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| Sirocco |
On so i look at my status for E: In my Computer, it reads as:
Total Space: 81.4 GB
Free Space: 13.7 GB
....Ok, I DONT have that much data on the E: Drive. While in E: drive i highlighted all my fodlers and did a rick click -> properties and it reads:
Size: 42.8 GB
Size On Disk: 38.3
so...
... 81.4
minus 38.3
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43.1 GB should be free...
i hae defragmented, disabled system restore....compressed file checkbox is on....its a NFTS btw...and what the hell is wrong? |
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| DJAntSmith |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sirocco
On so i look at my status for E: In my Computer, it reads as:
Total Space: 81.4 GB
Free Space: 13.7 GB
....Ok, I DONT have that much data on the E: Drive. While in E: drive i highlighted all my fodlers and did a rick click -> properties and it reads:
Size: 42.8 GB
Size On Disk: 38.3
so...
... 81.4
minus 38.3
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43.1 GB should be free...
i hae defragmented, disabled system restore....compressed file checkbox is on....its a NFTS btw...and what the hell is wrong? |
E: isn't a comination of 2 disks or anything? Spanned drive etc? |
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| Sirocco |
its a partition of a 100 gb fisk but that shouldnt really factor in...ill do that low leve reformat but i think ill jsut burn the rudimentrary stuff to a dvd and do a full reformat |
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| DJAntSmith |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sirocco
its a partition of a 100 gb fisk but that shouldnt really factor in...ill do that low leve reformat but i think ill jsut burn the rudimentrary stuff to a dvd and do a full reformat |
cool, have a look at that Microsoft link though. See if it helps.
:D |
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| Spad |
This may sound obvious but have you deleted temporary internet files?
And when you were highlighting all your files did you make sure "show hidden files" was selected for every folder and subfolder? |
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| Sirocco |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spad
This may sound obvious but have you deleted temporary internet files?
And when you were highlighting all your files did you make sure "show hidden files" was selected for every folder and subfolder? |
its not my windows drive so that shoudl matter
i just unclicked hidden files (i jsut reformatted-forgot) and now it says the correct amount..but what hidden files take up that much space on a non-OS drive? |
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| La5eR |
1) right click on my computer
2) go to properties
3) go to advanced
4) click on performance' settings button
5) go to advanced
6) click on virtual memorys change button
7) post what you got for a file system and your physical memory size here to continue :) |
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| Orbax |
when it says Size and Size on disk that means that a 40 gig HD has some space that is required to handle sector control so the actual USABLE size is 38.8 gigs on a 40 gig drive.
After that itll tell you how much space is left. |
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| Sirocco |
i found some of the problem
/RECYCLER had a ton of ...but it wasnt in the recycle bin some wierd but it cleared like 35 gb lol....
ok..now heres the pc..should i ahve a page file on e? i never did...
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