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    12G gone...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Wayne99, Mar 3, 2010.

  1. Wayne99

    Wayne99 Notebook Consultant

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    The other day I had 12G free space on my 30G C: (Windows) drive. Next day I had 200M, and nothing would work. I rebooted, still the same. I deleted programs and rebooted, still not much space. Rebooted a third time and my 12G was back. So far it has remained.

    This has happened before but never with 12G, maybe 4-5.

    Umm...whats going on? Presario C500, 2G Ram, Windows XP.
     
    Wayne99, Mar 3, 2010
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    TabbedOut Notebook Evangelist

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    are you using an SSD? If you are maybe the trim command didn't run properly
     
    TabbedOut, Mar 3, 2010
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    Or, a forum search would have given loads of advice on things to check like system restore points, running a chkdsk to look for a disk that is going bad, etc, etc, etc, etc.
     
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  4. Wayne99

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    No I dont have an SSD. A forum and web search search did not answer my question, although I found plenty of info relating to Vista gobbling space.
     
    Wayne99, Mar 4, 2010
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    It happened again. I ran chkdsk to completion and there were no results to view in event viewer. But I dont think its my disk anyway, this happened with my old disk too. I think its just Windows doing something.
     
    Wayne99, Mar 10, 2010
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Have you run a malware/anti-virus scan yet? That sounds more like malware messing around than it does Windows messing around.
     
    Shyster1, Mar 10, 2010
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  7. Wayne99

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    no malware
     
    Wayne99, Mar 10, 2010
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What about update packages from Momma MS? Some of those can be quite large.
     
    Shyster1, Mar 10, 2010
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    Maybe the hibernate file? hibersys? page file? system restore?
     
    ronnieb, Mar 10, 2010
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  10. Wayne99

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    Updates are not on.

    >>>Maybe the hibernate file? hibersys? page file? system restore?

    Perhapsmaybe. Could these use 12 out of 30 G? How do I find out? I aint that smart. It took me 3 reboots again to get my space back...
     
    Wayne99, Mar 10, 2010
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    Nope. The hibernate file is only as big as the amount of ram you have.
     
    Ayle, Mar 10, 2010
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    Just a question, does the hibernate file have to be as large as your RAM or is its maximum size the size of the RAM? Mine is 2.24GB while I have while my RAM is 3GB.

    (I may have answered my own question, but just wondering)
     
    Fe ®, Mar 11, 2010
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