[Eric Alexander]

I've reviewed all the references I can find to free space problems and can't
quite get mine figured out. On a, supposedly, 40 gig drive partitioned, c: 4
gig, e: 15, f: 15, with FAT 32, the C: drive show up as 3.7 gig. My Windows
directory shows 1.8 gig, Program Files shows 300 MB and Settings is 148 MB.
That's 2.24 or so. Windows shows my C: free space as 175 MB now. What is
the discrepancy between the file sizes and the drive capacity? I am missing
a whole gig and shouldn't be out of space. Of course 15+ 15 + 4 doesn't
equal 40 either.

I have the recycle bin set to 100 MB. I have Windows Restore turned off.
What's up?

AMD 1.3 gig, 512 ram.

Thanks

[Shenan Stanley]

Eric Alexander wrote:
> I've reviewed all the references I can find to free space problems
> and can't quite get mine figured out. On a, supposedly, 40 gig drive
> partitioned, c: 4 gig, e: 15, f: 15, with FAT 32, the C: drive show
> up as 3.7 gig. My Windows directory shows 1.8 gig, Program Files
> shows 300 MB and Settings is 148 MB. That's 2.24 or so. Windows
> shows my C: free space as 175 MB now. What is the discrepancy
> between the file sizes and the drive capacity? I am missing a whole
> gig and shouldn't be out of space. Of course 15+ 15 + 4 doesn't
> equal 40 either.
>
> I have the recycle bin set to 100 MB. I have Windows Restore turned
> off. What's up?
>
> AMD 1.3 gig, 512 ram.

All files visible turned on?

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[Eric Alexander]

As far as I can tell, I have all files showing inspite of dire warnings from
Windows not to.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:


> All files visible turned on?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

[djcaseley]

Your pagefile may be a "super-hidden" file in the root of C:\. Try
unchecking "Hide Protected Operating System Files" in folder options,
and recounting, including the root. Also, try googling for a handy prog
called treesize, which will do all this counting for you.


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