasn't downloading and already checked for errors

[callum]

You could try using sequoiaview (http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/), it will show you what is taking up all the space on your hd.

[vidcc]

Originally posted by callum@15 February 2004 - 11:01
You could try using sequoiaview (http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/), it will show you what is taking up all the space on your hd.
i use ace utilities which lists the top 100 largest files/progs which looks to be about the same thing that the prog you suggested does.
I am not taking any more space up than i did before i had the problem, if it had been a case of windows doing a mysterious back up i would have found it....what troubles me the most is the sudden 8 gig capacity albeit virtual rather than physical

[callum]

Originally posted by vidcc+15 February 2004 - 18:06--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (vidcc @ 15 February 2004 - 18:06)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-callum@15 February 2004 - 11:01
You could try using sequoiaview (http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/), it will show you what is taking up all the space on your hd.
i use ace utilities which lists the top 100 largest files/progs which looks to be about the same thing that the prog you suggested does.
I am not taking any more space up than i did before i had the problem, if it had been a case of windows doing a mysterious back up i would have found it....what troubles me the most is the sudden 8 gig capacity albeit virtual rather than physical [/b][/quote]
That program sounds alot differant. Sequioaview will show you exactly what is taking up the space on your hardrive, it even shows your pagefile and anything else that is on your comp which you can&#39;t normally see. It is also very easy to use.

[vidcc]

ok i shall give it a spin and report back :D

[atiVidia]

it seems like windows suddenly unallocated half of your hard drive


partition magic (or any other partitioning utility) could be useful here

[vidcc]

update.... some of the files are showing as much larger than they are, e.g. instead of 1.15mb they are showing as 115 mb...this will explain the sudden loss of avaiable space but not the sudden 8 gig extra hard drive :blink:

[peat moss]

Are you running a disk cleanup utility? If so delete your temp files :)



edit some programs like sure delete or c cleaner fill up disk space when running&#33;

[vidcc]

Originally posted by peat moss@15 February 2004 - 14:20
Are you running a disk cleanup utility? If so delete your temp files :)
done that...in fact it was the first thing i did

[peat moss]

Originally posted by vidcc+15 February 2004 - 14:22--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (vidcc &#064; 15 February 2004 - 14:22)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-peat moss@15 February 2004 - 14:20
Are you running a disk cleanup utility?&nbsp; If so delete your temp files :)
done that...in fact it was the first thing i did [/b][/quote]
Your no dummy what I ment was some cleanup program &#39;s when you cancel before it completes it takes up a lot of space .

[vidcc]

Yes and i did get what you ment...the edit was clear and i did appreciate the thought ( first thing i ask anyone when their car won&#39;t start is if they have fuel ) :D

[peat moss]

Originally posted by vidcc+15 February 2004 - 14:22--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (vidcc &#064; 15 February 2004 - 14:22)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-peat moss@15 February 2004 - 14:20
Are you running a disk cleanup utility?&nbsp; If so delete your temp files :)
done that...in fact it was the first thing i did [/b][/quote]
Is it plugged in? :lol: Sorry don&#39;t know what to add I &#39;v never seen it I&#39;ll check around I&#39;m curious tho B)



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[callum]

Originally posted by vidcc+15 February 2004 - 21:22--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (vidcc @ 15 February 2004 - 21:22)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-peat moss@15 February 2004 - 14:20
Are you running a disk cleanup utility?&nbsp; If so delete your temp files :)
done that...in fact it was the first thing i did [/b][/quote]
Which programs have you tried?

[peat moss]

Originally posted by callum+15 February 2004 - 17:42--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (callum @ 15 February 2004 - 17:42)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by vidcc@15 February 2004 - 21:22
<!--QuoteBegin-peat moss@15 February 2004 - 14:20
Are you running a disk cleanup utility?&nbsp; If so delete your temp files :)
done that...in fact it was the first thing i did
Which programs have you tried? [/b][/quote]
Good point callum I use system mech .3.7 I Myself. Vidcc try this just a demo tho :(



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[vidcc]

got a tech guy to look at it and he was just as supprised at the drive showing the extra size as i was, but the computer management says the system is healthy so we are just letting it ride and i have backed up all the important stuff on another machine so not too concerned and are just going to do a re-install :frusty: