a very strange thing!!

[Guest]

I have a notebook which OS is windows XP sp1. The total spaces of C
disk are 24G . But recently its available spaces reduced strangely. Now the
available spaces of C disk are only 4G and also continue reducing. I had
show all the files include the system file and hidden file , But total file
sizes are only 5G, other files about 15 G sizes couldn¡¦t be seen. I had
close the ¡§system restore¡¨ function, also scanned the viruses and Trojan
horses, reorganized the disk, deleted the temp files , But couldn't find
any strange thing.
The available spaces continue reducing!!!
Anyone can help me, Thanks!

 

[Kelly]

Depends on many factors.

Run Ad-Aware SE, Spybot and HijackThis:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

Note: Update each program, once installed, before running.

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

You can delete the following files to save disk space:

C:\Windows\System32\dllcache\*.*
C:\Windows\driver cache\i386\driver.cab
C:\Windows\inf\*.pnf


1. Prefetch
2. System Restore Points
3. Hyberfil
4. C:\Windows\System32\dllcache\*.*
5. C:\Windows\driver cache\i386\driver.cab
6. C:\Windows\inf\*.pnf

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com