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Old April 9th 04, 07:14 PM
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Default Lack of free space, new machine.

Phil,
Try this.
Go to Start, search, choose "all files and folders".
In the box labeled "all or part of the file name" type *
Click on "What size it it?"
Select "Specify size (in KB)"
In the first drop down, select" at least"
In the second drop down type 100000
Scroll down and select "more advanced options"
Check the box labeled "search hidden files and folders"
Now click the Search button.
After the search completes, go to view on the top toolbar and select
"details", then arrange icons by size.
Look for the largest files and let us know what you find.


Select "more advanced options"

"Phil" wrote in message
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Can you throw any light on this one for me please?

I did a clean up & defrag of XP. (NTFS)

I note that on a 80GB drive I only have 28% free space,
after a month of use?
Where to look to determine the "hog"

My W98 machine, after 6 years, still has 70% free space.
What could cause this?

Volume (C
Volume size = 76.32 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 54.40 GB
Free space = 21.92 GB
Percent free space = 28 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 0 %
File fragmentation = 0 %
Free space fragmentation = 1 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 296,563
Average file size = 330 KB
Total fragmented files = 0
Total excess fragments = 0
Average fragments per file = 1.00

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 768 MB
Total fragments = 1

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 1,985
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 297 MB
MFT record count = 300,838
Percent MFT in use = 98 %
Total MFT fragments = 3

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Fragments File Size Files that cannot be
defragmented
None



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