Re: System mis-reporting disk usage

rayhorn13 <rayhorn13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Vista Home Premium 32-Bit.
"Show Hidden Files and Folders" may not, but "Hide Protected Operating
System Files" is unchecked and I have added/included the 10 GB swap file in
my totals.

Is there a way to attach a screenshot here? I made one and it shows all of
the different totals.

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"DL" wrote:

'Shadow copy' - see win help
PS It depends on the version of Vista as to whether you actual have this
option.
Also hidden files doesnt show your paging/swap file

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"Nonny" wrote:

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.



How so? Volume shadow copy? I'm not following...



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