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Memory not adding up

  • 23-08-2012 7:40pm
    #1
    paulmclaughlin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭


    When I open 'My Computer' and right click the C: drive and go to 'Properties' it says I have used 71.4GB of memory. But when I enter into the C: drive and highlight all files and folders (including hidden files and folders) it says I have 33.3GB of used space.

    Is there something I'm missing here or what?

    scaled.php?server=196&filename=memoryerror.jpg&res=landing

    Thanks for your time,
    Paul


Comments

  • #2
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Use WinDirStat to see what is eating up the space

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  • #3
    paulmclaughlin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭paulmclaughlin


    I did that. Apparently system files are not visible on my computer apart from on WinDirStat?


  • #4
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Control Panel > Folder Options > View > Show hidden files and folders

    ;)


  • #5
    Sparks43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    I will take a guess that you are using vista

    Thats 20 gig straight away

    And if you done a reinstall without format then another 20 or more could be in a windows old folder


  • #6
    RumDrinker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 75 ✭✭RumDrinker


    I smell some space reserved for the swap file (Virtual Memory)...


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  • #7
    Sparks43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    RumDrinker wrote: »
    I smell some space reserved for the swap file (Virtual Memory)...

    that would be 4/5 GB at the most on normal computers.

    Going on the 1.5 rule


  • #8
    paulmclaughlin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭paulmclaughlin


    paulmclaughlin wrote: »
    But when I enter into the C: drive and highlight all files and folders (including hidden files and folders)
    Torqay wrote: »
    Control Panel > Folder Options > View > Show hidden files and folders

    ;)
    Sparks43 wrote: »
    I will take a guess that you are using vista

    Thats 20 gig straight away

    And if you done a reinstall without format then another 20 or more could be in a windows old folder

    Windows 7. And I deleted my Windows.old folder...


  • #9
    Sparks43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    In Cmd prompt type Dir /ah from the root of the drive and see how much has been hidden

    Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
    Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    C:\Users\******>cd..

    C:\Users>cd..

    C:\>dir /ah
    Volume in drive C is OS
    Volume Serial Number is **** ****

    Directory of C:\

    09/07/2012 18:09 <DIR> $RECYCLE.BIN
    06/01/2010 22:03 4,402 dell.sdr
    14/07/2009 06:08 <JUNCTION> Documents and Settings [E:\Users]
    25/08/2012 03:09 2,407,403,520 hiberfil.sys
    06/01/2010 13:25 <DIR> MSOCache
    25/08/2012 03:09 3,209,875,456 pagefile.sys
    10/07/2012 23:39 <DIR> ProgramData
    25/08/2012 03:13 <DIR> System Volume Information
    3 File(s) 5,617,283,378 bytes
    5 Dir(s) 315,389,829,120 bytes free


  • #10
    Setun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,805 ✭✭✭Setun


    Is there space reserved for Windows Recovery?


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