Stan, try xxcopy to move the whatever you have on that drive. The
freeware version has many features.
www.xxcopy.com
"Stan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:527201c3d92e$a63fd4f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Rich,
>
> Thanks for the tip on this problem. You suggested removing
> Speed Disk and see what WinXP would report. (Original
> messages below)
> Didn't work, however.
>
> I thought, okay, I'll compress the drive and see if I save
> any additional space. What I see during the compression
> are hundreds of files that I cannot see thru explorer. The
> files are randomly numbered, all with the same extension.
> Example: 0000001.binaries
>
> I want to uninstall or move everything that's on that hard
> drive, but I'm afraid I might take the problem to another
> drive.
>
> If you'd prefer I not use email in the future, let me
> know. Thanks for your time
>
> Stan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Rich Barry" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> Sent: 12/15/2003 1:17:58 PM
> Subject: Re: 2 GB on a 20GB HardDrive Yet Shows 2 GB Free
>
> Stan, try removing Speed Disk and see what WinXP says
> when you rt click
> on the Drive Icon>select Properties.
> "Stan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
> news:1412d01c3c317$cecf1d90$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have a second harddrive, a 40GB WesternDigital, that I
> > have partitioned into 2 20GB Drives. The first partition
> > shows 2GB free space, yet selecting properties on all
> > shown, hidden & system files states that only 2GB are
> > actually used. Glancing at the disc map through Norton
> > SystemWorks SpeedDisk, I see that yes, there is about 17-
> > 18GB of the drive being used.
> >
> > Kinda confused here. Is there something I'm missing?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
>
> .