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    Is something wrong with my HDD?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by CompUG, Apr 2, 2009.

  1. CompUG

    CompUG Notebook Evangelist

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    Yesterday night and today morning my HDD free space was 125GB and when i came back to class it was 139GB of free space..How is is this possible?, should i restart my computer? Can it be a virus or something?.Thanks to anyone who helps..
     
    CompUG, Apr 2, 2009
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    Vista? It is probably just releasing some memory paging.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Apr 2, 2009
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    Check to make sure all of your folders are accessible. I had an external hard drive that liked to corrupt folders (and the contents) and thus the folder was recording 0 bytes used. Real pain. Hopefully this isn't the case for you.
     
    xenon2k9, Apr 2, 2009
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  4. CompUG

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    yeah its vista, checked all files did scans delete adware and restarted and seems alright..
     
    CompUG, Apr 2, 2009
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    Well today some how my HDD space is 148GB yesterday it was 136 after DL a couple of tv shows??..
     
    CompUG, Apr 4, 2009
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    I'd love to be in your situation.
     
    Silas Awaketh, Apr 4, 2009
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  7. CompUG

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    10 char
    uppp...
     
    CompUG, Apr 5, 2009
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    Do you have system restore enabled?
     
    goofball, Apr 5, 2009
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    what is that?
     
    CompUG, Apr 6, 2009
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    Either system restore or disk defrag released the temporary cache when you restarted.

    Have a read of this thread
     
    flipfire, Apr 6, 2009
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  11. CompUG

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    Thanks, but nothing is wrong though right??
     
    CompUG, Apr 12, 2009
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