Windows XP disk usage is rubbish

[ikonia]

Here we go, you do the Math, Windows XP certainly can't

Partitioned my laptop disk and allocated 13 gig for windows

Installed windows and office and a few small apps, eg: putty.

clicking on the C disk, XP reports

total size = 13.6 gig
Free Space 7.86 gig

By my math that means 5.74 gig is used


The Root of the C disk has 5 dir's 4 normal and 1 hidden

Here is the Math

c:\windows = 2.32 gig
c:\program files 686 meg
c:\Documents and settings = 101 meg
c:\shared =4.93 meg
c:\MSOCache (hidden) 8.04 meg

that = 3119.97 meg

So 2 gig is missing ????

anyone else seen this ?

[directhex]

page file?

[scottyman]

and are you measuring size on disk?

mine: 60gb partition... 58.9GB allocated
root: 805,724,160 bytes - 768mb
inetpub,i386 (might delete - duplicated by accident! ), drivers, various bits and bobs: 1,074,085,888 bytes - 1gb
docs and settings: 2,597,187,584 bytes - 2.41gb
program files: 15,025,311,744 bytes =- 13.9gb
svi: 178,286,592 bytes - 170mb
software: 3,609,780,224 bytes - 3.36gb
win: 3,554,594,816 bytes - 3.3gb

...soooo by my reckoning - that does add up correctly - got a 300mb differential which I'm thinking is down to not counting another folder in the root, or down to mft size/area calculations

[ikonia]

I was measuring on what windows reported not what was on the label

eg: 30 gig disk really = 28.3 disk

I'm not sure about a 3 gig page file directhex.

I just not used to these windows systems.

I think a 3 gig difference is a bit off though, even if you call it 1.5 gig of page file as I have 1 gig of ram in the box, thats still 1.5 gig missing.

[Jiff Lemon]

system restore?

[daniel_owen_uk]

Hibernate?

In run box type cmd and hit ok

Then in command prompt box type dir/all, should show you the non viewable system files and their size.

[directhex]

recycle bin reserved space?

and real OS space (base 2) is 7.3741824% smaller than reported manufacturer space (base 10)

[ikonia]

daniel_owen

checked all hidden files. No hibernate space as I've turned it off, no util or hibernate partitions.

I really do find this quite confusing.

I thought reycled bin was classed as a file on the disk - any way thats empty too.

Its really confusing

[scottyman]

lol - what about system volume information?
holds restore point information - particularly if you've installed SP2 that will account for a large amount of lost space

[ikonia]

I've removed all the SP2 install files, etc etc but even if I have installed service pack 2 the windows folder should grow in size, not just loose space.

[yamangman]

Have you checked how much space System Restore is using? It is most probably that. Right click my computer then properties, it's easy to find.

[ikonia]

system restore was taking up a GOOD ammount of space.

Reduced this and its much closer.

good shout.

[|{££|"]

maybe the space has been taken when partitioning...like when i partition my 160weston digi it reported as 156gb...so you could have lost some space during partitioning...