I just took a Maxtor 120GB drive (one of the first Diamond 5400 RPM drives from
them) that I wasn't using and added it to my system as a second drive, formatted
with NTFS under WinXP Pro w/SP1 and the F: partition.

I then began storing music files on it as I'm getting ready to build or buy a
home theater component to replace my CD jukebox in my audio rack. Anyway, I've
ripped 9.45 GB of files so far and Windows Explorer shows the "Music" folder as
having 9.45 GB of files in 342 files (I'm using WMA9 Lossless format for now).

What's confusing me is that there's virtually nothing else on the disc (I have
one other folder with 30 MB (note MEGAbytes) of backed up data there and yet, a
Properties check of the partition shows Used space as 25GB. Where the heck is
the other 16GB????

*** RTH ***

>I just took a Maxtor 120GB drive (one of the first Diamond 5400 RPM drives
from
>them) that I wasn't using and added it to my system as a second drive,
formatted
>with NTFS under WinXP Pro w/SP1 and the F: partition.
>
>I then began storing music files on it as I'm getting ready to build or buy
a
>home theater component to replace my CD jukebox in my audio rack. Anyway,
I've
>ripped 9.45 GB of files so far and Windows Explorer shows the "Music"
folder as
>having 9.45 GB of files in 342 files (I'm using WMA9 Lossless format for
now).
>
>What's confusing me is that there's virtually nothing else on the disc (I
have
>one other folder with 30 MB (note MEGAbytes) of backed up data there and
yet, a
>Properties check of the partition shows Used space as 25GB. Where the heck
is
>the other 16GB????


Are you running System Restore on this drive? If it is only Data, turn
it off.

Mike.


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"Michael Hawes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Are you running System Restore on this drive? If it is only Data, turn
>it off.

How would I know? And yes, it's only data.

*** RTH ***

"Rich Heimlich" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Michael Hawes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > Are you running System Restore on this drive? If it is only Data,
turn
> >it off.
>
> How would I know? And yes, it's only data.
>
> *** RTH ***

System Restore: Control Panel, System, then select the "System Restore"
tab.

Also check you've emptied the recycle bin.

Mark

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:50:55 -0000, "Mark Seeley"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>System Restore: Control Panel, System, then select the "System Restore"
>tab.

Okay. It was on for that drive.

Hopefully that was it. I decided to move the data that was on F: to D:
and format F: which worked. F: then managed to stay as it should even
after putting back the files. But then I started ripping more files to
it and by the end of the day, 21GB on the drive but 33GB taken up so I
just finished reformatting AGAIN before reading this post. Here's
hoping that's all it was.

>Also check you've emptied the recycle bin.

It's off for that drive.

Well guys. System Restore doesn't appear to be the issue. I've now
disabled it for Drive F and was sure that was it. I then resumed
ripping my CD collection and now I have 26GB in the Music folder but
the drive shows 34GB being taken.

So, so far the only thing to correct it has been a format but only
temporarily.

Any other ideas?

If you rip a CD with ':' in the title, NTFS shows a zero length file. However,
there are hidden data streams that take up space.

"Rich Heimlich" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| Well guys. System Restore doesn't appear to be the issue. I've now
| disabled it for Drive F and was sure that was it. I then resumed
| ripping my CD collection and now I have 26GB in the Music folder but
| the drive shows 34GB being taken.
|
| So, so far the only thing to correct it has been a format but only
| temporarily.
|
| Any other ideas?

"Rich Heimlich" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Well guys. System Restore doesn't appear to be the issue. I've now
> disabled it for Drive F and was sure that was it. I then resumed
> ripping my CD collection and now I have 26GB in the Music folder but
> the drive shows 34GB being taken.
>
> So, so far the only thing to correct it has been a format but only
> temporarily.
>
> Any other ideas?

You got any programs using it as a swap disk? Anything like Photoshop or
sound or video editing programs using it?

Also remember it could be a bug in Windows that it's misreading the free
disk space - maybe load something like Norton Speed Disk and get a rough
idea what percentage of the drive is in use from the picture... there may be
better ways though.

Mark

"Mark Seeley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:boh0kr$fme$1$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Rich Heimlich" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Well guys. System Restore doesn't appear to be the issue. I've now
> > disabled it for Drive F and was sure that was it. I then resumed
> > ripping my CD collection and now I have 26GB in the Music folder but
> > the drive shows 34GB being taken.
> >
> > So, so far the only thing to correct it has been a format but only
> > temporarily.
> >
> > Any other ideas?
>
> You got any programs using it as a swap disk? Anything like Photoshop or
> sound or video editing programs using it?
>
> Also remember it could be a bug in Windows that it's misreading the free
> disk space - maybe load something like Norton Speed Disk and get a rough
> idea what percentage of the drive is in use from the picture... there may
be
> better ways though.
>
> Mark


And... if you have a lot of Norton stuff installed, right click on the
recycle bin and click on:
1. Empty Recycle bin
2. Empty Norton Protected Files

If this doesn't help, try (TEMPORARILY) from Windows Explorer:
Tools, Folder Options, View (Tab), then....
1. Show Hidden Files and Folders
2. Unselect "Hide Protected Operating System Files"

I'd recommend you set these back afterwards, and DO NOT delete anything
unless you are sure you know what they are, and it is safe to do so. This
second point is mainly to see if you can identify any files that may be
there but hidden. Hopefully it might help to indicate what's using the
space.

Mark

Try using a disk usage program such as ShowMan.
<http://www.david-taylor.myby.co.uk/software/disk.html#ShowMan>

On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 14:14:21 -0500, Rich Heimlich
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Well guys. System Restore doesn't appear to be the issue. I've now
>disabled it for Drive F and was sure that was it. I then resumed
>ripping my CD collection and now I have 26GB in the Music folder but
>the drive shows 34GB being taken.
>
>So, so far the only thing to correct it has been a format but only
>temporarily.
>
>Any other ideas?