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painintheass · 03-18-2005, 11:10 PM

I'm just wondering if anyone encountered this problem before and what you did to solve it.

I'm running windows 2000 on my laptop and for some reason almost 2 gig of hard drive space is missing.

There is NOTHING absolutely NOTHING loaded on the computer other then the operating system and a few applicatoins. (Word, grisoft anti virus, spyware doctor.)

It's spyware and virus free. I've cleared all the caches, temp files, etc..
But it's still missing

Computer functions fine... but this is one of those technical mysteries I can't explain.

hydro · 03-18-2005, 11:12 PM

temp files maybe? do a search on your computer for "*" and arrange them by biggest file first and look for any big files that are useless.

Illicit · 03-18-2005, 11:15 PM

run scandisk and see if it fixes it ... I was missing a few gig once, it found some problems and corrected them

smack · 03-18-2005, 11:32 PM

the only time i have ever expierienced something similar is when i re partitioned one of my machines. i lost almost 2 gig because i didn't set the boot sector in the right place, and did something to the other two partitions. eventually after fucking with partition magic i was able to recover the space.

Shaze · 03-19-2005, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by painintheass

I'm just wondering if anyone encountered this problem before and what you did to solve it.

I'm running windows 2000 on my laptop and for some reason almost 2 gig of hard drive space is missing.

There is NOTHING absolutely NOTHING loaded on the computer other then the operating system and a few applicatoins. (Word, grisoft anti virus, spyware doctor.)

It's spyware and virus free. I've cleared all the caches, temp files, etc..
But it's still missing

Computer functions fine... but this is one of those technical mysteries I can't explain.

maybe the 2 gigs missing is unpartitioned space? or unformatted free space? also, did you check Disk Administrator in Control Panels?

painintheass · 03-19-2005, 02:44 AM

I got a letter back from microsoft support.

Basically in a nutshell there are hidden files that don't appear even if you set your system to show them. And sometimes if your operating system files aren't on C: drive it they don't properly dissappear.

So they sent me a temporary link and gave me an update. I guess not enough people experienced this for them to make it part of a service pack update.

I've got it back... but it makes me wonder just what else is on my computers that I can't see.

After Shock Media · 03-19-2005, 02:48 AM

Something else to look into.
The properites of your trash bin. The damn thing is ussually set at default around 10% if I remember. On a 120gig drive thats 12 gigs alone.

flashfire · 03-19-2005, 02:54 AM

an 80 gig drive shows as 76gb...some space is used for formatting ect.

Rich · 03-19-2005, 03:01 AM

I once had that problem, I solved it by purchasing a real computer.

http://www.apple.ca/switch

03-18-2005, 11:10 PM	#1
painintheass So Fucking Banned Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Paris Posts: 838	Missing Hard drive space?? I'm just wondering if anyone encountered this problem before and what you did to solve it. I'm running windows 2000 on my laptop and for some reason almost 2 gig of hard drive space is missing. There is NOTHING absolutely NOTHING loaded on the computer other then the operating system and a few applicatoins. (Word, grisoft anti virus, spyware doctor.) It's spyware and virus free. I've cleared all the caches, temp files, etc.. But it's still missing Computer functions fine... but this is one of those technical mysteries I can't explain.

03-18-2005, 11:15 PM	#3
Illicit wtf ? Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: GFY Posts: 11,895	run scandisk and see if it fixes it ... I was missing a few gig once, it found some problems and corrected them __________________ Insert Sig Here

03-18-2005, 11:32 PM	#4
smack Push Porn Like Weight. Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Inside .NET Posts: 10,652	the only time i have ever expierienced something similar is when i re partitioned one of my machines. i lost almost 2 gig because i didn't set the boot sector in the right place, and did something to the other two partitions. eventually after fucking with partition magic i was able to recover the space. __________________ Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.

03-18-2005, 11:12 PM	#2
hydro Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dirty 3rd Posts: 4,216	temp files maybe? do a search on your computer for "*" and arrange them by biggest file first and look for any big files that are useless.

03-19-2005, 02:44 AM	#6
painintheass So Fucking Banned Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Paris Posts: 838	I got a letter back from microsoft support. Basically in a nutshell there are hidden files that don't appear even if you set your system to show them. And sometimes if your operating system files aren't on C: drive it they don't properly dissappear. So they sent me a temporary link and gave me an update. I guess not enough people experienced this for them to make it part of a service pack update. I've got it back... but it makes me wonder just what else is on my computers that I can't see.

03-19-2005, 02:48 AM	#7
After Shock Media It's coming look busy Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn". Posts: 35,299	Something else to look into. The properites of your trash bin. The damn thing is ussually set at default around 10% if I remember. On a 120gig drive thats 12 gigs alone.

03-19-2005, 02:54 AM	#8
flashfire ICQ 1 6 7 8 5 3 4 9 2 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 13,098	an 80 gig drive shows as 76gb...some space is used for formatting ect.

03-19-2005, 03:01 AM	#9
Rich So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,486	I once had that problem, I solved it by purchasing a real computer. http://www.apple.ca/switch