Re: Windows Disk Space

# Click Start.
# Open My Computer.
# Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options.
# Select the View Tab.
# Under the Hidden files and folders heading select Show hidden files and folders.
# Uncheck the Hide protected operating system files (recommended) option.
# Click Yes to confirm.
# Click OK.


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Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
French blog: http://www.lotp.fr


"Nancy" <Nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:79121015-D83B-4C7A-ABF8-D91C952709C6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Yes as far as we know we see hidden files and not quite sure about protected
files.
We have run disk cleanup, check disk, and defraged. We have also deleted
older system restore files and that gained us 2GB. We currently have 7.4GB
free out of 37GB.

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

Hello,

So you are sure to see both hidden files AND system protected files ?
Did you do a chkdsk on the volume to check for errors ?


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Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
French blog: http://www.lotp.fr


"Nancy" <Nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A01FA7BB-F937-4A2B-A311-56B02BED8543@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> My workstation is still using 3 times the space under Windows Folder. > Any
> other thoughts?
>
> "Nancy" wrote:
>
>> Forget my last message. We found how to unhide Windows folder and >> found
>> how
>> to view hidden files. Nothing showed more than 10MB per file/folder
>> under
>> Windows.
>>
>> "Nancy" wrote:
>>
>> > Hidden was not checked under Windows folder, we have since checked >> > it
>> > thinking we were going to be able to view hidden files under the >> > folder
>> > and
>> > have lost the Windows folder. How do we get it back?
>> >
>> > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hello,
>> > >
>> > > are you showing hidden & protected files in explorer options ?
>> > >
>> > > -- >> > > Cordialement,
>> > > Mathieu CHATEAU
>> > > English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>> > > French blog: http://www.lotp.fr
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "Nancy" <Nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > > news:414D8FFD-B5B2-470C-9985-F822F3CDCD73@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > >I have a 37GB hard drive and Windows XP operating system shows >> > > >using
>> > > >26GB
>> > > > under my Windows folder. This is impossible as other 2
>> > > > workstations in
>> > > > our
>> > > > office are only reporting use of 7GB. We have also looked under
>> > > > the
>> > > > Windows
>> > > > folder and recorded each file size and they do not equal 26GB. >> > > > How
>> > > > do we
>> > > > find what is using up the extra space?
>> > >
>> > >



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