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post #1 of 19
12/6/09 at 1:12pm
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i have done yet another fresh install of windows 7

installed all drivers and programs

thers now 70gb of used space out of 400 availible!!

i can only allocate for 16gb!
[i opened the (C) drive and highlighted everything and clicked properties inc hidden files]

wheres the space gone?

ive also used ccleaner to remove all restore points
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post #2 of 19
12/6/09 at 1:18pm
I have approximately the same amount of stuff not counting a few programs on my 320gb external, and my 640gb RAID 0 internal, yet I have ~ the same amount free. Time for a fresh install of XP
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post #3 of 19
12/6/09 at 1:38pm
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if this is going to require yet another install of 7, im only doing it once more, before i sell my 7 copy and go back to vista!
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post #4 of 19
12/6/09 at 1:41pm
List each main dir filesize. Also you have hibernation file which is same size as system memory, disable hib if it's a desktop
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post #5 of 19
12/6/09 at 1:46pm
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1.3GB = users
3.0GB = Program files
256MB = program data
226MB = dell
142MB = recovery
10.3GB = windows
2.44GB = Hiberfile
3.25GB = pagefile
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post #6 of 19
12/6/09 at 1:47pm
Here's a few things to try:
  • TreeSize
  • Scandisk (right-click C > properties > tools > scan now)
  • Check partitioning structure (control panel > admin tools > cpr. mgmt. > storage > disk mgmt.)
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post #7 of 19
12/6/09 at 1:47pm
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so im still 50GB short roughly :/
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post #8 of 19
12/6/09 at 1:53pm
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tree size says the same as another program, that im using 20GB

i cant find scan disk and my windows C partition has 402GB HDD space left of which 328GB is free
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post #9 of 19
12/6/09 at 2:31pm
Dell- so probably have 70GB partition for recovery files?
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post #10 of 19
12/6/09 at 2:35pm
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problem is solved, another person on a forum came up with the solution

nah, this is a dell laptopto which ive put a couple of bigger hard drives in myself
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post #11 of 19
12/6/09 at 2:36pm
Your GB's are on a mission to find out why a state name is used for a town name in another state.

They went here:

iowa la - Google Maps
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post #12 of 19
12/6/09 at 2:39pm
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we have that here, of all the names you could choose, having two the same = fail lol
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post #13 of 19
12/6/09 at 2:39pm
Quote:
problem is solved, another person on a forum came up with the solution
and?
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post #14 of 19
12/6/09 at 2:41pm
Thread Starter 
ah sorry

it was the shadow copy, it obviously doesnt show in disk management or file tree revealing programs.. i had to resize it

it was taking up exactly the amount of space i had lost!

53GBs!! so it was related to system restore/backup
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post #15 of 19
12/6/09 at 2:45pm
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btw, im keeping treesize, very useful!
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