Vista - Backup Question

06-16-2009

I have a 300 gig external drive I use for backups. It says I have about 40 gigs free space. When I add the file and folder sizes that are listed, I come up with around 60 gigs. That means there is almost 200 gigs floating around that are not accounted for. Can someone give me a reason why this situation exists. It seems that a lot of space is being counted as used, even though, from the list, this does not show up.

Any advice would be appreciated.

rq

06-16-2009

Your 300 gig drive is roughly 279 gig after formatting (300 x .93151 = 279.453 gig).

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

"rq" <qurandc@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%234XdNOq7JHA.4376@xxxxxx
I have a 300 gig external drive I use for backups. It says I have about 40 gigs free space. When I add the file and folder sizes that are listed, I come up with around 60 gigs. That means there is almost 200 gigs floating around that are not accounted for. Can someone give me a reason why this situation exists. It seems that a lot of space is being counted as used, even though, from the list, this does not show up.

Any advice would be appreciated.

rq

06-16-2009

"rq" <qurandc@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

>I have a 300 gig external drive I use for backups. It says I have about 40 gigs free space. When I add the file and folder sizes that are listed, I come up with around 60 gigs. That means there is almost 200 gigs floating around that are not accounted for. Can someone give me a reason why this situation exists. It seems that a lot of space is being counted as used, even though, from the list, this does not show up.
>
>Any advice would be appreciated.
>
>rq

Go into Control Panel (Classic view), Admin Tools, Computer
Management, Disk Management.

What does it show there?

06-16-2009	#1 (permalink)
rq n/a posts	Backup Question I have a 300 gig external drive I use for backups. It says I have about 40 gigs free space. When I add the file and folder sizes that are listed, I come up with around 60 gigs. That means there is almost 200 gigs floating around that are not accounted for. Can someone give me a reason why this situation exists. It seems that a lot of space is being counted as used, even though, from the list, this does not show up. Any advice would be appreciated. rq
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06-16-2009	#2 (permalink)
Richard Urban n/a posts	Re: Backup Question Your 300 gig drive is roughly 279 gig after formatting (300 x .93151 = 279.453 gig). -- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "rq" <qurandc@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%234XdNOq7JHA.4376@xxxxxx I have a 300 gig external drive I use for backups. It says I have about 40 gigs free space. When I add the file and folder sizes that are listed, I come up with around 60 gigs. That means there is almost 200 gigs floating around that are not accounted for. Can someone give me a reason why this situation exists. It seems that a lot of space is being counted as used, even though, from the list, this does not show up. Any advice would be appreciated. rq
My System Specs

06-16-2009	#3 (permalink)
Manny Weisbord n/a posts	Re: Backup Question "rq" <qurandc@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >I have a 300 gig external drive I use for backups. It says I have about 40 gigs free space. When I add the file and folder sizes that are listed, I come up with around 60 gigs. That means there is almost 200 gigs floating around that are not accounted for. Can someone give me a reason why this situation exists. It seems that a lot of space is being counted as used, even though, from the list, this does not show up. > >Any advice would be appreciated. > >rq Go into Control Panel (Classic view), Admin Tools, Computer Management, Disk Management. What does it show there?
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