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Old 08-21-2007   #2 (permalink)
Ramesh, MS-MVP


 
 

Re: Disk Cleanup Bug

Hi Jay,

Check these locations to know if the dump files really exist.

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue

If present, check their creation date as well.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Jay" <Jay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CB90D605-B426-4AC7-9FAB-8B3F32E8CEC9@microsoft.com...
Hi,

I own a 160GB Western Digital Hard Drive partitioned into a 40GB OS
partition and the other 120GB for my files.

However, when I run Disk Cleanup utility from within Vista Ultimate, it
shows multiple 131GB options for me to clean up, which is quite ridiculous. I
have cleaned up with the 131GB option checked before, resulting in the
desktop and pretty much everything on the 40GB partition being deleted.

I have had to reformat the computer and reinstall Vista, but it seems this
is a recurrent problem. It is not a critical flaw as no damage will be done
if the Disk Cleanup is not run, but if it is, I think other users facing this
same problem will be quite grieved at the loss of important data.

Anyone had a similiar experience or can offer help?

Screenshot:
http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...urrent=bug.jpg
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