missing: almost 45 gb of hard drive space

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hi peoples! i need a bit of help: for some reason, my computer is telling me that my spare harddrive has less memory than there should be. the hdd is an old 160gb drive, which in reality has 149gb. after filling up the drive with 70gb of backup, it shows that i have 35 gb left. so where did the other 45 gb go? i highlighted all the files with CRTL+A, but it still only showed 70gb.
 

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Do you have a windows.old folder located in the root of your C drive?

Bill
 

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err... windows.old? i forgot to mention that im still using xp
 

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I suggest using TreeSizeFree to figure out where all the space is going. it's a free download, very small and is a simple executable (thus nothing to install)
 

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Run WinDirStat, it will tell you what's on your disk.
 

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well, ive run windirstat before, and checking it again now, its telling me exactly the same information as before: nothing. it says that i have a total of 105 gb (69 used, 36 free, which adds up to 105), which makes no sense since if i get the properties of the drive, it says 'capacity: 149gb', 'used: 112 gb', and 'free 36.6gb'. the only point windirstat and the computer agree on is that there are 36.6/7 gb free
 

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7 Ultimate x64, Windows 7 Enterprise x64
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ASUS P5Q Pro, Lenovo 2522DY1
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GeForce GT240, NVIDA NVS 3100M
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Windirstat is showing you the size of your drive as windows sees it (the partition size.)

Right-click on my computer, then click manage. Go to "disk management" and take a screenshot of that. Post the screenshot here and we will be able to tell you what is going on.
 

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there's nothing wrong with the drives. i know that much. yet i cannot find where the 45 gb went

its drive s thats missing the space
 
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Lets have a look into your shadowstorage situation. Open an elevated Command Prompt (run as admin) and type vssadmin list shadowstorage. For C, you get 3 numbers: Used, Allocated and Maximum. Post those 3 numbers or the cmd window.
 

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so what exactly do i type? im on admin, but cmd keeps on giving me the usage syntax.
 

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OCZ Gold 800 4GB, Some sort of RAM 4GB
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GeForce GT240, NVIDA NVS 3100M
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Sorry Wolfgang, but you're thinking of Vista/7. This guy is using XP, and there are only 3 commands:

list shadows

list writers

list providers
 

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Thanks Jonathan, Uhh, XP - I missed that part. Sorry. I guess the OP can scrap my suggestion. The shadowstorage in XP is too small to create that problem.
 

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Hi
Are you using FAT32 or NTFS as your file system on the drive?
 

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ntfs
 

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Self Built, Lenovo T410
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7 Ultimate x64, Windows 7 Enterprise x64
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Intel Q6600 @ 3.33 GHz, Intel i5 @ 2.53 GHz
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ASUS P5Q Pro, Lenovo 2522DY1
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OCZ Gold 800 4GB, Some sort of RAM 4GB
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GeForce GT240, NVIDA NVS 3100M
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H213H
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Try SpaceMonger, it'll show you the "correct" size of a folder in your volume...

zzz2496

Ps. I tried WinDirStat only to find it almost too confusing, not to mention it took quite some time to process...
 

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thanks!!!! the space has been found, but i dont get it. it says s:\unscanned system volume information (43.3gb), but why is it that big? isnt it supposed to be a few megabytes only?
 

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7 Ultimate x64, Windows 7 Enterprise x64
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Intel Q6600 @ 3.33 GHz, Intel i5 @ 2.53 GHz
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OCZ Gold 800 4GB, Some sort of RAM 4GB
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GeForce GT240, NVIDA NVS 3100M
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H213H
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1900 x 1080, 1440 x 900
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Seagate 2 Tb
Seagate 160 Gb
WD 750 Gb, HITACHI 500GB
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ISO-450
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Sunbeam ACIII-T Transparent Clear Acrylic ATX Mid Tower
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Spin Q
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You're welcome :)

zzz2496
 

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so how do i get rid of that 43.3 gb? the system info in my C drive is less than 1 gb, so why would the S drive system info take up so much space?
 

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Self Built, Lenovo T410
OS
7 Ultimate x64, Windows 7 Enterprise x64
CPU
Intel Q6600 @ 3.33 GHz, Intel i5 @ 2.53 GHz
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ASUS P5Q Pro, Lenovo 2522DY1
Memory
OCZ Gold 800 4GB, Some sort of RAM 4GB
Graphics Card(s)
GeForce GT240, NVIDA NVS 3100M
Monitor(s) Displays
H213H
Screen Resolution
1900 x 1080, 1440 x 900
Hard Drives
Seagate 2 Tb
Seagate 160 Gb
WD 750 Gb, HITACHI 500GB
PSU
ISO-450
Case
Sunbeam ACIII-T Transparent Clear Acrylic ATX Mid Tower
Cooling
Spin Q
Mouse
Logitec G600, Ultranav
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Right Click My Computer / Properties / System Restore
Turn it off for all drives and reboot. Check the drive space again

If it is still there,, try a Disk Clean up
Right Click C: Drive / Properties / Click Disk Cleanup
Click on More Options / System Restore / Clean Up...

If this doesn't get rid of it.....

Right click the Folder in Question/ Properties
Click Security / then Add
Click Advanced / Find Now
Find your account and select it / Click OK
Click Ok again
Check the box for Full Control and click ok
You should be able to access the folder now,, or just try to delete the whole thing
This should work.

It will recreate itself on a reboot, or before.

You can also check the size of the System Restore and change the size, or just leave it off.
The System Volume Info folder will be recreated no matter what you do, but should not gain any size.

I do not know why it has gotten that big, normally it shouldn't, unless this is some other type of folder due to some app.
 

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