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mccarrsw
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I hate to ask for help, but i encountered this problem today and i haven`t been able to track down a solution so far.
The problem is very similar to one posted in May....
http://www.xp-erience.org/forum/showthread.php?threadid=10698
I have a 40GB Seagate Barracuda. One partition is set up and it was operating fine. However, i noticed today that XP professional was telling me only 4GB were free and i knew that was wrong.
By selecting all the files in the drive (including hidden files and folders), i realized they totalled only 8GB of storage. To back this up i then installed TreeSize Professional so i could see a breakdown of file size across directories. This agreed that only 8GB of files are on the disk, but at the bottom of the screen says 34GB of the disk is being used.
It is just a typical NTFS installation, no different to any i have did before.
I ran the error checking of XP which took a while. When it rebooted the computer froze so I restarted again. This time it worked fine but still showed the same storage statistics.
I have partition magic 7 installed, but i have not attempted to edit partitions.
Formatting is not the solution I am looking for really. I have only been a XP user for 2 weeks and I have been constantly tweaking to get it right. I`m desperate to find a solution here that won`t involve formatting my disk.
thanks
steven
ps. as i was about to send i found this message that is a similar problem. i downloaded the recommended software but have yet to find a solution.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...m=tl2vlu9hj8b97b%40corp.supernews.com&rnum=10
The problem is very similar to one posted in May....
http://www.xp-erience.org/forum/showthread.php?threadid=10698
I have a 40GB Seagate Barracuda. One partition is set up and it was operating fine. However, i noticed today that XP professional was telling me only 4GB were free and i knew that was wrong.
By selecting all the files in the drive (including hidden files and folders), i realized they totalled only 8GB of storage. To back this up i then installed TreeSize Professional so i could see a breakdown of file size across directories. This agreed that only 8GB of files are on the disk, but at the bottom of the screen says 34GB of the disk is being used.
It is just a typical NTFS installation, no different to any i have did before.
I ran the error checking of XP which took a while. When it rebooted the computer froze so I restarted again. This time it worked fine but still showed the same storage statistics.
I have partition magic 7 installed, but i have not attempted to edit partitions.
Formatting is not the solution I am looking for really. I have only been a XP user for 2 weeks and I have been constantly tweaking to get it right. I`m desperate to find a solution here that won`t involve formatting my disk.
thanks
steven
ps. as i was about to send i found this message that is a similar problem. i downloaded the recommended software but have yet to find a solution.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...m=tl2vlu9hj8b97b%40corp.supernews.com&rnum=10