Disk Space is full

[slice]

My c drive is of 10GB and there is only 6.3 GB data on it but it show 9.7GB filled.
How to free my space?
Thank You.

[Static]

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Nedd more PC information...
Older PC? What version of windows? NTFS? FAT32?

have you tried the Disk Cleanup utility?

[TokersBall_CDXX]

My c drive is of 10GB and there is only 6.3 GB data on it but it show 9.7GB filled.
How to free my space?
Thank You.

how do you know it only has 6.3 gb of data on it if it's showing 9.7?

[slice]

I am using windows xp.

Total space = 80 Gb
Format = FAT32

I have already cleaned up space with disk cleanup utility.

I know because none of the files or folders are hidden and i have selected all and right click then clicked properties to see used space and free space.

I also know because i have not installed anything extra on my drive.
No movie
No game.

Thank You.

[TokersBall_CDXX]

I am using windows xp.

Total space = 80 Gb
Format = FAT32

I have already cleaned up space with disk cleanup utility.

I know because none of the files or folders are hidden and i have selected all and right click then clicked properties to see used space and free space.

I also know because i have not installed anything extra on my drive.
No movie
No game.

Thank You.

Hibernation requires quite a bit of diskspace and stores it's data in a system/hidden file on the root drive

The page file also takes up quite a bit of disk space.

System Restore does the same.

Recycle bin is hidden and may contain corrupt items.

and any third party backup/restore software packages may be keeping an image file hidden on the drive.



Keep in mind that just because a file is 8kb in size it may take up 14kb on the physical disk. Consider defragmenting the system and reviewing again.

[slice]

I have also defragmented it already.

[Al42]

Read the rest of what TokersBall said. Files take full clusters, but the computer reports only used space, not slack space, so a file listed as 1025 bytes could be taking 2k (or 4k or 8k) of disk space. There's an average of (cluster size)/2 bytes of wasted space for every file - that you don't see.

Used space + free space never equals total space, unless every single file is an exact integer number of clusters in length.

Also, there are hidden files on your drive - guaranteed - unless you found each and every one and removed the hidden and system attributes from them.

[slice]

I have selected radio box to show all hidden files.

But i have nothing such big is installed which can occupe 9+ Gb.

[TokersBall_CDXX]

you did say that 6.3gb of the used space is data... so we're really only talking
about 3.4 gb of data.

Pagefile + Hibernation files could easily take this much space and more.

[eranga262154]

My c drive is of 10GB and there is only 6.3 GB data on it but it show 9.7GB filled.
How to free my space?
Thank You.

How about deleting files in folder prefetch, since you are using Windows XP ?

It used more space in drive C.

[mendhak]

Buy a new disk, they're cheap, then move all your data over to the new drive(s), leaving only applications on C:\

[eranga262154]

Buy a new disk, they're cheap, then move all your data over to the new drive(s), leaving only applications on C:\

Why did you say like that, what happend to that lost amunt of space. There is nearly 2GB. Isn't it?

[RobDog888]

Check your pagefile or virtual memory file size by right clicking my computer and click properties then Advanced > Performance Settings > Advanced tab > Virtual Memory. It will probably be at a minimum of 1 gig in size.

Also, you do not mean why the total space shouls 9.7 and not 10 correct? If so its because of the caluclations dealing with 1024K and not 1000 Bytes etc. The extra 24 Bytes add up especially when you get into the larger drives.

[slice]

RobDog it is 768 MB not near about 1 GB.

[RobDog888]

Thats 3/4 of a Gig. But you cant expect the total to be found in a single file or place. Thats just the pagefile. You still have other areas where space can be taken up. You stated you used a disk cleanup program but did it work correctly? Is the recycle bin completely empty (file size in rb properties), etc.

[eSPiYa]

Virtual Memory uses HD Space.

[RobDog888]

Also looks like you have your 80 GB drive partitioned into more then one drive? If so that also eats up space and the master boot record, file alocation table, disk cache etc can also take up some space.

[eSPiYa]

Also looks like you have your 80 GB drive partitioned into more then one drive? If so that also eats up space and the master boot record, file alocation table, disk cache etc can also take up some space.

Those you mentioned(some, I'm not sure w/c one) don't show on the Used Space.

[RobDog888]

No, but when trying to calculate where the space is going they need to be considered depending on where the numbers are being calculated from and how.

[VBAhack]

Here's another possibility - my laptop came configured with a hidden partition on the hard drive that had a system recovery image on it.

[RobDog888]

Yes, thats a good suggestion but dont they usually come with that as a separate partition?

[iPrank]

Do you have Norton Undelete or similar utility ?
They uses a lot of diskspace to store the files you have cleared from Recycle Bin..

[eranga262154]

Do you have Norton Undelete or similar utility ?

Hi...

Please can you explain what you mean on this statement.

[iPrank]

There are some utilities like Norton Undelete (comes with SystemWorks 2005) or GoBack that protects you from accedental file deletion.

Generally they creates a hidden folder (directly inaccessible form explorer) and stores all deleted file there. So, even if you empty recyclebin or Shift+Delete a file, these utilities keeps the file in that special folder, just in case you need them afterwards.

These utilities generally have an option to delete all saved data. As far as I can remember, for Norton Undelete, you can access it from either RecycleBin>Properties or MyComputer>Properties.

[eranga262154]

There are some utilities like Norton Undelete (comes with SystemWorks 2005) or GoBack that protects you from accedental file deletion.

Generally they creates a hidden folder (directly inaccessible form explorer) and stores all deleted file there. So, even if you empty recyclebin or Shift+Delete a file, these utilities keeps the file in that special folder, just in case you need them afterwards.

These utilities generally have an option to delete all saved data. As far as I can remember, for Norton Undelete, you can access it from either RecycleBin>Properties or MyComputer>Properties.

Thanks for your comment om my problem. Now I have an idea about it.

By the way in windowsXP we can delete files on folder "c:/windows/prefetch/ " without caused any problem, isn't it?

What are those foles?

Those are some backup files as you mentioned?

[litlewiki]

I personally use Hdcleaner to clean my system of all the junk and temporary files.

http://home.tiscali.de/zdata/hdcleaner_e.htm

[iPrank]

Prefetch folder:
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/art...efetch-XP.html
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1683520,00.asp

Another similar folder is the DllCache folder:
http://thorprojects.com/blog/archive...02/17/523.aspx

You can empty both of them to free some diskspace and to gain some speed boost.

But, most likely, that is not your problem.

You said, when you select all files, it shows correct size but in the drive properties it shows wrong ?

If you have enabled "Show All Files" and unchecked "Hide Protected OS files" in FolderOptions, then prefetch/dllcache/pagefile.sys/hiberfil.sys etc will be visible.

1.) But as other posters mentioned, files inside "system volume information" will not be visible. Follow their ideas and disable "system restore" and "indexing" services.
2.) Like I said, empty Norton's (or similar tools) undelete cache if you have it.

If still you face the problem, I think formatting and reinstallig XP will be easier than repairing.

Oh, BTW, if those 'used' spaces are damaged (scandisk/chkdsk marks them as unusable), this problem MAY happen.

[eranga262154]

Prefetch folder:
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/art...efetch-XP.html
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1683520,00.asp

Another similar folder is the DllCache folder:
http://thorprojects.com/blog/archive...02/17/523.aspx

You can empty both of them to free some diskspace and to gain some speed boost.

Thank for those resources