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Myssa Rei · 2011-09-02, 22:13

My father had me take a look at his laptop because he was experiencing slowdown issues on it. What I found was, for some reason, the secondary HD looked like it was almost full... However when I checked, it looked like he had less than 4 gigs of actual content in it (I made sure to be able to view hidden files and folders as well), out of a total of 65+ gigs.

I ran a scan on it, but couldn't find anything malicious. Hmm.

***GHDpro*** · 2011-09-04, 03:45

Maybe this tool will help uncover where the disc space went:
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/ (TreeSize Free)

Also what "scan" did you run? If it was only to check for virus or malware you might also want to run a disc check (right-click on drive in Explorer, click "properties" and select "Tools" tab, it's the first option).

Dist · 2011-09-04, 13:10

Just run chkdsk and disk defragmentation. (Right-click on the drive and select Tools, when chkdsk'ing be sure to select it so that it's ran next time you restart the computer).

... Oops, GHDPro said this already. Oh well... Assuming the problem is fixed by the disk check, then do run the defrag also.

sa547 · 2011-09-05, 04:37

I'd like to add another, in addition to the aforementioned recommended steps: CClean -- some of the big files could be temporary files left over and not deleted, or that the browser cache has not been purged.

Kaioshin Sama · 2011-09-06, 00:30

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Originally Posted by Myssa Rei

My father had me take a look at his laptop because he was experiencing slowdown issues on it. What I found was, for some reason, the secondary HD looked like it was almost full... However when I checked, it looked like he had less than 4 gigs of actual content in it (I made sure to be able to view hidden files and folders as well), out of a total of 65+ gigs.

I ran a scan on it, but couldn't find anything malicious. Hmm.

Are you 100% sure it wasn't partitioned that way by mistake? That could easily make up the discrepency if for whatever reason a large chunk of the HDD wasn't partitioned as part of the volume. Also things like system restore and backup options if improperly allocated can eat up a huge chunk of HD space?

Is your dad running Windows Vista/7? If so does the volume actually read as near full on the icon under my computer? Also what happens when you look at the properties of the volume? Does it report the expected file size or the inflated one?

Reverzer0 · 2011-09-11, 01:52

you can also manually delete those temporary files who eat a large space of your hard disk.

you can find them here for example,

C:\Documents and Settings\ReverzerO\Local Settings\Temp

2011-09-02, 22:13	Link #1
Myssa Rei Moderate Haruhiist Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Metro Manila, Philippines Age: 42	Hard Drive issues My father had me take a look at his laptop because he was experiencing slowdown issues on it. What I found was, for some reason, the secondary HD looked like it was almost full... However when I checked, it looked like he had less than 4 gigs of actual content in it (I made sure to be able to view hidden files and folders as well), out of a total of 65+ gigs. I ran a scan on it, but couldn't find anything malicious. Hmm. __________________

2011-09-04, 13:10	Link #3
Dist Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Finland Age: 33	Just run chkdsk and disk defragmentation. (Right-click on the drive and select Tools, when chkdsk'ing be sure to select it so that it's ran next time you restart the computer). ... Oops, GHDPro said this already. Oh well... Assuming the problem is fixed by the disk check, then do run the defrag also. __________________

2011-09-05, 04:37	Link #4
sa547 Senior Member Author Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Philippines Age: 47	I'd like to add another, in addition to the aforementioned recommended steps: CClean -- some of the big files could be temporary files left over and not deleted, or that the browser cache has not been purged. __________________

2011-09-04, 03:45	Link #2
*GHDpro* Administrator Administrator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Netherlands Age: 45	Maybe this tool will help uncover where the disc space went: http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/ (TreeSize Free) Also what "scan" did you run? If it was only to check for virus or malware you might also want to run a disc check (right-click on drive in Explorer, click "properties" and select "Tools" tab, it's the first option).

2011-09-11, 01:52	Link #6
Reverzer0 Sleeping Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: psn Age: 12	you can also manually delete those temporary files who eat a large space of your hard disk. you can find them here for example, C:\Documents and Settings\ReverzerO\Local Settings\Temp