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From: JCO on 8 May 2010 10:50
Could the harddrive be partitioned?

"DL" <invalid(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:uWmYZzr7KHA.5808(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Where are you getting these sizes from?
> I suspect,
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013&Product=winxp
>
>
> "jiger" <jiger(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D4140F02-8F79-4E89-9D00-3658B760A25A(a)microsoft.com...
>> In "My computer" the system disk shows that there is 20GB free space,
>> when
>> the actual free space is more than 270 GB. Is there anything I can do to
>> correct this? I have defragmented and run a full chkdsk check, which
>> didn´t
>> help.
>
From: Twayne on 13 May 2010 15:25
In news:O61N$bT8KHA.2248(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,
JCO <someone(a)somewhere.com> typed:
> Could the harddrive be partitioned?
>
> "DL" <invalid(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:uWmYZzr7KHA.5808(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Where are you getting these sizes from?
>> I suspect,
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013&Product=winxp
>>
>>
>> "jiger" <jiger(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D4140F02-8F79-4E89-9D00-3658B760A25A(a)microsoft.com...
>>> In "My computer" the system disk shows that there is 20GB
>>> free space, when
>>> the actual free space is more than 270 GB. Is there
>>> anything I can do to correct this? I have defragmented
>>> and run a full chkdsk check, which didnB4t
>>> help.

You've done the right things initially; chkdsk etc.. But how do you know
that that "actualy free space is 270 Gig"?
Is that 20 Gig getting smaller? Is so, then it's very likely you have
picked up malware and it's going to run you out of diskspace.

Run updated AV and at least 3 spyware checkers ASAP if the 20 Gig is getting
smaller. They should find it; it's a fairly common one.
Watch other drives for the same thing to start happening, if you have more
drive letters.

What does windows Explorer show in its status bar for free space? My
Computer? How many drives do you have? Is this the boot drive? If the 20 Gig
IS changing, it would be wise to try working from Safe mode and stop using
the computer for anything but troubleshooting this problem until you get it
resolved.
Feel free to come back with more questions; use another computer for that
if you can.

HTH,

Twayne`


From: JCO on 16 May 2010 17:31
Another possibility is that you have your C-Drive partitioned to not use the
full disk.
What does the Disk Manager show?

"DL" <invalid(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:uWmYZzr7KHA.5808(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Where are you getting these sizes from?
> I suspect,
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013&Product=winxp
>
>
> "jiger" <jiger(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D4140F02-8F79-4E89-9D00-3658B760A25A(a)microsoft.com...
>> In "My computer" the system disk shows that there is 20GB free space,
>> when
>> the actual free space is more than 270 GB. Is there anything I can do to
>> correct this? I have defragmented and run a full chkdsk check, which
>> didn´t
>> help.
>
From: jiger on 31 May 2010 02:03
Thanks for the tip about Sequoia - interesting tool!

I have solved this problem now: I have a program Rollback, that takes
virtual "snapshots" which take up space but the virtuality of the snapshots
will confuse some programs like Paragon Backup & Recovery etc. The solution
was simple: I had to delete some old snaphots to recover free space...

"Paul" wrote:

> Paul wrote:
> > jiger wrote:
> >> This software was not possible to download...
> >
> > Their FTP site is not operating.
> >
> > I don't see an alternative source at the moment.
> >
> > Give them a try a bit later.
> >
> > Paul
> >
>
> OK, I found a copy here you can download. The original
> FTP site is still not working.
>
> http://matt.ucc.asn.au/mirror/?C=S;O=A
>
> Sequoia1_3XPInstall.exe 28-Aug-2006 15:06 567,003 bytes
>
> To verify that file is the same as mine, I used a Microsoft
> checksum program. It if called "fciv.exe"
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b3c93558-31b7-47e2-a663-7365c1686c08
>
> When you download the file, you can check it is the same as
> my results I got from win.tue.nl.
>
> fciv -both -add Sequoia1_3XPInstall.exe
>
> MD5 SHA-1
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 142586a5cc7a0139bde8c13e5cc4d301 c1db10a0f7d36adbc14b5a7a3f08fc35db1bee8b ../sequoia1_3xpinstall.exe
>
> You can also use those checksums, in the "hash search" on
> virustotal.com .
>
> If your file is the same as mine, you should end up here.
>
> http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/15d83cd0e68404925a986b05e5f830973fd842b46545db6ffa7c4d0f4346ab83-1271407208
>
> Have fun,
> Paul
>
> >>> (Main page)
> >>> http://w3.win.tue.nl/nl/onderzoek/onderzoek_informatica/visualization/sequoiaview//
> >>>
> >>> (Download page)
> >>> http://www.win.tue.nl/cgi-bin/usr/sequoia/download3.cgi
> >>>
> >>> (Screenshot)
> >>> http://w3.win.tue.nl/typo3temp/pics/736444cb4d.jpg
> >>>
> .
>
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