My D drive says it's full and contains files I can't see

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  1. Posts : 7
    windows 7 home premium 64bit
       #1

    My D drive says it's full and contains files I can't see


    Hi

    I recently wiped my computer and installed windows 7 (home premium 64 bit). Almost all the work I do is directly onto an external drive and very little is saved onto the internal hard drive.

    Suddenly last week a message said it could not perform its weekly back up as their was insufficient disc space. My D drive shows 230GB is used with only a few GB free.

    I have found one file in a Windows Image Backup file on that drive which accounts for 50 GB but all the other files on the drive are under 100 KB.

    Does anyone have any ideas?

    Chantal
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  2. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #2

    Hi Chantal,

    Can you please post a screen capture image of your maximised Disk Management screen?

    Click the Start Orb, and in the search box, type disk management. Click on Create and format hard disk partitions. You should see the image similar to that shown below.

    Regards,
    Golden
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    Last edited by Golden; 12 Feb 2012 at 07:40. Reason: add example screencapture to make it easier
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  3. Posts : 7
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    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks for such a quick reply. Here you go. I hope this helps

    Chantal

    My D drive says it's full and contains files I can't see-disk-management-1.jpg
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  4. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #4

    Hi,

    OK. In Windows Explorer, do the following:

    1. Click Tools, then Folder options.
    2. Click the View tab
    3. Make sure the option Show hidden files, folder and drives is checked, as shown below.
    4. Click Apply, then click OK.
    5. Close Explorer, and then re-open it.

    Now browse your D: and check to see if you find any large files.

    Regards,
    Golden
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  5. Posts : 7
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    Thread Starter
       #5

    Hi

    I already did this. There are 26 files, all 1 gb or under, plus the Windows Image Backup file which contains one 61 GB file and a few much smaller ones.
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  6. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #6

    Hi,

    OK. Lets try something different. Can you please download and install WinDirStat. Run it and see if it can help point to the large (invisible?) file/s.

    WinDirStat - Permalinks to downloads and other content

    Regards,
    Golden
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  7. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #7

    How many backup files does Windows "Backup and Restore" show on that disc?
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  8. Posts : 7
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    Thread Starter
       #8

    Ok. Have done and this is what it shows. Is it holding onto to previous back-ups and is that what is taking up the the space?

    My D drive says it's full and contains files I can't see-windirstat-1.jpg
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  9. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #9

    Hi,

    Yes, but also I see the .ZIP files hold the greatest proportion of space. What are those? Are they related to the backups?

    Regards,
    Golden
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  10. Posts : 7
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    Thread Starter
       #10

    Yes, it looks like all the backup files in the Chantal PC section are made up of zip files
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