Missing HD space on laptop

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  1. Posts : 116
    Win-7 Prof 64bit
       #1

    Missing HD space on laptop


    Hello,

    Have a HP laptop that has 95.7Gb on C:\ partition. Explorer shows that only 9Gb is free. However, selecting c:\ in left pane, selecting all items in right pane, right clicking 'Properties' shows only 58Gb being used.

    Ran CCleaner, did DriveWipe, no effect

    Deleted and disabled all restore points - No effect

    Ran vssadmin and delete all shadows - No effect

    Ran WinDirStat and it shows 58Gb being used.

    Diskpart shows volume having 97Gb approx.

    Where is the rest of the space of HD hiding? Thanks for your assistance.

    Edit - Forgot to mention that I also ran chkdsk and no issues were found
    Last edited by nkaufman; 01 Feb 2015 at 17:13. Reason: Edit
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  2. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #2

    Complete this tutorial by Golden so members can take a look.

    Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image
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  3. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #3

    Could be the shadowstorage. Run this command in elevated command prompt and tell us what it says under Allocated and Maximum.

    vssadmin list shadowstorage
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  4. Posts : 116
    Win-7 Prof 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    whs said:
    Could be the shadowstorage. Run this command in elevated command prompt and tell us what it says under Allocated and Maximum.

    vssadmin list shadowstorage
    I did run vssadmin as I mentioned in my original thread. However, following are the details

    Used P1-0 B; P2-0 B
    Allocated P1-0 B; P2-0 B
    Max P1-1.371GB; P2-979.99MB

    P1 and P2 are the 2 partitions.
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  5. Posts : 116
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    Thread Starter
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    Layback Bear said:
    Complete this tutorial by Golden so members can take a look.

    Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image
    Will do as soon as I get back to that machine.

    However, I did check and there was no unallocated partition etc.

    Also, I'm wondering why you think a partition is an issue. In my case Disk Mgt does display approx 95Gb partition for C:\ But WinDirStat shows only approx 58 GB. Please let me know if I'm missing something here.

    Initially I thought that WinDirStat was not showing pagefil and hiberfil file usage but that is not the case. I see them under <Files> in WindDirStat.
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  6. whs
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       #6

    Run this program. Highlight C and then OK. Post a picture of the output once the pokemen are done
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  7. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #7

    nkaufman I recommend you follow whs suggestions. He is old but Wise.

    One question.
    What anti virus do you use?

    This pokeman will watch.
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  8. whs
    Posts : 26,210
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    Hey Jack, I am neither old nor wise. I am mature and maybe a wise guy, LOL.
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  9. Posts : 25,847
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       #9

    Mature was the word I was looking for.
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  10. Posts : 116
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    Thread Starter
       #10

    Layback Bear said:
    nkaufman I recommend you follow whs suggestions. He is old but Wise.

    One question.
    What anti virus do you use?

    This pokeman will watch.
    Did no think that I questioned what whs is suggesting

    Antivirus - AVG Free version
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