ufoman 0 Posted December 2, 2003 Hello I have a really frustrating problem I cant fix. Spec: Xp Home SP1, 20gb HD P3 Fujitsu Seimens Laptop. 386 ram. I have a problem with missing HD space. I have approx 9 gb not showing up on my c drive. I have basically used 7 of a 20 GB hard drive, with 1.7 gb free. I know some is lost in filing, but i fear a lot has gone the same way. I have tried Chkdsk /f, defrag and various temp files and space cleaners. But still the space is missing. I have checked my sys restore and it is only using 2gb - so it's not that either. I suspect it is errors in the NTFS or MTF, which is well beyond my knowledge. Does anyone know of a piece of software I can use to spot errors? more info -I have identified a possible cause of this problem - Norton System works. I have read posts on other boards about people losing space through the protected recycle bin. My own experience with Norton meant I uninstalled it after having it for a short time (about the time when the disk space started vanishing) but am worried a part of it didn't reset and was hiding disk space i wanted to delete!. -Since that time I have also downloaded a fair amount of MP3's, which I can see take about 1.5 gb of space, however I am unsure whether this could be the cause. -I also had a problem with a piece of software and uninstalled and reinstalled it several times, another potential for the space to be drained away. I'd be greatful if anyone knows of similar problems. Thanks D Share this post Link to post
ReadError 0 Posted December 2, 2003 If you have the protected recycle bin, there is another option that will appear in the recycle bin menu, Empty Norton protected files or something like that, use it. Share this post Link to post
adamvjackson 0 Posted December 3, 2003 All your hard drives are belong to us!! Seriously though, it's most likely the protected recycle bin. If it were my choice, I would opt to uninstall that portion of SystemWorks after getting your free space back. Share this post Link to post
jmmijo 1 Posted December 3, 2003 Quote: All your hard drives are belong to us!! Seriously though, it's most likely the protected recycle bin. If it were my choice, I would opt to uninstall that portion of SystemWorks after getting your free space back. Somebody setup us the bomb. Ha, ha, ha..... No back On-Topic, I would suggest emptying out the protected files as well, I think Norton calls this Purging then also do a standard empty the recycle bin option. I also found it prudent to reboot the machine after doing this as the restart seems to also force a reset of the recycle bin contents and updates the MFT to properly show what should be taken and is available Share this post Link to post
ufoman 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Thanks for taking the time to reply, however if the Norton idea is the problem then it goes deeper than just purging. I actually uninstalled Norton, and then found it could be gobbling space I was deleting (so there was no tool there to purge the space with). Like Norton protected recycle bin was still running after it had been uninstalled. I have since reinstalled it, and purged etc, which is fine. I am just at a loss at what to do with the already missing disk space. Anyone else have any ideas? Share this post Link to post
ufoman 0 Posted December 5, 2003 I have managed to fix this problem. Just posting how in case anyone with a similar problem searches and finds this thread. It had something to do with the filing of MP3's. I had downloaded about 500 on Kazzalite and although they only took 1.5 gb of real space in my shared folder, there is something about the way it was filed that took up 9gb... I moved the folder across to my external to free up room, and hey presto my missing GB's appeared. And the beauty is that they only fill their supposed space on the external. I am guessing if i were to move them back (which i'm going to try) they will only take up their 1.5 gb. cheers for the help anyway. Share this post Link to post
