Incorrect Free Space 1

[RiverGuy]

Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate

C: Drive -- 60 GB SSD
G: Drive -- 1 TB HDD

I downloaded some files and the application which performs the download saved them to my desktop. Before the download, I had 22 GB of free space on the C: drive according to My Computer and Disk Manager. After the download, I moved the files to my G: drive. I now have 12 GB of free space on my C: drive. If I select everything under the C: root (including hidden folders) and right-click to display properties, it comes up to 35 GB. This should yield about 25 GB of free space, not 12. I've rebooted as well. So my question is: How do I find out where the other 13 GB is?

 

[Diancecht]

Maybe the old command line can help you:

Start > Run
Type cmd
Type cd \
Type dir /s /w
To find hidden files dir /s /w /a:h

Cheers,
Dian

 

[RiverGuy]

Thanks.

I found more hidden files and folders below the root some of which to delete.

 

[linney]

If your free space is still showing discrepancies you could also try running ChkDsk on the drive.

Try running ChkDsk to check your drive for errors. Right-click your Drive icon/ Properties/ Tools/ Error Checking. Try it first by not checking either box (this will run it in a Read-only mode) to see if it flags any hard drive or file problems. If it does, restart it by ticking both boxes, and rerun it to allow it to attempt to fix any found problems.

 

[PRPhx]

Actually, if you attempt to do a file system check on your c: drive, you will need to set up a schedule to do the check. This is normally done at the next reboot, as chkdsk needs an exclusive lock on the c: partition. This means that chkdsk needs to have all files shut down. This includes the files the OS needs.

I usually run chkdsk c: from the command prompt (cmd and you will need Admin privileges). the command I use is:
cmd c: /r, which will check for and attempt to fix bad sectors. This may take some time, but can be very helpful.

 

[linney]

cmd c: /r is that correct, or do you mean chkdsk c: /r ?

On large drives it is quicker to run in read only mode (a lot, lot, quicker), also there is no reboot required to run. Another reason I prefer to run the initial check in read only mode is that in Vista, and therefor probably in Windows 7, there is a bit of a bug in ChkDsk that may cause you to to end up formatting the drive.

Is ChkDsk still a worry when run in Vista?

http://social.answers.microsoft.com.../thread/73df6210-7818-45fc-b9e6-d266541b96ae/

That is my main reason for running in read only mode having experienced it myself.