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  • 04-02-2014 7:46pm
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    johndoe99
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭


    my friend gave me a laptop to fix for him, he hadn't used it since 2005, and at that time it was because of a Trojan affecting the desktop.

    I have since removed all viruses and laptop is up and running. When i was installing the antivirus, Windows informed me of low disk space.

    I have narrowed down the location as "My Documents", when i select properties, i am informed that there's 13Gb in there. But the My Documents folder is empty for a few files that total about 20Mb, i cannot see any files in any of the folders that would amass a size of 13Gb.

    I also chose "show hidden files and folders", but there's nothing again to amass 13gb.

    What could be wrong?

    Sony Vaio PCG-791M
    Win XP SP3
    500MB RAM
    14GB HD


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    FSL
    Registered Users Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭FSL


    Presumably you have cleared all temporary internet files and everything else disk cleanup will clear. If it will boot from a USB boot it into a lightweight linux distro and check the disk contents. Linux will show all the files even one windows won't.

    It may have a shed load of files from a user account no longer accessible.


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    johndoe99
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭johndoe99


    Thanks for the help, but i just went ahead and re-formatted.


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