Re: Hard Drive Capacity
- From: "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 05:23:18 -0600
What is the size of hiberfil.sys and pagefile.sys?
Mine are 500 MG and 728 MG.
Are you also showing system files?
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Ron Sommer
"IAAFM" <IAAFM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks Gerry, You've half solved my problem. The system restore was set
> at
> 12% and was holding 2.4Gb of space. I reset it for 5%.
>
> To answer your questions(right clicking on C, properties) my file system
> is
> NTFS, 18.6GB capacity, used space 13.8Gb, Free space 4.75.
>
> I've also already tried showing hiddem files so that I can see everything.
> I've then done a folder by folder count to reach 11.9Gb.(this is showing
> all
> files)
>
> So as you can see there is still some unaccounted memory that I can't
> find.
>
> Also my recycle bin is empty, I defrag. last week, and my temp internet
> files is also small. I'va also done disk clean up as well.
>
> Any more suggestions?
>
> "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
>
>> To investigate how you are using hard disk space you need to make sure
>> that you can see all files. Go to Start, Control Panel, Folder Options,
>> View, Advanced Settings and verify that the box before "Show hidden
>> files and folders" is checked and "Hide protected operating system files
>> " is unchecked. You may need to scroll down to see the second item. You
>> should also make certain that the box before "Hide extensions for known
>> file types" is not checked. Next in Windows Explorer make sure View,
>> Details is selected and then select View, Choose Details and check
>> before Name, Type, Total Size, and Free Space.
>>
>> How large is your hard drive? Is it partitioned? How much free space on
>> each drive / partition. How is the drive formatted -FAT32 or NTFS. To
>> get this information whilst in Windows Explorer place the cursor on the
>> drive, right click and select Properties.
>>
>> Some ways to find out what is using your hard disk space. On your hard
>> disk you will see various folders e.g. Windows. Whilst in Windows
>> Explorer place the cursor on the Windows folder, right click and select
>> Properties. You will see the size of the folder and all sub-folders and
>> files, the size on disk and the number of sub-folders and files. If you
>> list the various main folders and their size you will start to see how
>> your used disk space is made up. Within the main folders you
>> can find the larger individual files by using the Search facility within
>> Windows Explorer to look for files over 1 mb by selecting All files and
>> folders, What size is it etc. Make certain you also select More Advanced
>> Options and check Search System Folders, Search Hidden Files and
>> Folders, and Search Sub-Folders.
>>
>> Now some ways to increase the available free space. Select Start, All
>> Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System
>> Restore and remove all but the latest restore points? Restore points can
>> be quite large Mine are currently 41 mb, although all except the latest
>> are compressed to 20 mb on disk. By the way System Restore Points are
>> hidden files which you will not see even after you have taken the
>> measures to show hidden files detailed above.
>>
>> You can limit the disk space used by System Restore. Right click on the
>> My Computer icon on your Desktop and select, Properties, System Restore,
>> Settings. This will give you the amount of Disk Space allocated to
>> System Restore in terms of % of size of Drive and megabytes or
>> gigabytes. The default maximum is 12%, which is often excessive. You can
>> move the slider to the left to reduce the size of the allocation. Once
>> the allocated space is fully taken the oldest restore point is removed
>> when a new restore point is created ( or it should be ). If yours is set
>> to 12% it is 13 gb and I would reduce it to 6% i.e. 6.6 gb.
>>
>> You should also use Disk CleanUp regularly to Empty your Recycle Bin and
>> Remove Temporary Internet Files. Whenever you remove redundant files you
>> should always run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All Programs,
>> Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
>>
>> Do you use Norton Utilities and Norton Protected Storage
>> Norton Protected Storage?
>> http://snipurl.com/j8g4
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
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>> "IAAFM" <IAAFM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:5C6DF700-5B16-4DAE-975A-9BC0EE458A0B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hi, when I click on Porperties of my C drive it shows used space 15.1,
>> > free
>> > space 3.49. However I am only using around 12Gb of my hard drive.
>> > Somewhere
>> > my drive is hiding 3.1Gb of space and i can't find it. I've
>> > defragmented,
>> > empty recycle bin.
>> >
>> > Can anyone help me?
>>
>>
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