Partition Size

[David Johnston]

I am running Windows XP Pro. My hard drive is 120 GB, split into 4
partitions. C contains 12.6 GB. Windows Explorer shows that used space in C
is
4.8 GB and free space is 7.8 GB.
However when I add the sizes of the primary folders within C I get a total
of only 3.0 GB, of which Windows is 2.0 GB. The Recycle Bin is empty. Where
are the other 1.8 GB?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I am running Windows XP Pro. My hard drive is 120 GB, split into 4
partitions. C contains 12.6 GB. Windows Explorer shows that used space in C
is
4.8 GB and free space is 7.8 GB.
However when I add the sizes of the primary folders within C I get a total
of only 3.0 GB, of which Windows is 2.0 GB. The Recycle Bin is empty. Where
are the other 1.8 GB?

One of these will tell you:
DriveUse:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/index.html
Bullet Proof Folder sizes: http://www.foldersizes.com/

 

[q_q_anonymous]

One of these will tell you:
DriveUse:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/index.html
Bullet Proof Folder sizes: http://www.foldersizes.com/

add this to your list
treesize(professional or freeware one) by jam software. Freeware is
great.

it's not mine by the way. It helped somebody else in the ng too.

 

[DandyDon]

It is used by the file system to organize data on the disk. Just like file
folders you stick a label on in real life, each data block has a label on
it. Just like a list of folders and files and the files contents written on
a sheet of paper in real life, the disk has a directory table listing all
the folders, files, and file data; and where to find it on the disk.

All that takes up space.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I assume you're referring to file indices etc. While they
do consume some space, they certainly do not require
1.8 GBytes. The OP will probably find that the System
Recovery feature is responsible for the missing Gigabytes.

 

[Seahawk60B]

In addition, if the OP is only looking at the folders in the root of C:
and not looking at hidden/system files, he is probably not taking into
account the size of his pagefile.

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:

I assume you're referring to file indices etc. While they do consume
some space, they certainly do not require 1.8 GBytes. The OP will
probably find that the System Recovery feature is responsible for the
missing Gigabytes.

It is used by the file system to organize data on the disk. Just like
file folders you stick a label on in real life, each data block has a
label on it. Just like a list of folders and files and the files
contents written on a sheet of paper in real life, the disk has a
directory table listing all the folders, files, and file data; and
where to find it on the disk.

All that takes up space.
However when I add the sizes of the primary folders within C I get a
total of only 3.0 GB, of which Windows is 2.0 GB. The Recycle Bin is
empty.
Where are the other 1.8 GB?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I am running Windows XP Pro. My hard drive is 120 GB, split into 4
partitions. C contains 12.6 GB. Windows Explorer shows that used
space in C is
4.8 GB and free space is 7.8 GB.
However when I add the sizes of the primary folders within C I get a
total of only 3.0 GB, of which Windows is 2.0 GB. The Recycle Bin is
empty. Where are the other 1.8 GB?

Probably mostly the page file and hibernation file, both hidden by default,
and therefore invisible unless you have chosen to make hidden files visble.

 

[Rock]

I am running Windows XP Pro. My hard drive is 120 GB, split into 4
partitions. C contains 12.6 GB. Windows Explorer shows that used space in C
is
4.8 GB and free space is 7.8 GB.
However when I add the sizes of the primary folders within C I get a total
of only 3.0 GB, of which Windows is 2.0 GB. The Recycle Bin is empty. Where
are the other 1.8 GB?

System restore can take up quite a bit of space. The default is to
allow 12% of the drive for it. This is way too much. Go into System
restore settings and lower this. Set it at about 500 MB. System
restore is not much good beyond a week or two.