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Windows 7 x64 misreporting drive size

matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off'Points to 'on'Registered User regular
edited September 2011 in Help / Advice Forum
My C: partition is about 50 gigs, but only showing about 8 free.

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When I check the properties of everything in C: though (including hidden files and folders), it shows there's only 17 gigs or so actually on the partition.

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It's my OS partition, there aren't any programs installed on it aside from the extraneous stuff Photoshop and Pinnacle Studio force me to install there. Anyone know where my missing 23 gigs are?

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  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    Also, system restore is off, and hibernate is off.

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  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    Well, now I feel foolish. I had a 16 gig page file on C, because I have 16 gigs of RAM. This is what I get for building a computer with more RAM than I've ever had on all my previous computers combined. This can be locked.

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  • DeusfauxDeusfaux Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    16+17 = 33... Aren't you still a ways off from 41?

    also what number is reported when you right click the properties of the c: partition instead of doing it to all the stuff within it?

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  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    Ok now that I'm not exhausted... you're right. 8+16+17 only gives me 41 gigs. I'm still missing 8 somewhere... Unfortunately I'm at work.

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  • DraygoDraygo Registered User regular
    You are including hidden files but not system files (for example the paging file will be a system file).

    This might account for your missing 8G.

  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    Run WinDirStat. That'll clear everything lickety split.

  • EsseeEssee The pinkest of hair. Victoria, BCRegistered User regular
    Run WinDirStat. That'll clear everything lickety split.

    I love this program so, so much. I use it on my machine, and it's helpful when I'm looking at the machine of anybody else who cares about their hard drive space, too. Basically, you get a nice, easily understandable view of what's using all that hard drive space (well, I like to tweak the appearance of the boxes from the default, but after that it's easy on the eyes). You can quickly see how much space a folder is taking up, AND see what's taking up the space in that folder. Great for managing your space and getting rid of junk you don't need.

  • DeusfauxDeusfaux Registered User regular
    I still use the original version of Spacemonger...

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