You say "I have now re-partitioned the drive to increase the size by
about 20 gb but again the free space seems to be getting used up
immediately after re-boot.", What do you mean by this statement?
If you repartition a drive you will not increase free disk space on the
hard disk drive! You will only increase free disk space on one
partition to the extent that you reduce the free space on another partition.
This will help where you have not enough free space on one partition and
an excess on another.
To investigate how you are using hard disk space you need to
make sure that you can see all files. Go to Start, Control Panel, Folder
Options, View, Advanced Settings and verify that the box before "Show
hidden files and folders" is checked and "Hide protected operating
system files " is unchecked. You may need to scroll down to see the
second item. You should also make certain that the box before "Hide
extensions for known file types" is not checked. Next in Windows
Explorer make sure View, Details is selected and then select View,
Choose Details and check before Name, Type, Total Size, and Free Space.
You still will not see the System Volume Information folder and Norton
Protected Storage ( if you have it).
How to Gain Access to the System Volume Information Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309531
Download Dirsize.dll plug-in and place the file in Windows\System32
folder. Select Start, Run and type "regsvr32 dirsize.dll" without the
quotes and hit ENTER. Next in Windows Explorer open a folder and set it
to Detail view. From the View menu, click Choose Details. Put a
checkmark near Folder Size, and click OK. Use CTRL and + key (Numeric
Keypad) combination to resize the column width, so that the Folder Size
column is displayed correctly. To apply this setting for all the
folders, click Tools, Folder Options. In the View tab and click Apply to
all folders. You can download Dirsize from:
http://markd.mvps.org/
You can most likely create extra free space by a number of measures.
You can limit the disk space used by System Restore. Right click on the
My Computer icon on your Desktop and select, Properties, System Restore,
Settings. This will give you the amount of Disk Space allocated to
System Restore in terms of % of size of Drive and megabytes or
gigabytes. The default maximum is 12%, which is often excessive. You can
move the slider to the left to reduce the size of the allocation to 700 mb.
Once
the allocated space is fully taken the oldest restore point is removed
when a new restore point is created ( or it should be ).
Try Start, All Programmes, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Delete all
but the most recent Restore Point ( Start, Programs, Accessories, System
Tools, Disk Cleanup, More options). Run Disk Defragmenter by selecting
Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
How is the drive formatted -FAT32 or NTFS? To get this information
whilst in Windows Explorer place the cursor on the C drive, right click
and select Properties? More opportunities here depending on the answer
After taking these messages how much free space do you have on your C drive?
Do you have System Restore set to monitor all partitions as it should only
be monitoring your C partition i.e. the partition where the Windows
operating
system is located. Right click on the My Computer icon on your Desktop and
select Properties and System Restore. For each of the other partitions
( other than C ) click on the partition and then Settings and drag the
slider
as as far as you can to the left , click on Turn Off System Restore on this
Drive and then OK. Repeat the process for each partition.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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