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    Lost some memory? ...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by scorpio969, Oct 19, 2006.

  1. scorpio969

    scorpio969 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Heya another question. I went to a lan party week ago installed some games and uninstalled. Now i noticed that 3 gb is missing form my (d :).... It says i used up 14,9gb but only used 11 on it when i check it.... Can't find any hidden files, defragmentation doesnt help.... Dunno really what the prob is? Is this normal if u install and uninstall lots of stuff in short time..... will it come back after a while? .... :confused:

    any suggestions?

    Tnx in advance ^^
     
    scorpio969, Oct 19, 2006
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    So to clear, before you went away you had 11gb used and now it says 14.9? Either the programs did not uninstall fully or you missed something.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 19, 2006
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  3. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Yeah hard drive space doesnt magically dissapear and reapear randomly. You either forgot to uninstall something, or the cleaning didnt go well, or what not. check ur d drive where u install stuff, and the control panel remove software place to see if anythin is left behind.
     
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    ikovac Cooler and faster... NBR Reviewer

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    Hiberfil.sys and pagefile.sys in root c:? Hidden and system files. Check Documents and settings\yourloginname\Local settings (hidden folder)\Temp
    There should be some trash. Also check recycle bin. Check how much did you allow for IE temp. Right Click on particular folders and check for its size in Properties - You will find it eventually.

    Cheers,

    Ivan
     
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    scorpio969 Notebook Enthusiast

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    allright did some searching and eventually found out where the memory was at. System recovery was using 4 gigs... Mustve been used when me pc crashed or something... okay done done and fixed ^^ ty ;)
     
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