i have a HDD of 320 GB and a couple of days back due to some unexplained reason it just keeps decreasing..i even deleted 40 gigs of memory and even decreased shadowspace allocation still the memory never increased to more than 12 GB even if it did the space is eaten up almost immediately..it once reduced from 60 gigs to 20 gigs in just a day..and i dint even download anything...plz help me fellas..i need it bad :S
HDD space decreasing everyday by 10's of GB's without me having downloaded anything
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Re: HDD space decreasing everyday by 10's of GB's without me having downloaded anythi
Scan with your antivirus and this
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware: Malwarebytes
If negagtive may be your restore points.
Scan with your antivirus and this
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware: Malwarebytes
If negagtive may be your restore points.
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System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell XPS420
- Memory
- 6 gig
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
- Sound Card
- Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
- Hard Drives
- 640 gb
- Cooling
- Fan
- Keyboard
- Dell USB
- Mouse
- Dell USB 4 button optical
- Other Info
- DSL provided by ATT
Re: HDD space decreasing everyday by 10's of GB's without me having downloaded anythi
thx i wl give it a try...
thx i wl give it a try...
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Re: HDD space decreasing everyday by 10's of GB's without me having downloaded anythi
Regardless of the results, scan with the AntiVirus and Malwarebytes, at least, weekly. Prevent future problems.
If all is negative and you have no other options, this will pinpoint the missing space.
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml
Regardless of the results, scan with the AntiVirus and Malwarebytes, at least, weekly. Prevent future problems.
If all is negative and you have no other options, this will pinpoint the missing space.
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell XPS420
- Memory
- 6 gig
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
- Sound Card
- Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
- Hard Drives
- 640 gb
- Cooling
- Fan
- Keyboard
- Dell USB
- Mouse
- Dell USB 4 button optical
- Other Info
- DSL provided by ATT
Re: HDD space decreasing everyday by 10's of GB's without me having downloaded anythi
Also if possible schedule a scan and that should help, if you going to do one manually every week then do a quick scan for a quick time scan and if you think you have been infected then I would run a Full system Scan Be warned this process can take up to 3 Hours depending on the amount of Data on your HDD.
Hope This Helps,
Josh
Also if possible schedule a scan and that should help, if you going to do one manually every week then do a quick scan for a quick time scan and if you think you have been infected then I would run a Full system Scan Be warned this process can take up to 3 Hours depending on the amount of Data on your HDD.
Hope This Helps,
Josh
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My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Built
- CPU
- Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz
- Motherboard
- Foxconn H67MP-S/-V/H67MP
- Memory
- 8.0GB DDR3 @ 665MHz (2GBx4)
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD HD Radeon 6870
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- SMB1930NW (1440x900@60Hz)
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x800
- Hard Drives
- 977GB Seagate ST31000524AS ATA Device (SATA) + 250GB WD iSCSI attached Drive
- Case
- Novatech Night
- Keyboard
- Standard PS/2 Keyboard
- Mouse
- Dell HID-compliant mouse
Re: HDD space decreasing everyday by 10's of GB's without me having downloaded anythi
i do scan my system everyday via AVG...and im using SUPERantispyware too..and yeah i also ran a disk analysis using glary utilities and it calculated only 140 gigs of used space the rest is "i dont know where"..plus just out of curiosity im using the BitComet torrent client..do u think maybe i imported somekind of a virus through it?!?!?!i mean i know the files are tested against any viruses before uploading since i download through TPB..but still maybe??
i do scan my system everyday via AVG...and im using SUPERantispyware too..and yeah i also ran a disk analysis using glary utilities and it calculated only 140 gigs of used space the rest is "i dont know where"..plus just out of curiosity im using the BitComet torrent client..do u think maybe i imported somekind of a virus through it?!?!?!i mean i know the files are tested against any viruses before uploading since i download through TPB..but still maybe??
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Re: HDD space decreasing everyday by 10's of GB's without me having downloaded anythi
The Pirate Bay don't test all of their torrents for Viruses and you can be Vulnerable it is possible to obtain a Virus or a Trojan I would run a Full System Scan
Hope This Helps,
Josh
The Pirate Bay don't test all of their torrents for Viruses and you can be Vulnerable it is possible to obtain a Virus or a Trojan I would run a Full System Scan
Hope This Helps,
Josh
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Built
- CPU
- Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz
- Motherboard
- Foxconn H67MP-S/-V/H67MP
- Memory
- 8.0GB DDR3 @ 665MHz (2GBx4)
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD HD Radeon 6870
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- SMB1930NW (1440x900@60Hz)
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x800
- Hard Drives
- 977GB Seagate ST31000524AS ATA Device (SATA) + 250GB WD iSCSI attached Drive
- Case
- Novatech Night
- Keyboard
- Standard PS/2 Keyboard
- Mouse
- Dell HID-compliant mouse
Re: HDD space decreasing everyday by 10's of GB's without me having downloaded anythi
ppl i scanned the whole system wid AV and also malwarebytes...no viruses detected...still the space moving south...
ppl i scanned the whole system wid AV and also malwarebytes...no viruses detected...still the space moving south...
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Re: HDD space decreasing everyday by 10's of GB's without me having downloaded anythi
It may be your Restore points But unlikely for it to obtain that amount of data anyway could you delete your restore points. Turning off system restore will delete all the points you can enable it afterwards
see Turn System Restore on or off For More Information
You may want to see this : http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76227-system-restore-disk-space.html?ltr=S
Hope This Helps,
Josh
It may be your Restore points But unlikely for it to obtain that amount of data anyway could you delete your restore points. Turning off system restore will delete all the points you can enable it afterwards
see Turn System Restore on or off For More Information
You may want to see this : http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76227-system-restore-disk-space.html?ltr=S
Hope This Helps,
Josh
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Built
- CPU
- Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz
- Motherboard
- Foxconn H67MP-S/-V/H67MP
- Memory
- 8.0GB DDR3 @ 665MHz (2GBx4)
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD HD Radeon 6870
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- SMB1930NW (1440x900@60Hz)
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x800
- Hard Drives
- 977GB Seagate ST31000524AS ATA Device (SATA) + 250GB WD iSCSI attached Drive
- Case
- Novatech Night
- Keyboard
- Standard PS/2 Keyboard
- Mouse
- Dell HID-compliant mouse
Re: HDD space decreasing everyday by 10's of GB's without me having downloaded anythi
i cant switch system restore off since it says im not allowed to do so under some group policy thing..well but i run my system as the admin..but still cant to nothing bout it
i cant switch system restore off since it says im not allowed to do so under some group policy thing..well but i run my system as the admin..but still cant to nothing bout it
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Re: HDD space decreasing everyday by 10's of GB's without me having downloaded anythi
Have you Tried doing the Tutorial as the Vista Admin
see http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67567-administrator-account.html For more information on How to enable the Account
Hope This Helps,
Josh
Have you Tried doing the Tutorial as the Vista Admin
see http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67567-administrator-account.html For more information on How to enable the Account
Hope This Helps,
Josh
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Built
- CPU
- Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz
- Motherboard
- Foxconn H67MP-S/-V/H67MP
- Memory
- 8.0GB DDR3 @ 665MHz (2GBx4)
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD HD Radeon 6870
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- SMB1930NW (1440x900@60Hz)
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x800
- Hard Drives
- 977GB Seagate ST31000524AS ATA Device (SATA) + 250GB WD iSCSI attached Drive
- Case
- Novatech Night
- Keyboard
- Standard PS/2 Keyboard
- Mouse
- Dell HID-compliant mouse
Re: HDD space decreasing everyday by 10's of GB's without me having downloaded anythi
still nothing..btw do u think i can tweak the registry or something???and also windows updates has also stopped working now..
still nothing..btw do u think i can tweak the registry or something???and also windows updates has also stopped working now..
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Re: HDD space decreasing everyday by 10's of GB's without me having downloaded anythi
DO NOT MESS WITH THE REGISTRY Unless you Know what you are doing and Always Backup beforehand and I don't think that will help either also For the Windows Update Did it give you an Error Code could you Upload a Screen Shot Please
Many Thanks,
Josh
DO NOT MESS WITH THE REGISTRY Unless you Know what you are doing and Always Backup beforehand and I don't think that will help either also For the Windows Update Did it give you an Error Code could you Upload a Screen Shot Please
Many Thanks,
Josh
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Built
- CPU
- Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz
- Motherboard
- Foxconn H67MP-S/-V/H67MP
- Memory
- 8.0GB DDR3 @ 665MHz (2GBx4)
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD HD Radeon 6870
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- SMB1930NW (1440x900@60Hz)
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x800
- Hard Drives
- 977GB Seagate ST31000524AS ATA Device (SATA) + 250GB WD iSCSI attached Drive
- Case
- Novatech Night
- Keyboard
- Standard PS/2 Keyboard
- Mouse
- Dell HID-compliant mouse
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Re: HDD space decreasing everyday by 10's of GB's without me having downloaded anythi
Try this tool WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics to diagnose disk usage
Try this tool WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics to diagnose disk usage