8gb just gone on my system drive... any ideas?

[Whatistheshape?]

Hi all,

Hoping someone can help me. I just rebooted, nothing new on my pc and i have
lost 8gig on my c: drive (primary partition). the folders still add up to
4gig, it's a 13gig partition and now there is 1.49gb free.

I've checkd the Disk Management, it says "healthy", I've done a defrag just
to check. I've searched for large files, nothing. Multiple reboots, nothing.

Can anyone help out? I really don't like loosing 8gig!

Thanks

Kevin

[johnf]

In Explorer, go to Tools/Folder Options/View. Uncheck Hide protected
Operating System files.
If you now look in the root of the C drive, you will now find Hiberfil.sys &
Pagefile.sys
XP Search for files & folders won't find these ones, but then because of
this, I run Agent Ransack as my Search Engine.
Those 2 files alone on my PC total 1.6GB.
Also, check how many Restore Points you have. If your system is running fine
and you have no reason to roll back, delete all but the last Point.

johnf

> Hi all,
>
> Hoping someone can help me. I just rebooted, nothing new on my pc and
> i have lost 8gig on my c: drive (primary partition). the folders
> still add up to 4gig, it's a 13gig partition and now there is 1.49gb
> free.
>
> I've checkd the Disk Management, it says "healthy", I've done a
> defrag just to check. I've searched for large files, nothing.
> Multiple reboots, nothing.
>
> Can anyone help out? I really don't like loosing 8gig!
>
> Thanks
>
> Kevin

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Use the search function and look for all files over, say, 10 meg - then 100
meg - then .... (you get the picture). Use the "What size is it" option in
the search function.

"Whatistheshape?" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all,
>
> Hoping someone can help me. I just rebooted, nothing new on my pc and i
have
> lost 8gig on my c: drive (primary partition). the folders still add up to
> 4gig, it's a 13gig partition and now there is 1.49gb free.
>
> I've checkd the Disk Management, it says "healthy", I've done a defrag
just
> to check. I've searched for large files, nothing. Multiple reboots,
nothing.
>
> Can anyone help out? I really don't like loosing 8gig!
>
> Thanks
>
> Kevin
>
>
>

[Whatistheshape?]

ok done that, but hiberfil.sys and pagefil.sys only total 900meg :(

oh and i dont have system restore running at all :(



"johnf" > wrote in message
...
> In Explorer, go to Tools/Folder Options/View. Uncheck Hide protected
> Operating System files.
> If you now look in the root of the C drive, you will now find Hiberfil.sys
&
> Pagefile.sys
> XP Search for files & folders won't find these ones, but then because of
> this, I run Agent Ransack as my Search Engine.
> Those 2 files alone on my PC total 1.6GB.
> Also, check how many Restore Points you have. If your system is running
fine
> and you have no reason to roll back, delete all but the last Point.
>
> johnf
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Hoping someone can help me. I just rebooted, nothing new on my pc and
> > i have lost 8gig on my c: drive (primary partition). the folders
> > still add up to 4gig, it's a 13gig partition and now there is 1.49gb
> > free.
> >
> > I've checkd the Disk Management, it says "healthy", I've done a
> > defrag just to check. I've searched for large files, nothing.
> > Multiple reboots, nothing.
> >
> > Can anyone help out? I really don't like loosing 8gig!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Kevin
>
>
>

[Whatistheshape?]

yep done that - nothing unusual, nothing over 75meg and even all added up,
doesnt come anywhere near 8gig...

thanks though :(


"Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)" > wrote in
message ...
> Use the search function and look for all files over, say, 10 meg - then
100
> meg - then .... (you get the picture). Use the "What size is it" option in
> the search function.
>
> "Whatistheshape?" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Hoping someone can help me. I just rebooted, nothing new on my pc and i
> have
> > lost 8gig on my c: drive (primary partition). the folders still add up
to
> > 4gig, it's a 13gig partition and now there is 1.49gb free.
> >
> > I've checkd the Disk Management, it says "healthy", I've done a defrag
> just
> > to check. I've searched for large files, nothing. Multiple reboots,
> nothing.
> >
> > Can anyone help out? I really don't like loosing 8gig!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[johnf]

I've tried that before but still could never find Operating System files,
that's why I went to Agent Ransack.

johnf

> Use the search function and look for all files over, say, 10 meg -
> then 100 meg - then .... (you get the picture). Use the "What size is
> it" option in the search function.
>
> "Whatistheshape?" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Hoping someone can help me. I just rebooted, nothing new on my pc
>> and i have lost 8gig on my c: drive (primary partition). the folders
>> still add up to 4gig, it's a 13gig partition and now there is 1.49gb
>> free.
>>
>> I've checkd the Disk Management, it says "healthy", I've done a
>> defrag just to check. I've searched for large files, nothing.
>> Multiple reboots, nothing.
>>
>> Can anyone help out? I really don't like loosing 8gig!
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Kevin