Diskspace calcuation issue

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Hi,

I have 8 GB partiion on which I have my XP installed. I have a lot of
applications installed on the same drive(not that many which can fill up the
whole disk). Since the last 3 weeks it started to show me the message that my
C drive is running low on space. I have deleted and moved out possibliy all
files on this partition to another partition. Also every time i reduce space
it fills up very fast. I had removed Visual Studio too nd possibly all the
applications which were installed.
Suddently 2 days back when I checked for the space, it showed me 3 GB of
empty disk space. I was quite puzzeled over this.
Any how how long does windows take to calculate the exact disk space?i mean
this is really wierd.
Also I have a firewall installed. I have changed its log path to another
partition, thinking that this was the reason why it was filling up space. But
it turned out it was not.
Can some one probably help me out to answer the above ...thanks a lot

Regards
Nikhil
 
Nikhil said:
Hi,

I have 8 GB partiion on which I have my XP installed. I have a lot of
applications installed on the same drive(not that many which can fill
up the
whole disk). Since the last 3 weeks it started to show me the message
that my
C drive is running low on space. I have deleted and moved out possibliy
all
files on this partition to another partition. Also every time i reduce
space
it fills up very fast. I had removed Visual Studio too nd possibly all
the
applications which were installed.
Suddently 2 days back when I checked for the space, it showed me 3 GB
of
empty disk space. I was quite puzzeled over this.
Any how how long does windows take to calculate the exact disk space?i
mean
this is really wierd.
Also I have a firewall installed. I have changed its log path to
another
partition, thinking that this was the reason why it was filling up
space. But
it turned out it was not.
Can some one probably help me out to answer the above ...thanks a lot

Regards
Nikhil
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Run a disk cleanup, take out the temporary files, if u have Norton
Protected, delete that also old restore points. After that chkdsk and
defragment the drive since you uninstalled/deleted a lot of stuff and
then check ur free space.
 
Nikhil said:
Hi,

I have 8 GB partiion on which I have my XP installed. I have a lot of
applications installed on the same drive(not that many which can fill up
the
whole disk). Since the last 3 weeks it started to show me the message that
my
C drive is running low on space. I have deleted and moved out possibliy
all
files on this partition to another partition. Also every time i reduce
space
it fills up very fast. I had removed Visual Studio too nd possibly all the
applications which were installed.
Suddently 2 days back when I checked for the space, it showed me 3 GB of
empty disk space. I was quite puzzeled over this.
Any how how long does windows take to calculate the exact disk space?i
mean
this is really wierd.
Also I have a firewall installed. I have changed its log path to another
partition, thinking that this was the reason why it was filling up space.
But
it turned out it was not.
Can some one probably help me out to answer the above ...thanks a lot

Regards
Nikhil
Click to expand...

Run the CHKDSK utility and it may find and fix any errors causing the false
reporting of free space on the drive.

Open a Command prompt and type:

chkdsk /?

for chkdsk syntax and help.

For example:

chkdsk c: /f

Answer Yes when it asks if you want to run chkdsk at next reboot.
Reboot and keep fingers crossed!

Martin.
 
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.
How to Gain Access to the System Volume Information Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309531

FileSize -a useful tool for use with Windows Explorer when investigating how
disk space is being used.
http://markd.mvps.org/

The download link is not obvious. Click the here in the two sentences of the
web page accessed through the link above. "I can't count the number of times
someone has asked for this. So here is a module you can install that shows a
Folder Size column in Explorer."

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Hope this helps.


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