Incorrect Hard Drive Allocation

[Guest]

My C:\ drive is showing that I only have 1 gig of free space left. It is a
40 gig drive. I've gone through and checked all the folders (incl. hidden)
and it only has 8 gig on it. I've seen several posts on this problem.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315688. ; That is the page they are always
refering to . That's great if you are a computer wiz! I've tried to follow
along and don't seem to get very far. Would "repairing" an XP installation
fix the problem? If not, what would?...in english please!

I just reformatted the drive and reinstalled all of the programs. It was
fine until a day ago. weird

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

My C:\ drive is showing that I only have 1 gig of free space left. It is a
40 gig drive. I've gone through and checked all the folders (incl. hidden)
and it only has 8 gig on it. I've seen several posts on this problem.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315688. ; That is the page they are always
refering to . That's great if you are a computer wiz! I've tried to follow
along and don't seem to get very far. Would "repairing" an XP installation
fix the problem? If not, what would?...in english please!

I just reformatted the drive and reinstalled all of the programs. It was
fine until a day ago. weird

Your problem is invariably due to the user not being
fully aware about what's stored on the disk. These
tools should help you clarify the matter:

DriveUse:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/index.html
Bullet Proof Folder sizes: http://www.foldersizes.com/

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the software. I ran Foldersizes and it showed that I have 10
gig on my C:\ drive. That's about what I thought. The properties tab and
disk manager is showing 38 gig.

 

[Guest]

In the foldersizes program, there are several folders that are highlighted in
red. Do you know what that means? Do you know what "pagefile.sys" is? It's
2gigs.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Run chkdsk.exe /f from the Command Prompt to ensure that
the file and folder structure of your had disk is OK.

pagefile.sys is your paging file. Windows needs it for its
normal operation.

 

[Guest]

I have run chkdsk and chkdsk /f and both are OK.

Run chkdsk.exe /f from the Command Prompt to ensure that
the file and folder structure of your had disk is OK.

pagefile.sys is your paging file. Windows needs it for its
normal operation.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Start a Command Prompt (using cmd.exe!), then run
these commands:

chkdsk c: > c:\chkdsk.txt
notepad c:\chkdsk.txt

Now paste the contents of c:\chkdsk.txt into your next
post.

 

[Guest]

The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is Local Disk.

WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.

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Security descriptor verification completed.
Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap.
Windows found problems with the file system.
Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these.

39086113 KB total disk space.
37589836 KB in 50878 files.
18160 KB in 3063 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
129917 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
1348200 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
9771528 total allocation units on disk.
337050 allocation units available on disk.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Mmh. In your previous reply you said that chkdsk gave
your disk a clean bill of health, yet Stage 3 below reports
a problem . . . You really need to fix your disk structure
before you can attempt to resolve your problem!

 

[Guest]

I have run chkdsk several times. Each time it says I have to schedule it to
run at startup, which I have done. Apparently it is not being fixed.
Suggestions?

 

[Guest]

I've been accessing the command line through "Programs", "Accessories".
There shouldn't be any difference between that and the "run" option should
there?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

The most reliable way of starting a Command Prompt is to
click Start / run, then to type cmd {OK}.

You should have a look at the report that chkdsk.exe generates
at boot time. You can see it in the Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe).
What does it report?

 

[Guest]

I could send this to you but I would have to email it. I'm not sure what it
means.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

No need to EMail it - just use the standard Windows process:
1. Open the event report.
2. Highlight the text with your mouse.
3. Press Ctrl+C.
4. Go to your news reader and start your reply.
5. Press Ctrl+V.

 

[Guest]

Sorry...it won't copy or paste here.

No need to EMail it - just use the standard Windows process:
1. Open the event report.
2. Highlight the text with your mouse.
3. Press Ctrl+C.
4. Go to your news reader and start your reply.
5. Press Ctrl+V.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

It does on my PC. Here is an example:

The system detected an address conflict for IP address 192.168.1.44 with the
system having network hardware address 00:06:1BE:FD:FC. Network operations
on this system may be disrupted as a result.

If you cannot resolve this then you will have to retype the report.