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Where's my disk space gone?

  • 20-06-2007 11:16pm
    #1
    bmaxi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭


    I have an old IBM 20gb hdd which I wanted to use to store music. While I was transferring files I got the message "no more space on disk" when I checked I'd only transferred 7.5gb. Where's the rest gone? The disk had been formatted and is not showing any other data. This is on a Gateway 500 running Windows 2000.


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  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Click Start-Run and then type compmgmt.msc. Scroll down to Disk Management and see whats up there.


  • #3
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    well windows will take probably 1gb, pagefile is probably 500mb, same with hibernation. then take into consideration that when formated it will be about 15-20% less. So you are still missing a little bit. Check the soze of all the folders to see if something else has been moved over too.


  • #4
    mickoneill30
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭mickoneill30


    If it's old it might have a few bad sectors. Try a scandisk to see if everything is OK with it.


  • #5
    bmaxi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭bmaxi


    Thanks for the replies. tried all suggestions. There is no, and as far as I know never has been, an OS on this disk. The disk has been partitioned and 11.5gb allocated to a logical drive.(This is where it all becomes gobbledegook to me). Why couldn't I see the partition and how do I get rid of it?


  • #6
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    Hidden partition probably, or maybe it's a Unix partition which can't be recognized by Windows, or a recovery partition like Dell have, in either case you can delete it and resize your other partition to absorb the unallocated space.

    You should be able to do this with GParted (I think, but I've never used it before for Windows partitions): http://gparted.sourceforge.net


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  • #7
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Windows disk management will resize partitions upwards (in xp anyway). If you have vista it can even shrink them, which used to require third party tools.


  • #8
    bmaxi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭bmaxi


    OK, I'm out of my depth here. I managed to delete the logical drive in disk management and now I have 11gb of free space, but how do I recover that to use?


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