lost hard drive space

[gary]

after running a check disk in windows xp, my hard drive
used space went from 36 gb used to 91 gb used?
what caused this and how do i fix it?
western digital 200gb special edition with 8mb of cache

 

[Jim]

-----Original Message-----
after running a check disk in windows xp, my hard drive
used space went from 36 gb used to 91 gb used?
what caused this and how do i fix it?
western digital 200gb special edition with 8mb of cache
.
This may be from a multipling virus, so run a updated

anti-virus scan, and for spyware/ adware too. Also run
your disk cleanup tool to remove the temp files. Then run
the disk defragmenter tool as well. And you can also
remove the system restore points too by unchecking it,
then reboot.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Gary,

Information pertaining:

How to Locate and Correct Disk Space Problems on NTFS Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315688

Windows XP Does Not Recognize All Available Disk Space
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-gb;316505&ln=en-gb

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Gary

To see what is on your hard drive you need to change a number of settings.
Select Start, Control Panel, Folder Options, View, Advanced Settings, and
check "Show hidden files and folders". Whilst there uncheck "Hide File
Extensions". Also check "Display the contents of system folders".

Next enter Windows Explorer and select View, Details and then select Choose
Details -check all options except "Comments" and "File System".

Now to find the larger files on your system. Place the cursor on your C
drive and select Search, check All Files and Folders. Select further
criteria, What size is it? -check "Large (more than 1 mb)", More advanced
options -check Search System Folders, Search Hidden Files and Folders and
Search Sub-folders" and then click on Search. Sort / resort the results by
clicking on "Size" over the file size column. Make a list of the largest
files and post the details here.

With this information we may have a better idea of what might have happened.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, Worcs, England
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