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    Where's my disk space ????

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by wearetheborg, Aug 3, 2006.

  1. wearetheborg

    wearetheborg Notebook Virtuoso

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    On my hard drive, it shows C:19.5GB, of which 11.5GB is free (so 8GB Occupied)

    Now C: contains:
    windows: 2.12GB
    Program files: 0.94GB
    i386: 1.14GB
    Documents & settings: 0.3GB
    dell+drivers: 0.03GB

    This adds up to ~4.6GB
    Where the hell is the other 3.4GB ??????
     
    wearetheborg, Aug 3, 2006
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  2. deedeeman

    deedeeman Notebook Deity

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    umm...maybe pagefile and system restore
     
    deedeeman, Aug 3, 2006
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    wearetheborg Notebook Virtuoso

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    PAgefile and system restore take 3.4 GB
    :eek:
     
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    yeah, I just got my e1405 with 120gb hard drive. I know the whole 1000 bytes = 1024 bytes thing but the 120 gb drive on my desktop shows up as 111 gb, guess what the drive shows up as on my dell? -- 105 gb. I guess its part of the system restore or some other partition that they didn't tell me about. --- Im going to do a reformat (which is recommended anyway) in a little bit once I get over the excitement of my new laptop.
     
    andreubat, Aug 3, 2006
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  5. drumfu

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    the restore partition is about 3-4 gbs.
     
    drumfu, Aug 3, 2006
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    primehunter326 Notebook Consultant

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    no actually more like 4-5 GB, or at least that's how big it was on mine.
     
    primehunter326, Aug 3, 2006
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    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Page file if left to windows to control is a good gig and a half right there. System restore also takes a couple of gigs by itself, so u can see where 4 gigs of space are gone.
     
    adinu, Aug 3, 2006
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    Paul Mom! Hot Pockets! NBR Reviewer

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    Also, if you use hibernate, it will subtract however much RAM you have. Plus, the Dell utility partition takes ~40 or 50 MB but it won't show up.
     
    Paul, Aug 3, 2006
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    The Key point is the that its a restore partition , it should be seperate from C:
    I believe I did delete the restore partition when I installed linux (~4GB) - it was a seperate partition.
    My question is wrt to the C: partition - where is the missing 3.4GB ? Pagefile will take what, 2 GB ? That still leaves 1.4 GB missing. :confused:
     
    wearetheborg, Aug 3, 2006
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