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    Where are the missing GB of my HD?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by conejeitor, Nov 15, 2008.

  1. conejeitor

    conejeitor Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi Guys,
    I want to use another disk as primary OS (XP), so I installed it as external, and I'm copying all the files (including hidden) from C to that disk.
    Now, strange thing is that when I see the properties of the C drive, it says 20 Gb used, but when I see the folders and files inside (including hidden), it says only 12 Gb. Where is the rest?
    Is this a good strategy or there is a software I can use to clone the content of one drive to another. I tried the clone utility of Acronis, but that one copies disk to disk (including partitions), not content to content.
    Hope you can help me,
    Thanks.
     
    conejeitor, Nov 15, 2008
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  2. goofball

    goofball Notebook Deity

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    are you including system files? Page file? hibernation file? system restoren contents?

    what exactly do you mean by "content to content"?
     
    goofball, Nov 15, 2008
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  3. conejeitor

    conejeitor Notebook Evangelist

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    I mean the complete content of one HD to another. But not the partition.
    It's fine anyway, I just started from 0.
    Thanks anyway.
     
    conejeitor, Nov 15, 2008
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    imwildcard Newbie

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    Acronis is a great tool for cloning HDD and it will make it so that you can copy a smaller HDD onto a larger one. I use it at work all the time. It does allow you to choose a complete clone or just individual directories and files. The partition can be deleted or separted manually for more space.
     
    imwildcard, Nov 16, 2008
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