Why does Windows (Any version) Steal my harddrive space? I checked my C: drive with Properties, and it says im using 40 GB. Then when I open C: and then select all, even hidden files, and hit Properties, it comes up 21.1 GB. So Windows its basically stealling 18.9 GB of my space, [expletive deleted]!
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 Apr 26 2004, 6:42 am (Edited by moderator on Apr 26 2004, 8:33 am)
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No OS should need 20 gig ;)
Nah, methinks its a hardware error, or you could try partition what you have left and get a linux install and see what that says. :) | |
Okay, well you can try a OSLauncher, it will edit your Master Boot Record (The first thing the computer looks at as it loads up) and then you can check your PC's stats. Then you can check if its not software but hardware dependant. But have caution with editing your MBR. I can vouch for http://www.osloader.com/ as I use it to load Linux and Windoze XP.
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Metroid wrote:
Why does Windows (Any version) Steal my harddrive space? I checked my C: drive with Properties, and it says im using 40 GB. Then when I open C: and then select all, even hidden files, and hit Properties, it comes up 21.1 GB. So Windows its basically stealling 18.9 GB of my space, [expletive deleted]! Windows isn't the greatest at knowing how much space a directory and the files contained in it use up. One, or both, of those numbers is wrong. | |
Yeah as noted before it's probably some hard drive errors. I've had windows 98 screw up by large amounts before, but after running scandisk it seemed to fix the problem.
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Maz wrote:
Okay, well you can try a OSLauncher, it will edit your Master Boot Record (The first thing the computer looks at as it loads up) and then you can check your PC's stats. Then you can check if its not software but hardware dependant. But have caution with editing your MBR. I can vouch for http://www.osloader.com/ as I use it to load Linux and Windoze XP. Alright Ill try that and tell you the results, though when I installed Windows in the first place, it said I had a 78.3 GB harddrive, yet when I used the thing once again on windows I got a 40.1 and a 30.2 so thats 70.3 GB, Im missing 8 -_- | |
*Whacks head on desk*
Try running scandisk. It's much less risky than editing Master Boot Records, and it's probablary faster. It should find the fault very quickly. This has happened to me twice, but seeing as I only have an 8 gig hard drive on my gaming PC, it never makes much difference (only 100mb or so). | |
Its usually just the windows folder, and services that the computer needs, and the stocked programs that come with it.
It doesn't "steal" it, it needs it.