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  1. Posts : 17
    Win7 Pro 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #11

    Here it is:
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  2. mjf
    Posts : 5,969
    Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1
       #12

    At this stage I cannot understand the discrepancy in Windows Explorer.
    Someone else may come along with an answer.

    If you relabel c: & reboot prob get exactly same thing.


    PS: Check Quota settings on c:
    Last edited by mjf; 02 Dec 2010 at 17:18. Reason: PS
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  3. Posts : 6,349
    Windows7 Pro 64bit SP-1; Windows XP Pro 32bit
       #13

    Hidden Files and Folders - Show or Hide

    The only thing I can think of is the above tutorial.

    Option 2. Step #1 and #3. Worth looking at.

    Just a guess if part of the HD is hidden in Windows would it not show or show properly in Properties?

    What do you think MJF?

    Mike
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  4. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #14

    It is probably stuffed with restore points. Run this command in elevated cmd

    vssadmin list shadowstorage

    Then tell me what it says for Allocated on C or paste the cmd result - that is the space currently reserved for restore points.
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  5. mjf
    Posts : 5,969
    Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1
       #15

    When I've cleaned up restore points it's just given me more free space. But????
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  6. Posts : 2,259
    W7 Professional x64
       #16

    Yeah, in my experience as well system restore points just take up space, they don't limit the drive size... I am completely baffled by this. If you try to copy a larger amount of things to the drive than there is free space, does it tell you there is not enough space?
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  7. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #17

    mjf said:
    When I've cleaned up restore points it's just given me more free space. But????
    Right, I was on the wrong track - sorry.
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  8. Posts : 17
    Win7 Pro 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #18

    mjf said:
    At this stage I cannot understand the discrepancy in Windows Explorer.
    Someone else may come along with an answer.

    If you relabel c: & reboot prob get exactly same thing.


    PS: Check Quota settings on c:
    Renaming the C: drive has no effect.

    Quota has never been on or used, but I checked anyway, in case it reset itself. It did not and there are no user quatas in effect.

    Thanks for your effort.
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  9. Posts : 17
    Win7 Pro 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #19

    whs said:
    It is probably stuffed with restore points. Run this command in elevated cmd

    vssadmin list shadowstorage

    Then tell me what it says for Allocated on C or paste the cmd result - that is the space currently reserved for restore points.
    Thanks, already checked that and that's not the case. I use Windows Home server for backups and images.

    Here's the screenshot as requested. As you can see, it's set for the minimum 1%.

    Thanks for the effort.
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  10. Posts : 2,726
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
       #20

    Hiya pal,

    This might sound a bit daft but is there any chance you could take a pic (with your mobile phone etc.) of you bios (hdd settings) --- or you could just write them down and post the results maybe

    This is just a random pic of someone's settings off the net but it basically shows what I mean ...

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