Re: System mis-reporting disk usage

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rayhorn13 <rayhorn13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am using Windows Vista (32-bit) on my computer. Lately, I have noticed
that the reported "used space" on my hard drive (via right-click/properties)
keeps rising dramatically while I add very little to my computer.

I then made sure that I had turned on options to show system files and
hidden OS files so that I could add up the used space. What I found is that
all of the files on my computer added together total 44.2 GB, while the usual
right-click on the C-drive (selecting Properties) reports that I have used
65.2 GB.

I re-checked the math and the folders and still come up with a 21 GB
difference - almost 1.5 times the size of what the files/folders add up to.

Does anyone have ANY idea what could be happening or why the difference is
so large? I am at a loss, but I'm also concerned that this may spell trouble
of a different type since it looks like it deals with the OS somehow.

Many thanks in advance.

It's all in System Restore and Volume Shadow Copy, mostly the former
I'd guess.

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