terriblepaulz
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I have a 500 GB Seagate external HD that I used solely to store music files that were served from a dedicated laptop music server. I was having some problems with iTunes being unable to find certain tracks. After the 6th or 7th such incident, I got the bright idea that I would simply re-load all my music files, which I keep archived on a separate external HD. After deleting all the music files, Windows Explorer shows about 76 GB of used disc space, which leaves me just short of having sufficient space for my library (Explorer says there is about 465 GB available with 389 free - my library is about about 425 GB). I have de-fragged and used the Windows disc clean-up utility but those 76 phantom GB remain.
The drive is getting a little long in the tooth, as I have used it for probably 4.5 years. Is this just what happens when hard drives fail? Is there a freeware utility I should try? Any help would be appreciated.
The drive is getting a little long in the tooth, as I have used it for probably 4.5 years. Is this just what happens when hard drives fail? Is there a freeware utility I should try? Any help would be appreciated.