Re: Missing Hard Disk space on the C drive


"spacemancw" <spacemancw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a Dell PowerEdge 860 running Windows Server 2003 Standard
Edition SP1.
Built in RAM 1GB.
It has 2 x 73GB SATA disks configured in a RAID1 array.

The RAID set has been partitioned into

C Drive - 20GB
D Drive - 20GB
E Drive - 33GB


The swap file of 2048MB is on the D drive
no swap on the C or E

It is now showing something very bizzare

In Windows Explorer (double clicking on 'My Computer') it shows
C Drive - 3.99GB - 50MB free
D Drive - 20GB - 13GB free
D Drive - 33GB - 33GB free

In Computer Management > Disk Management under 'Disk 0' it shows
31MB EISA (Utility Drive)
C 20GB
D 20GB
E 33GB

Where is my 17GB of space on my C drive?
Disk Management shows it correctly, but Windows Explorer shows it
incorrectly.
This has happened on two other servers recently and I had to rebuild
them.
I would prefer not to have to rebuild this one.

Things that it is NOT
it's not me expecting space based on 1024MB per gig when they are sold
at 1000MB per gig
it's not a page file or hidden files.
If it was hidden files explorer would say "C Drive - 20GB - 50MB free"
- but it doesn't, it says
"C Drive - 3.99GB - 50MB free" It thinks my C drive is a 4GB
partition.

Anyone have ideas?

The File System tool you ran agrees with your Windows Explorer
report. I suspect that something has gone awry with your RAID
array, perhaps with the partition table. Chkdsk.exe might fix it but it
might also thrash the whole disk - best to make & test a full backup
before you use it. You should also run the management utility that
comes with most RAID arrays.


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