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Alwyn Adkins - 19 Jun 2004 06:11 GMT

I have an annoying problem that is afflicting both my C
drive and an external hard drive. The Free Space reported
by Windows Explorer is incorrect. When I do a CTRL A on
the contents of either drive, "Properties" reveals a
significantly lower amount of used disk space eg on the
55gig C drive, only 40gig is used, but Windows Explorer
is reporting only 5gig free. On the external drive, there
is a 40gig difference. I do a lot of video editing, and
therefore create, and then delete, large AVIs. After I
delete a multi-gig AVI, the fee space didn't change.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Jupiter Jones [MVP] - 19 Jun 2004 06:37 GMT

Alwyn;
Have you emptied the Recycle Bin?
Did you reboot?
Normal hidden files will account for some apparent discrepancy.

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Alwyn Adkins - 19 Jun 2004 07:14 GMT

Jupiter,
Thanks for the reply. I have just empited my Recyvle bin
and recovered 4gig per drive (that was the setting I had
it on). The same free space error exists on each drive:
I'm still "missing" 35gig on my external drive, and about
15gig on my C drive.

Regards, Alwyn

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Jupiter Jones [MVP] - 19 Jun 2004 07:35 GMT

Alwyn;
Follow #6 on this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

Sometimes System Restore uses a lot based on your settings.
Turn off/on System Restore to delete files:
Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore.
Click System Restore Settings on left side.
Check "Turn off System Restore", click OK, follow prompts and reboot.
This deletes ALL Restore Points including corruption.
Then go back and turn on system Restore and create a Restore Point.
System Restore will continue to create Restore Points and delete older
data on a First In First Out basis.
See this link for more about system Restore:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/faqsrwxp.mspx

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 19 Jun 2004 09:03 GMT

Jupiter,
As you suggested, I deleted all my old restore points and
regained 6gig on my C drive. Still 9gig "missing". From
the external drive, I moved an 8gig folder to my C drive
but the external drive didn't report any increase in free
space at all!
Also did #6 as you suggested. No sig change.
It's got me stumped?!
Regards, Alwyn

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 19 Jun 2004 11:45 GMT

Jup,
Thru Google I found KB article 315688. I did a printout
of G-dir.txt, and every folder on the drvie has two
subfolders named "." and "..". I cannot access these, and
they don't show up in the NTbackup file list. Perhaps
they are the problem?

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Jupiter Jones [MVP] - 22 Jun 2004 07:24 GMT

What size is each hard drive?
What % of space is unaccounted for?

Log in to a profile with Administrator access.
Open My Computer
Click Tools
Click Folder Options
Click View tab
Check "Show hidden files and folders"
Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types"
Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files..."
Click OK and follow prompts.
Now check after space AFTER rebooting.
Some space is taken by partitioning etc, it is a small %, I am unsure
exactly how much.

Follow everything on this link to be sure no viruses etc involved:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

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