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    Where is my HD space?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by aigle, Apr 26, 2006.

  1. aigle

    aigle Notebook Consultant

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    I have 40 GB SATA hard drive on my system with single partition C. I checked my HD properties and according to it I have only about 6.6 GB empty space left. On the other hand the space used is only about 14 GB. I wonder where is the rest of my HD space.
    I am running xp Home SP2.
     

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    aigle, Apr 26, 2006
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Perhaps you have a big temp file stuck in there somewhere.
     
    ZaZ, Apr 26, 2006
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    Bhatman Notebook Evangelist

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    If its a temp file, thats huge then! It might be the recovery partition( Toshibas have this right?)
     
    Bhatman, Apr 26, 2006
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  4. aigle

    aigle Notebook Consultant

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    Ok, I must ahve told I am using a recovery programme RollbackRx. But I don,t think it is eating around 16 GB of my space.
     
    aigle, Apr 27, 2006
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    that's probably it. depending on how you have it configured, it's saving rollback points along the way which eat your HD space quite quickly.
     
    drumfu, Apr 27, 2006
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    aigle Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, you are right. I just checked the properties of my system snapshots in RollBackRx and the space is taken by snapshots as I took about 5 snapshots and it is not visible through windows except through RollbackRx itself.
    Thanks.
     
    aigle, Apr 28, 2006
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    http://windirstat.sourceforge.net/

    This is perfect for your situation. It sorts files by folders, from largest to smallest, in a nice graphical user interface, allowing you to delete files on the fly. I use it and find it valuable. Reply back with what the file(s) was/were.
     
    nathanhuth, Apr 28, 2006
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    Hi..

    Here is a really great free program that gives you a graphical representation of all the files and space on your hard drive.

    A friend of mine had a similar problem and found that the program he was usning to put music into his mp3 player was keeping copies of songs in a folder, taking up huge amounts of space. try it.
    http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/
     
    Yellow11, Apr 28, 2006
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