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    Where the HDD capacity is going

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by badjays, Jun 4, 2007.

  1. badjays

    badjays Newbie

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    I have a I6400 with 120 GB HDD. As usual with unusable 3 partitions, the only working partition i.e., C (OS) is allocated ~100 GB of the total HD. In the begining It was consuming around 10-12GB and showing remaining ~86GB free space, but suddenly it starts showing that 25GB has been consumed and 75GB left behind free and it goes on to 30/70GB. I have checked total file size including invisible folders that comes to be around 13GB So where the remaining around 17GB is going,, anybody have any idea ??
     
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    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    i don't know, on my new lappy, i wave 40 gb of free space on a 100gb HD
     
    aan310, Jun 4, 2007
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    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    i don't have like any music or anything on it yet either
     
    aan310, Jun 4, 2007
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  4. Psychokitty

    Psychokitty Notebook Guru

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    Here, download this cute little freeware ( clean)...
    http://www.snapfiles.com/get/spacemonger.html
    "SpaceMonger" is just like "Sequoia". They are both freeware disk browsers that show a graphic reflection of files as boxes in sizes relative to the actual file size. It's very cool, very easy to use, and you can actually see where chunks of space have gone. I like SpaceMonger more because it allows a bit more configuration. For example, you can set it to show the entire folder/file path in a tool tip when you hover over a box.

    No adware or junk in either one.
     
    Psychokitty, Jun 4, 2007
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  5. Dell_6400_fan

    Dell_6400_fan Notebook Consultant

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    Is there a Vista version of this freeware? I went to the site and the newest version if trialware and only works for 30days.
     
    Dell_6400_fan, Jun 4, 2007
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  6. Psychokitty

    Psychokitty Notebook Guru

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    I don't know. I loaded it about 6 months ago. Sux that it's not free anymore.

    The other one is "SequoiaView". See if you can find that one, and hopefully it's still free.
     
    Psychokitty, Jun 4, 2007
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    badjays Newbie

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    Older version of Spacemonger, that u have indicated is still available as freeware,,, but it couldn't help me out about my problem,,, its also saying that 71% free space in HDD and rest i calculated is around 15 GB,,, so again the missing 15GB is in dark
     
    badjays, Jun 5, 2007
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  8. dhill

    dhill Notebook Enthusiast

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    Vista system restore sets aside 15% of your hard drive. So 15% of a 120GB drive is 18GB. You can remove your restore points with disk cleanup (Control Panel/Performance Information/Open Disk Cleanup/More Options Tab. The only way to limit the amount of space that Vista uses for sysem restore is to run a command. See the link below:

    http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/0...k-space-used-by-windows-vista-system-restore/
     
    dhill, Jun 6, 2007
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    badjays Newbie

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    thanks buddy for the help
     
    badjays, Jun 18, 2007
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