Hard drive not showing correct used space
My C drive shows 1.65 gb used when in fact its probably more like 10 gb. The capacity is 16 gb. It used to show the correct number up until quite recently. I can only think that Im using a program FolderLock now, that hides folders. But most of the folders I chose to hide are on my D drive and it shows the correct space used.
Any ideas? I suppose I can just manually add up all the files to make sure that I dont get near the capacity, but that would take needless amounts of time.
When you formated your hard drive, did you enable large disk support?
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Sounds like lieing in Explorer is a feature, just not one thats working correctly.
Can you walk backwards, and unhide those folders, all the way, and see of you undo the problem?
At least you would know the real nature of the problem, and not have deeper concerns.
It may be that your software is incompatible with your O/S or file structure.
haha (in simpson nelson voice)
I never formatted so large disk support isnt it. Ill uninstall the program and see if anything changes, but permanently uninstalling it isnt a real option for me.
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It is worth running scandisk if you havn't already though 8GB of lost clusters would be quite unusuall.
Open My Computer > Right click on drive > Click Properties > Start Scan Disk > Problem solved.....
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Ill be damned, its back to normal now. I didnt even do anything out of laziness, other than uninstall and re-install Opera (which recently became messed up). Everything seems in order now, though.
By the way, CCSDude's advice sucked diseased monkey testicles and was made all the worse by his over-confidence that running scandisk would solve the problem.
Wow, thats an intresting way to put itOriginally posted by SirNigel
By the way, CCSDude's advice sucked diseased monkey testicles and was made all the worse by his over-confidence that running scandisk would solve the problem.
Please explain how your computer is worse off by running scandisk, I'd REALLY like to hear this one....
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And how the hell would you know? the problem "Fixed" itself so i doubt you even tried what he said.Originally posted by SirNigel
Ill be damned, its back to normal now. I didnt even do anything out of laziness, other than uninstall and re-install Opera (which recently became messed up). Everything seems in order now, though.
By the way, CCSDude's advice sucked diseased monkey testicles and was made all the worse by his over-confidence that running scandisk would solve the problem.
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Yea, scandisk ruins my drive all the time.......no
thats like having a doctor examine you, then claim that he gave you a disease:tol2
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I think it's treacherous to say some one elses advice, "scandisk" in this case, sucked monkey balls, when a person was too lazy and irresponsible to have done that basic first things first !
zaphodiv was correct, it isnt plausible that he lost 8Gb of even free space, and is still operational. However, without having done a scandisk, EVERYTHING else is presumptuous and speculative.
The issue is with the softwares intervention of the GUI and Explorer, the FAT, the Master File Table, also involves user rights and group policy, depending on which O/S your are talking about. If a software is going to write shit down on a sticky note to keep track of, it had BETTER be correct shit, no?
SirNigel, I went on a limb to assist you, a sort of goodwill gesture, . . kinda bury the hatchet stuff, and to my disappointent you give a scathing lack of appreciation and admonishment to a senior member who exercises sound diagnostic methodology.
If you mistake a simple correct answer as over confidence and a waste of your time, I advise you to team up with Galileo and we wish you all the luck in the world.
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SirNigel, with the manner that you respond to people here, you might find that any future assistance will be greatly diminished.
In other words you will probably be told to suck monkey b***s.
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