Hard disk memory literally disappearing.

2007-12-23 16:28:46

#1

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6868

I bought an IBM/Lenovo Laptop T61 about 4 weeks ago. It worked fine for a week or two, and then after that I noticed that my C: meter in Vista was getting fuller. I thought, meh, maybe it's just using up a fair bit.

Then last week, I turned on the laptop and found that my 120 GB hard drive had 8 GB left, despite only having 1 program and several txt files on it on my part. I ran disk checks, analyzed with Diskeeper, searched through the settings, and found nothing. I took it to a friend's house to show him, and when I started it again, it had used up another 1/2 GB.

Then today I started it, and It came up with 5.03 GB of free memory, despite Program Folder and Windows Folder taking up only 18 GB together.

Any ideas where all the memory's disappearing to?

Specs:
Vista Business
NVidia 140M Quadro
C2D T7500, 2.2 GHz
120 GB Hard Drive
2GB RAM

I also ran some AVG Free scans. Nothing turned up.

Last edited by some_random_panda (2007-12-23 16:29:50)

2007-12-23 16:30:33

#2

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|7053|London

Download a harddrive manager, it will show you where your usage is as a nice pie chart

2007-12-23 16:33:56

#3

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6868

Aries_37 wrote:
Download a harddrive manager, it will show you where your usage is as a nice pie chart

Where can I get one of those?

2007-12-23 16:35:27

#4

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6916|King Of The Islands

Turn off Indexing?

CCleaner?

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2007-12-23 16:36:22

#5

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6868

Cheez wrote:
Turn off Indexing?

CCleaner?

Indexing's never been a problem for me before, and there's only 20 GB to index. I'll have a look at CCleaner though.

2007-12-23 16:38:29

#6

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6916|King Of The Islands

System Restore.

"Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2007-12-23 16:38:40

#7

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|7053|London

http://www.download.com/WinDirStat/3000 … ?tag=lst-1

Here you go, this is the one I use

2007-12-23 16:39:24

#8

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6868

Cheez wrote:
System Restore.

"Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

Yeah. Every time I turn it off and turn on, it decreases by about 0.5-0.7 GB

2007-12-23 16:41:39

#9

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|7053|London

Oh and its really simple to use, but in case you're stuck here is a useful guide http://lifehacker.com/software/disk-spa … 219058.php

2007-12-23 17:07:44

#10

=Karma-Kills=: "Don't post while intoxicated."; +356|7062|England

Since when do you need a programme to right click > properties > size?

2007-12-23 17:16:47

#11

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6868

=Karma-Kills= wrote:
Since when do you need a programme to right click > properties > size?

He means to show distribution. Obviously, the "Free space" on my pie chart is a mere sliver.

It seems that the culprit could be Vista itself, with its System Restore, actually.

Last edited by some_random_panda (2007-12-23 17:18:13)

2007-12-23 17:20:23

#12

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7321|Alberta, Canada

If you go to Disk Cleanup and delete all but the most recent system checkpoint, you can free up like 5GBs.

BF2S Forums Hard disk memory literally disappearing.

Aries_37 wrote:

Cheez wrote:

Cheez wrote:

=Karma-Kills= wrote:

Board footer