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From: jiger on 8 May 2010 10:16
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: DL on 8 May 2010 10:44
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
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> 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: Ken Blake, MVP on 8 May 2010 11:25
On Sat, 8 May 2010 07:16:01 -0700, jiger
<jiger(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> 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.


How big is your drive? Exactly where do you see both of the above
numbers?


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From: jiger on 8 May 2010 13:27
In "My computer" concerning C: I read free space about 18 GB. I Windows
defragmenter I get a report saying that free space is about 278 GB (which is
certainly correct!). From different partitioning programs I also get 278 GB.
The disk is originally 320 GB. I have xp pro sp3 with all recent updates.

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Sat, 8 May 2010 07:16:01 -0700, jiger
> <jiger(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
>
> How big is your drive? Exactly where do you see both of the above
> numbers?
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> .
>
From: Paul on 8 May 2010 14:12
jiger wrote:
> In "My computer" concerning C: I read free space about 18 GB. I Windows
> defragmenter I get a report saying that free space is about 278 GB (which is
> certainly correct!). From different partitioning programs I also get 278 GB.
> The disk is originally 320 GB. I have xp pro sp3 with all recent updates.

There are utilities, for listing the contents of the disk and its partitions.
I like this one, but there are others. This one uses a graphic display, to
help you locate very large files. Hold your mouse over a large block,
to get the file name.

(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

HTH,
Paul

>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 8 May 2010 07:16:01 -0700, jiger
>> <jiger(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> How big is your drive? Exactly where do you see both of the above
>> numbers?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>> .
>>
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