Free Space Error, reports only 1%

[Guest]

The properties of the C:\ drive (80 GB) shows that the Used Space is
75,059,306,496 bytes (69.9 GB) and the Free Space is only 876,445,696 bytes
(835 MB). I have checked, recorded and added up the size of all folders
including hidden folders & files and I only get about 9.695 GB. My question
is why the big difference and how do I fix it. There should be 60 to 70 GB of
Free Space. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.... Thanks.

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

The properties of the C:\ drive (80 GB) shows that the Used Space is
75,059,306,496 bytes (69.9 GB) and the Free Space is only 876,445,696 bytes
(835 MB). I have checked, recorded and added up the size of all folders
including hidden folders & files and I only get about 9.695 GB. My question
is why the big difference and how do I fix it. There should be 60 to 70 GB of
Free Space. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.... Thanks.

Have you tried running the error checking tool on the disk? (My
Computer, right click on the drive, Tools, Error-checking

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply GreenieLeBrun. Yes, I have run the Error-checking Tool.
I have also ran a "chkdsk /f" which I believe is the same thing. Any other
suggestions?

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

Thanks for the reply GreenieLeBrun. Yes, I have run the Error-checking Tool.
I have also ran a "chkdsk /f" which I believe is the same thing. Any other
suggestions?

Could be corruption on the drive (MBR, Partition table, File Allocation
Table or NTFS equivalent) or the drive is faulty, I can't really say.

Personally I would save all my data to CDs or something similar then do
a reinstall deleting the partition and reformatting the drive and see
if that solves the problem, drastic I know, but at least your data
would be safe if it is a faulty drive.

 

[Guest]

Hi GreenieLeBrun, thanks again. I found the solution. It was the IBM Rescue
and Recovery application. It was scheduled to make a backup every week and I
deleted the backups which gave me back 61 GB. I have now configured this
application to turn scheduled backups off. I have 86% Free Space now. Boy am
I happy.....