Re: Freeing up harddrive space

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'Black Shadow' wrote:

| I am running out of room on my harddrive, XP says my C has 68GB of used
| space. When I enter my C drive and add up all the folder's sizes
(including
| hidden) they add up to less than 30GB. What is going on here? How can I
fix
| this?
_____

That is a huge difference.

You need to provide more information for a diagnosis.

Do you have Windows Explorer set to show hidden and system files (and have
'Hide system files' unchecked?

What is the total size of your hard drive?

Is the drive partitioned? If so what are the sizes of the partitions?

What is your file system?

Do you have up-to-date anti-malware programs installed and always running?

Download and install 'Space Monger', a small applet that displays a
graphical representation of how partition space is used, including free
space. The URL is
http://www.werkema.com/software/spacemonger.html .

Please post the additional information.

Phil Weldon


"Black Shadow" <BlackShadow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:56BA9C36-4BC0-432F-845B-D971CDAC5B33@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|I am running out of room on my harddrive, XP says my C has 68GB of used
| space. When I enter my C drive and add up all the folder's sizes
(including
| hidden) they add up to less than 30GB. What is going on here? How can I
fix
| this?


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