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Lack of free space, new machine.
Three things:
1. Go to "My computer." Right click on the drive. Pick "Properties." Hit "Disk cleanup." (right by the pie chart.) See what temporary, temporary internet, etc. files are taking up. Have it clean those up. (Dont' worry about uninstalls, etc. at the moment.) 2. Right click "My computer." Go to Properties, System Restore. See how much space is taken up *there.* Don't disable it entirely, but you may want to lessen the amount of space this takes up, as well. (Personally, if the system's going to be "stable" for a while, I'll lower it. If I'm about to do updates, I'll give it more room and create a restore point.) 3. You say this is a new computer. OEM? (Gateway, Dell, etc.) See what programs are installed. Do you not use (for instance) Powerpoint? Uninstall it. Remove programs you don't need or use - there's usually a good bit of garbage there. XP *will* take more room than 98, regardless, but these should help you get some space back. "Phil" wrote in message ... 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ ---- Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented None --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.648 / Virus Database: 415 - Release Date: 3/31/2004 |
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Lack of free space, new machine.
-----Original Message----- 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" ABOVE SEARCH CRITERIA: With protected sys files showing: pagefile 786,432kb EURART 125,000KB EUR CD 626,896KB Looks like a ghost :-)) BTW no Norton on here |
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Lack of free space, new machine.
In line:
-----Original Message----- Three things: 1. Go to "My computer." Right click on the drive. Pick "Properties." Hit "Disk cleanup." (right by the pie chart.) See what temporary, temporary internet, etc. files are taking up. Have it clean those up. (Dont' worry about uninstalls, etc. at the moment.) 289,034 KB (Office setup files) 2. Right click "My computer." Go to Properties, System Restore. See how much space is taken up *there.* 12% 9378 MB. 3. You say this is a new computer. OEM? (Gateway, Dell, etc.) I had it built locally, Sys info says: OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name ******* System Manufacturer ECS System Model M848A System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1 AuthenticAMD ~1500 Mhz BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T, 02/04/2001 SMBIOS Version 2.3 Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)" User Name ******** Time Zone GMT Daylight Time Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB Available Physical Memory 303.32 MB Total Virtual Memory 1.72 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.35 GB Page File Space 1.22 GB Page File C:\pagefile.sys NB: (Locale, above states USA, I am in the UK, any need or how to change?) See what programs are installed. 1.71 GB, Total |
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Lack of free space, new machine.
On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 03:14:07 -0700, Phil wrote:
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 % Reduce the allotted size for Recycle Bin, System Restore and Temporary Internet Files. Check Temp folders for leftovers. The default paths a Windows\Temp Documents and Settings\you\Local Settings\Temp Use Folder Options View to show hidden and system files. Also change the setting for system protected files to "not hide." You'll be able to see more of what's on your hard drive this way. After examining these things, you can change the settings back if you'd like. You are going to find a rather large file called hiberfil.sys. The size of this file cannot be changed and will equal to the amount of RAM installed on the system. When you hibernate the laptop, the file is used to store the contents of RAM so that the machine can be restored to the working state it was in when the laptop went into hibernation. Review Add/Remove Programs and uninstall items you don't use. Review Add/Remove Programs Add/Remove Windows Components as well. I have a year old Tablet PC with a 40GB hard drive. I still have quite a bit of hard drive space available even with some hefty programs installed (Office 2003 and its backup files; Photoshop; Painter). I make an effort to keep my mail storage down. Outlook is configured to leave messages on the server so that 1) I can delete mail as I read it 2) Anything important will be downloaded later to the main desktop computer (and removed from the email server). Other large data files are regularly shuttled off to the desktop or to CDs. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User |
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Lack of free space, new machine.
Reduce the allotted size for Recycle Bin, System Restore and Temporary Internet Files. Check Temp folders for leftovers. The default paths a Windows\Temp Documents and Settings\you\Local Settings\Temp Use Folder Options View to show hidden and system files. Also change the setting for system protected files to "not hide." You'll be able to see more of what's on your hard drive this way. After examining these things, you can change the settings back if you'd like. You are going to find a rather large file called hiberfil.sys. The size of this file cannot be changed and will equal to the amount of RAM installed on the system. When you hibernate the laptop, the file is used to store the contents of RAM so that the machine can be restored to the working state it was in when the laptop went into hibernation. Review Add/Remove Programs and uninstall items you don't use. Review Add/Remove Programs Add/Remove Windows Components as well. I have a year old Tablet PC with a 40GB hard drive. I still have quite a bit of hard drive space available even with some hefty programs installed (Office 2003 and its backup files; Photoshop; Painter). I make an effort to keep my mail storage down. Outlook is configured to leave messages on the server so that 1) I can delete mail as I read it 2) Anything important will be downloaded later to the main desktop computer (and removed from the email server). Other large data files are regularly shuttled off to the desktop or to CDs. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User Sharon thank you for your input! I have done all you suggested, the file hiberfil.sys. does not show any where? BTW it is not a Laptop. Reduced cache sizes, and removed all temp file contents- rebooted, but defraganalyse still show the same disk usage? the biggest in add/remove is AutoRoute V11.0 @ about 933,000MB but i need that, and all others in there, i have the same things installed on my W98 machine. Where to next? Why are you not in Seattle? :-) |
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Lack of free space, new machine.
"Phil" wrote in message ... In line: -----Original Message----- Three things: 1. Go to "My computer." Right click on the drive. Pick "Properties." Hit "Disk cleanup." (right by the pie chart.) See what temporary, temporary internet, etc. files are taking up. Have it clean those up. (Dont' worry about uninstalls, etc. at the moment.) 289,034 KB (Office setup files) 2. Right click "My computer." Go to Properties, System Restore. See how much space is taken up *there.* 12% 9378 MB. 3. You say this is a new computer. OEM? (Gateway, Dell, etc.) I had it built locally, Sys info says: OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name ******* System Manufacturer ECS System Model M848A System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1 AuthenticAMD ~1500 Mhz BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T, 02/04/2001 SMBIOS Version 2.3 Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)" User Name ******** Time Zone GMT Daylight Time Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB Available Physical Memory 303.32 MB Total Virtual Memory 1.72 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.35 GB Page File Space 1.22 GB Page File C:\pagefile.sys NB: (Locale, above states USA, I am in the UK, any need or how to change?) See what programs are installed. 1.71 GB, Total Regional settings in Control Panel.. at the base of the first window.. location.. |
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Lack of free space, new machine.
Regional settings in Control Panel.. at the base of the first window.. location.. That is already UK? Thanks. |
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Lack of free space, new machine.
working in this KB article-
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp where?? do i find the following. Options in which program please? 1.. Start Ntbackup.exe, click Options on the Tools menu, click the Backup Log tab, and then click Detailed. 2.. Click the Backup tab, back up the entire volume that is affected (in this example, drive D), and then start the backup procedure. |
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Lack of free space, new machine.
using KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp C:\Documents and Settings\Philchkdsk c: The type of the file system is NTFS. WARNING! F parameter not specified. Running CHKDSK in read-only mode. CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)... File verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)... Index verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)... Security descriptor verification completed. Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap. Windows found problems with the file system. Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these. 80027765 KB total disk space. 56576232 KB in 297148 files. 71336 KB in 1994 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 373285 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 23006912 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 20006941 total allocation units on disk. 5751728 allocation units available on disk. ------------ C:\Documents and Settings\Philchkdsk /F The type of the file system is NTFS. Cannot lock current drive. Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N) ------------------------------ Selected Y - rebooting. Result after chkdsk /f --- 80027765 KB total disk space. 56574760 KB in 297030 files. 71336 KB in 1994 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 373285 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 23008384 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 20006941 total allocation units on disk. 5752096 allocation units available on disk. ------------------ I see only three changes: 56576232 KB in 297148 files. (1st run) 56574760 KB in 297030 files. (2nd run) --- 23006912 KB available on disk. (1st run) 23008384 KB available on disk. (2nd run) --- 5751728 allocation units available on disk. (1st run) 5752096 allocation units available on disk. (2nd run) ---------- Drive C: ERDNT Properties Size 4.21 GB (4,523,535,926 bytes) Size on disk 4.08 GB (4,389,797,639 bytes) ---- |
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Lack of free space, new machine.
Phil wrote:
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" EasyCleaner | Space Usage http://ptm2.cc.utu.fi/ftp/windows/tools/EClea1_7.exe -- http://www.bootdisk.com/ |
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Lack of free space, new machine.
Result
From a command prompt, send the output of a dir /a /s to a text file. anyone see anything here please? 0 File(s) 0 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\My Documents\My Music 02/03/2004 13:02 DIR . 02/03/2004 13:02 DIR .. 02/03/2004 13:02 181 Desktop.ini 01/03/2004 19:42 638 Sample Music.lnk 2 File(s) 819 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\My Documents\My Pictures 25/03/2004 15:45 DIR . 25/03/2004 15:45 DIR .. 29/02/2004 18:14 5,928 beer.jpg 16/03/2004 12:52 183 Desktop.ini 18/03/2004 01:27 1,334 Grrr.bmp 16/03/2004 12:52 668 Sample Pictures.lnk 25/03/2004 15:45 6,144 Thumbs.db 5 File(s) 14,257 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\My Documents\My Received Files 16/03/2004 19:05 DIR . 16/03/2004 19:05 DIR .. 0 File(s) 0 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\My Documents\My Videos 22/03/2004 13:37 DIR . 22/03/2004 13:37 DIR .. 01/03/2004 19:52 182 Desktop.ini 19/11/2002 11:41 643,170 Windows Movie Maker 2 Sample File.WMV 23/08/2001 13:00 369,565 Windows Movie Maker Sample File.wmv 3 File(s) 1,012,917 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\My Documents\Ulead VideoStudio 02/03/2004 19:49 DIR . 02/03/2004 19:49 DIR .. 0 File(s) 0 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\NetHood 09/03/2004 19:36 DIR . 09/03/2004 19:36 DIR .. 09/03/2004 19:36 DIR SharedDocs on XP (********) 0 File(s) 0 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\NetHood\SharedDocs on XP (Jakenpad dy) 09/03/2004 19:36 DIR . 09/03/2004 19:36 DIR .. 09/03/2004 19:36 75 Desktop.ini 23/03/2004 23:45 448 target.lnk 2 File(s) 523 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\PrintHood 01/03/2004 19:11 DIR . 01/03/2004 19:11 DIR .. 0 File(s) 0 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Recent 04/04/2004 20:03 DIR . 04/04/2004 20:03 DIR .. 03/04/2004 21:31 150 Desktop.ini 04/04/2004 14:13 425 DMF2_WKLog.lnk 04/04/2004 20:03 569 Files named @.lnk 04/04/2004 14:13 293 Local Disk (C).lnk 04/04/2004 09:07 537 VolumeC.lnk 04/04/2004 14:13 544 VolumeC2.lnk 6 File(s) 2,518 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\SendTo 18/03/2004 15:45 DIR . 18/03/2004 15:45 DIR .. 01/03/2004 19:30 0 Compressed (zipped) Folder.ZFSendToTarget 01/03/2004 19:30 0 Desktop (create shortcut).DeskLink 01/03/2004 19:30 181 desktop.ini 17/03/2004 08:56 176 FinePrint.lnk 01/03/2004 19:30 0 Mail Recipient.MAPIMail 01/03/2004 19:42 0 My Documents.mydocs 6 File(s) 357 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Start Menu 01/03/2004 19:11 DIR . 01/03/2004 19:11 DIR .. 01/03/2004 19:11 62 desktop.ini 04/04/2004 07:32 DIR Programs 1 File(s) 62 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Start Menu\Programs 04/04/2004 07:32 DIR . 04/04/2004 07:32 DIR .. 18/03/2004 19:27 DIR Accessories 04/04/2004 07:32 DIR Administrative Tools 18/03/2004 19:27 DIR Cookie Pal 02/03/2004 13:02 292 desktop.ini 18/03/2004 19:33 DIR FinePrint 02/03/2004 13:02 767 Internet Explorer.lnk 18/03/2004 19:32 DIR Karen's Power Tools 18/03/2004 19:27 DIR Lavasoft Ad-aware 6 18/03/2004 19:33 DIR OE-QuoteFix 02/03/2004 13:02 738 Outlook Express.lnk 18/03/2004 19:27 DIR PC Magazine Utilities 06/03/2004 18:35 1,599 Remote Assistance.lnk 03/04/2004 20:51 DIR Startup 04/04/2004 11:21 1,481 Windows Explorer.lnk 13/03/2004 17:23 792 Windows Media Player.lnk 6 File(s) 5,669 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories 18/03/2004 19:27 DIR . 18/03/2004 19:27 DIR .. 01/03/2004 19:31 DIR Accessibility 02/03/2004 13:02 774 Address Book.lnk 01/03/2004 19:31 1,555 Command Prompt.lnk 02/03/2004 13:02 542 desktop.ini 18/03/2004 19:31 DIR Entertainment 01/03/2004 19:31 1,519 Notepad.lnk 01/03/2004 19:31 386 Program Compatibility Wizard.lnk 01/03/2004 19:31 1,519 Synchronize.lnk 02/03/2004 20:16 1,527 Tour Windows XP.lnk 7 File(s) 7,822 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Ac cessibility 01/03/2004 19:31 DIR . 01/03/2004 19:31 DIR .. 01/03/2004 19:31 348 desktop.ini 01/03/2004 19:31 1,525 Magnifier.lnk 01/03/2004 19:31 1,532 Narrator.lnk 01/03/2004 19:31 1,501 On-Screen Keyboard.lnk 01/03/2004 19:31 1,539 Utility Manager.lnk 5 File(s) 6,445 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\En tertainment 18/03/2004 19:31 DIR . 18/03/2004 19:31 DIR .. 01/03/2004 19:31 84 desktop.ini 13/03/2004 17:23 804 Windows Media Player.lnk 2 File(s) 888 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools 04/04/2004 07:32 DIR . 04/04/2004 07:32 DIR .. 0 File(s) 0 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Start Menu\Programs\Cookie Pal 18/03/2004 19:27 DIR . 18/03/2004 19:27 DIR .. 02/03/2004 20:45 1,520 Cookie Pal Help.lnk 02/03/2004 20:45 1,510 Cookie Pal.lnk 02/03/2004 20:45 1,553 Uninstall Cookie Pal.lnk 3 File(s) 4,583 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Start Menu\Programs\FinePrint 18/03/2004 19:33 DIR . 18/03/2004 19:33 DIR .. 16/03/2004 18:42 1,799 Explore FinePrint files.lnk 16/03/2004 18:42 1,871 FinePrint Dispatcher.lnk 16/03/2004 18:42 892 FinePrint Help.lnk 16/03/2004 18:42 920 FinePrint Readme.lnk 16/03/2004 18:42 1,848 Uninstall FinePrint.lnk 5 File(s) 7,330 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Start Menu\Programs\Karen's Power Tools 18/03/2004 19:32 DIR . 18/03/2004 19:32 DIR .. 14/03/2004 13:45 757 Cookie Viewer.LNK 1 File(s) 757 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Start Menu\Programs\Lavasoft Ad-aw are 6 18/03/2004 19:27 DIR . 18/03/2004 19:27 DIR .. 02/03/2004 21:01 731 Ad-aware 6 user manual.lnk 02/03/2004 21:01 743 Ad-aware 6.lnk 02/03/2004 21:01 731 Uninstall Ad-aware 6.lnk 3 File(s) 2,205 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Start Menu\Programs\OE-QuoteFix 18/03/2004 19:33 DIR . 18/03/2004 19:33 DIR .. 16/03/2004 21:28 808 Documentation.lnk 16/03/2004 21:28 745 Donations.lnk 16/03/2004 21:28 777 OE-QuoteFix - stand-alone.lnk 16/03/2004 21:28 781 Outlook Express with OE-QuoteFix.lnk 16/03/2004 21:28 788 Stylesheet Preview.lnk 16/03/2004 21:28 740 Uninstall.lnk 6 File(s) 4,639 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Start Menu\Programs\PC Magazine Ut ilities 18/03/2004 19:27 DIR . 18/03/2004 19:27 DIR .. 03/03/2004 15:56 774 FavOrg.lnk 1 File(s) 774 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Start Menu\Programs\Startup 03/04/2004 20:51 DIR . 03/04/2004 20:51 DIR .. 01/03/2004 19:31 84 desktop.ini 1 File(s) 84 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Templates 01/03/2004 19:28 DIR . 01/03/2004 19:28 DIR .. 23/08/2001 13:00 4,570 amipro.sam 23/08/2001 13:00 5,632 excel.xls 23/08/2001 13:00 1,518 excel4.xls 23/08/2001 13:00 2,448 lotus.wk4 23/08/2001 13:00 12,288 powerpnt.ppt 23/08/2001 13:00 461 presenta.shw 23/08/2001 13:00 4,017 quattro.wb2 23/08/2001 13:00 58 sndrec.wav 23/08/2001 13:00 4,608 winword.doc 23/08/2001 13:00 1,769 winword2.doc 23/08/2001 13:00 30 wordpfct.wpd 23/08/2001 13:00 57 wordpfct.wpg 12 File(s) 37,456 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\UserData 18/03/2004 19:26 DIR . 18/03/2004 19:26 DIR .. 03/04/2004 22:16 DIR CZ0JKZMN 03/04/2004 22:16 32,768 index.dat 25/03/2004 11:31 DIR QNAT8RWX 10/03/2004 11:39 DIR WFKZ0N2L 18/03/2004 19:26 DIR ZQU7NHVX 1 File(s) 32,768 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\UserData\CZ0JKZMN 03/04/2004 22:16 DIR . 03/04/2004 22:16 DIR .. 03/04/2004 22:16 388 oXMLStore[1].xml 1 File(s) 388 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\UserData\QNAT8RWX 25/03/2004 11:31 DIR . 25/03/2004 11:31 DIR .. 02/04/2004 23:49 442 oWindowsUpdate[1].xml 1 File(s) 442 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\UserData\WFKZ0N2L 10/03/2004 11:39 DIR . 10/03/2004 11:39 DIR .. 10/03/2004 11:39 730 oXMLStore[1].xml 1 File(s) 730 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\UserData\ZQU7NHVX 18/03/2004 19:26 DIR . 18/03/2004 19:26 DIR .. 0 File(s) 0 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\WINDOWS 18/03/2004 19:23 DIR . 18/03/2004 19:23 DIR .. 18/03/2004 19:23 DIR system 0 File(s) 0 bytes Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\WINDOWS\system 18/03/2004 19:23 DIR . 18/03/2004 19:23 DIR .. 0 File(s) 0 bytes Total Files Listed: 1162 File(s) 219,868,304 bytes 566 Dir(s) 23,558,119,424 bytes free |
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Lack of free space, new machine.
On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 22:38:42 +0100, Phil wrote:
working in this KB article- http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp where?? do i find the following. Options in which program please? 1.. Start Ntbackup.exe, click Options on the Tools menu, click the Backup Log tab, and then click Detailed. 2.. Click the Backup tab, back up the entire volume that is affected (in this example, drive D), and then start the backup procedure. Using XP Pro? Should find Backup (NTBackup) under System Tools in the Start menu. When you start NTBackup, you should see a menu bar along the top. One of the available menus is Tools and Options is underneath that. If you get this far, the rest falls into place. Question: The procedure from this article says to create a full backup. You can delete the backup later as the object is to get a complete file list from the backup log file. Where are you going to store that backup set? There is no compression with NTBackup (except, I think, maybe with tape backup). If you have XP Home, it is a separate installation - not included as a Windows component. It is in the ValueAdd folder on the XP Home CD: HOW TO: Install Backup from the CD-ROM in Windows XP Home Edition http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=302894 Suggestion: May want to take a look at these two very small (and free) programs TreeSize and FileList from: http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml I think FileList will accomplish the same thing that the MS Knowledge Base article is trying to do : create a filelist. Don't know if it can reach beyond permissions as NTBackup though. Treesize can help to show what files/folders are carrying the bulk of the missing space. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User |
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"Plato" |@|.| wrote in message ... EasyCleaner | Space Usage http://ptm2.cc.utu.fi/ftp/windows/tools/EClea1_7.exe That tells me that I have 84% free space? Good grief!!!! :-) |
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On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 22:46:02 +0100, Phil wrote:
Result From a command prompt, send the output of a dir /a /s to a text file. anyone see anything here please? Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\My Documents\Ulead VideoStudio Check with Ulead about this program. Someone else posted this week about a problem with it... I think they were uninstalling and having some trouble getting back disk space but can't recall exactly. Sorry my memory's hazy on the details and sorry if it's a false lead. Question: Do you know if you have a hidden partition on that drive with the OEM recovery files? -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User |
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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 ... 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ ---- Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented None |
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