Where did the disk space go?
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I've installed Vista on a box (yes, I know, my first mistake) with a 150 gig hard drive. I've turned on settings to show hidden, system and other such files. Vista is reporting 80g free. Thing is, after inspecting the properties of every root level folder, including the hidden ones and the recycle bin, I can only account for around 40g. Anyone have an idea as to where the other 30 gig is hiding?
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wait...are you saying that the Vista install is reporting that it took 70GB? If so, you've got bigger problems than where the 40GB is that it seems to be missing...even 30GB is absolutely HUGE for a vista install...
I've got about 7 gig in the Windows folder, 1 gig in program files, 30 gig in a virtual pc hard drives / config folder and some other odds & ends. So, roughly I have about 40g accounted for. 30 has gone missing.
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
Anyone have an idea as to where the other 30 gig is hiding?
If you have System Restore activated they can be there or you might have an extra partition on the hard disk.
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Only one partition, but I forgot to check system restore. I'll wager Vista enables it by default. Worth looking into - thanks!
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
Anyone have an idea as to where the other 30 gig is hiding?
Would JDiskReport tell you?
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Probably, but I tend to avoid java utilities. Thanks, though!
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
Anyone have an idea as to where the other 30 gig is hiding?
If you have System Restore activated they can be there or you might have an extra partition on the hard disk.
jhaga
My bet is the system restore directory after having downloaded the most recent patches. Windows is surprisingly effective at making the restore folder invisible unless you really go looking for it. And yet it still leaves the dozens of uninstall folders mucking up the windows folder...
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I've installed Vista on a box (yes, I know, my first mistake) with a 150 gig hard drive. I've turned on settings to show hidden, system and other such files. Vista is reporting 80g free. Thing is, after inspecting the properties of every root level folder, including the hidden ones and the recycle bin, I can only account for around 40g. Anyone have an idea as to where the other 30 gig is hiding?
Christopher Duncan www.PracticalUSA.com Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua!
i was actually wondering that myself, this week. i added up the sizes of all the folders, as reported by Explorer, and they didn't add up to the amount shown as used in C:\'s properties. and yeah, 30G sounds like the size of my discrepancy.
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Under the bed is more likely. Someone has to keep the monsters company. :)
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i was actually wondering that myself, this week. i added up the sizes of all the folders, as reported by Explorer, and they didn't add up to the amount shown as used in C:\'s properties. and yeah, 30G sounds like the size of my discrepancy.
So far system restore sounds like the most likely culprit.
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I've got about 7 gig in the Windows folder, 1 gig in program files, 30 gig in a virtual pc hard drives / config folder and some other odds & ends. So, roughly I have about 40g accounted for. 30 has gone missing.
Christopher Duncan www.PracticalUSA.com Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua!
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I've installed Vista on a box (yes, I know, my first mistake) with a 150 gig hard drive. I've turned on settings to show hidden, system and other such files. Vista is reporting 80g free. Thing is, after inspecting the properties of every root level folder, including the hidden ones and the recycle bin, I can only account for around 40g. Anyone have an idea as to where the other 30 gig is hiding?
Christopher Duncan www.PracticalUSA.com Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua!
Is one reporting based on actual disk space used and there other reporting based on the byte size of the files? A file might only be 1k bytes but take up a cluster size of 4k for example. So lots and lots of small files can eat up a considerable amount of disk space. check properties on a file example: Size: 911 bytes (911 bytes) Size on disk: 4.00 KB (4,096 bytes)
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I've installed Vista on a box (yes, I know, my first mistake) with a 150 gig hard drive. I've turned on settings to show hidden, system and other such files. Vista is reporting 80g free. Thing is, after inspecting the properties of every root level folder, including the hidden ones and the recycle bin, I can only account for around 40g. Anyone have an idea as to where the other 30 gig is hiding?
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
with a 150 gig hard drive. I
They still make them that small ? :P
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My bet is the system restore directory after having downloaded the most recent patches. Windows is surprisingly effective at making the restore folder invisible unless you really go looking for it. And yet it still leaves the dozens of uninstall folders mucking up the windows folder...
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I've installed Vista on a box (yes, I know, my first mistake) with a 150 gig hard drive. I've turned on settings to show hidden, system and other such files. Vista is reporting 80g free. Thing is, after inspecting the properties of every root level folder, including the hidden ones and the recycle bin, I can only account for around 40g. Anyone have an idea as to where the other 30 gig is hiding?
Christopher Duncan www.PracticalUSA.com Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua!
WinDirStat[^] will show you exactly where all your disk space has gone.
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i was actually wondering that myself, this week. i added up the sizes of all the folders, as reported by Explorer, and they didn't add up to the amount shown as used in C:\'s properties. and yeah, 30G sounds like the size of my discrepancy.
Yep. Deleted system restore points & turned it off, went from 82g free to 103.
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I've installed Vista on a box (yes, I know, my first mistake) with a 150 gig hard drive. I've turned on settings to show hidden, system and other such files. Vista is reporting 80g free. Thing is, after inspecting the properties of every root level folder, including the hidden ones and the recycle bin, I can only account for around 40g. Anyone have an idea as to where the other 30 gig is hiding?
Christopher Duncan www.PracticalUSA.com Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua!
May be it accounts for all the videos and movies from Bunny days hidden somewhere on the disk.
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I've installed Vista on a box (yes, I know, my first mistake) with a 150 gig hard drive. I've turned on settings to show hidden, system and other such files. Vista is reporting 80g free. Thing is, after inspecting the properties of every root level folder, including the hidden ones and the recycle bin, I can only account for around 40g. Anyone have an idea as to where the other 30 gig is hiding?
Christopher Duncan www.PracticalUSA.com Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua!
Chris, Come now, you already know the answer to that question: Vista has it. You're not allowed to know where, or why it has it, but it does. It's keeping it "safe". Using it for it's own purposes, that are far too complex for your feeble human brain to comprehend. Stop asking so many questions, or the Vista might decide it doesn't need ... to keep you. :~
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I've installed Vista on a box (yes, I know, my first mistake) with a 150 gig hard drive. I've turned on settings to show hidden, system and other such files. Vista is reporting 80g free. Thing is, after inspecting the properties of every root level folder, including the hidden ones and the recycle bin, I can only account for around 40g. Anyone have an idea as to where the other 30 gig is hiding?
Christopher Duncan www.PracticalUSA.com Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua!
Most likely shadow storage. Vista reserves a ridiculous amount for that. Disabling system restore might get it back. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/26/how-to-change-and-limit-system-restore-storage-space-usage-size-in-vista-with-vssadmin/[^]
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Probably, but I tend to avoid java utilities. Thanks, though!
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http://www.glaryutilities.com/[^] has similar functionality and more in a non-java app (I have no connection to GlarySoft, just a satisfied customer.)
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Probably, but I tend to avoid java utilities. Thanks, though!
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
I tend to avoid java utilities
Why? :confused:
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