Re: Reclaim missing space

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:57:30 -0800

Treesize is a good tool indeed. Tells me the wasted space
on my drive.

But in this case, Treesize reported 3.3 gb used, only 8 MB
wasted. Still when I do a C drive properties I am seeing
3.8 GB used, and only 200 MB free.

>-----Original Message-----
>Might want to check out TreeSize Pro (a lovely shareware
utility; wish its
>functionality were built into explorer) - see
>http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/.
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>Tito Huq wrote:
>> I have a Windows 2000 Server with a 4 GB boot partition
(C
>> drive). It is running SP4, and I use Backup Exec for
>> backing up the server.
>>
>> From time to time the C drive will lose disk space like
30-
>> 40 MB in a night. Also, when I run a "diruse" utility,
the
>> total space adds up to 3.3 GB, but when I check the
>> property of the C drive, it shows 3.8 GB use. So,
>> somewhere I am missing about 500 MB of space. I read an
>> article on backup copies for directory services log not
>> getting truncated, which is supposedly fixed in SP2.
>>
>> Has anyone had any issues like this? Any input will be
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Tito
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