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kent318

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We'll like it says I deleted alot of video and music files from my system today and wen't to check my disk space I had 51 Gigs before deleting the files and afterwords only 46.4 gigs.Anybody know what is up with this?
 

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Just had another thought, so I am back. Try a defrag, you may be surprised by the results.
 

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Also check your shadowstorage. Open an elevated Command prompt and type:
vssadmin list shadowstorage Then hit Enter.
 

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ohh sorry guys.. I couldn't hold my laugh on that one.. try to add some files perhaps the space will grow..

ok.. try a disk defrag as proposed by WHS.. its might also be that your hard drive is having issues.. if you dont see any good results after the disk defrag.. try a hard ware check to see if the hard drive is running fine.. u can check that on event logs as well..
 

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Ok thanks I'll try that even putting the files back.Not;)
 

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    benicea
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    4 gig
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    512 nvidea 9500 gs
    Sound Card
    on board 7.1
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    2-princton-HP 20 inch
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    1280x1024
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    3-gig
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    hp-media center
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We'll nothing is working and I have no idea what to do with shadow copy info.
 

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    hp m9300t
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    2.4 gig core 2 quad
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    benicea
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    4 gig
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    512 nvidea 9500 gs
    Sound Card
    on board 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2-princton-HP 20 inch
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    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    3-gig
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    hp-media center
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    2-fans
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    logitech G-5
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I don't want to do that I deleted over 50 gigs of files and just wonderd why it showed I have less space then when I had the files on the drive.I shouldn't have to do anything with shadowcopy because that space was already allocated for system restore points I would think.:sarc:
 

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    2.4 gig core 2 quad
    Motherboard
    benicea
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    4 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    512 nvidea 9500 gs
    Sound Card
    on board 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2-princton-HP 20 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    3-gig
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    hp-media center
    Cooling
    2-fans
    Keyboard
    logitech wireless keyboard s-520
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    logitech G-5
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Nope I was wrong that helped alot thanks guy's
 

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    hp m9300t
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    2.4 gig core 2 quad
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    benicea
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    4 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    512 nvidea 9500 gs
    Sound Card
    on board 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2-princton-HP 20 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    3-gig
    Case
    hp-media center
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    2-fans
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    logitech wireless keyboard s-520
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    logitech G-5
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    1.5m
Hi , I tried everything like u , and got nowhere... degfrag etc... new hard drive fixed it thats not what u want to hear but issue fixed, i'd back ur drives up asap!
 

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kent318 said:
I don't want to do that I deleted over 50 gigs of files and just wonderd why it showed I have less space then when I had the files on the drive.I shouldn't have to do anything with shadowcopy because that space was already allocated for system restore points I would think.:sarc:
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I doubt that you deleted 50 gigs of files. That would be an awful lot of files. But you never answered the shadowstorage question. There are 3 numbers: Allocated, Used, Maximum. Why don't you post those.
 

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    Q6600
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    4GB
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    2x250GB HDDs
    1x60GB OCZ SSD
    6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
Oh sorry I already fixed it it was shadow copy props go to brummyfan for the link now I'm showing 77 gigs free witch is were it should be.I don't know for sure but I think by what I read vista allocated the extre space for restore points so it wasn't showing free.I think thats close to what happend.So thanks for all the replies real happy I could fix this in a reasonable time frame.:D
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    hp m9300t
    CPU
    2.4 gig core 2 quad
    Motherboard
    benicea
    Memory
    4 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    512 nvidea 9500 gs
    Sound Card
    on board 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2-princton-HP 20 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    3-gig
    Case
    hp-media center
    Cooling
    2-fans
    Keyboard
    logitech wireless keyboard s-520
    Mouse
    logitech G-5
    Internet Speed
    1.5m
I am glad you are all sorted out. However, this could happen again if you do not control that shadowstorage. If the allocation is too big, the system will grab it over time. You have to set that to a reasonable size - e.g. 5GBs.
 

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    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs
    1x60GB OCZ SSD
    6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
Oh yeah I set it to 3 just used the command line from the link.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    hp m9300t
    CPU
    2.4 gig core 2 quad
    Motherboard
    benicea
    Memory
    4 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    512 nvidea 9500 gs
    Sound Card
    on board 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2-princton-HP 20 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    3-gig
    Case
    hp-media center
    Cooling
    2-fans
    Keyboard
    logitech wireless keyboard s-520
    Mouse
    logitech G-5
    Internet Speed
    1.5m
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