HDD usage

[abax2000]

I run W7 Ultimate on C: (1TB) and there is also a D: (500GB).

C: appears almost full (931GB) while everything on it would be just 200-300 GB (confirmed by a rough inventory through Windows Explorer).

What can be the reason for this? Are there any hidden files, backups etc (although I have Show Hidden Files On)?
What could be a remedy?

 

[Orbital Shark]

Hi,

I would run the Windows Disk Cleanup utility (right-click, run as Administrator) to cleanup temporary files, temp internet files, and under more options there's an option to delete all but the most recent restore point & shadow copies.

Also, open explorer and click 'Organize' -> Folder and Search options, under the view tab click 'show hidden files, folders and drives' then click ok. Now go to your C: drive and open Users\[you]\appdata\local\temp & delete all that's in it. Next go to Windows\Temp and delete all in there too

   Note

You may be informed that some files are in use, you can just skip those

Hope this helps


OS

 

[Product FRED]

Trying using this tool to find out what's eating up your space. Also, try defragmenting the drive and see if that helps:

Extensions for Windows - The Unofficial Windows Upgrade

 

[Orbital Shark]

Almost forgot, cCleaner is a great little free tool that can remove backup copies of updates & drivers, known as prefetch data

 

[richc46]

This may be of help, also.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/129976-hard-disk-space-free-up-recover.html
Works the same in Seven

 

[Bill2]

In addition to what Orbital suggested, disable hibernation if you dont use it. Open an elevated command prompt (click start, type cmd, right click on result and choose Run as admin), then type

powercfg -h off

Hit Enter, then close window.

 

[viruzth]

Almost forgot, cCleaner is a great little free tool that can remove backup copies of updates & drivers, known as prefetch data

+1

I always using this free program.

 

[abax2000]

Thnx everybody for the immediate and accurate support.
Restore points and shadow copies was the problem...now I have claimed my disk back

I suppose that the fix to avoid this from happening again is at the link richc46 suggested (http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...in-vista/')?
Is there a way to see the space that is allocated to shadow copies in Windows Explorer?

 

[richc46]

This will tell you more than you need
WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics

 

[Orbital Shark]

I'm glad you've re-claimed your space back


OS

 

[sweetnightmare]

hello guys,

info query..

i am owning an i5 500G laptop...
my problem: usable space is only 407G ...

by looking on the disk management, 50G is FAT32... the 407G i said above is NTFS...

1 - what happen to the 43G?? (i do know i cannot fully utilize the whole 500G)
2 - can i reduce the 50G FAT32 to 10G so that 42G will be transferred to 407G??

 

[gregrocker]

Please post back a screenshot of your maximized Disk Mgmt drive map and listings, using SNipping Tool in Start Menu.

Please also fill in your Specs in bottom left corner of reply post.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

hello guys,

info query..

i am owning an i5 500G laptop...
my problem: usable space is only 407G ...

by looking on the disk management, 50G is FAT32... the 407G i said above is NTFS...

1 - what happen to the 43G?? (i do know i cannot fully utilize the whole 500G)
2 - can i reduce the 50G FAT32 to 10G so that 42G will be transferred to 407G??

In your other thread:

http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/23890-hdds-advertized-size-vs-actual-size-4.html

You said you had DOS on the FAT32 partition. Why?

Was that FAT32 partition on the PC when you bought it?

Please fill out your system specs.