I am using Windows Vista (32-bit) on my computer. Lately, I have noticed
that the reported "used space" on my hard drive (via right-click/properties)
keeps rising dramatically while I add very little to my computer.

I then made sure that I had turned on options to show system files and
hidden OS files so that I could add up the used space. What I found is that
all of the files on my computer added together total 44.2 GB, while the usual
right-click on the C-drive (selecting Properties) reports that I have used
65.2 GB.

I re-checked the math and the folders and still come up with a 21 GB
difference - almost 1.5 times the size of what the files/folders add up to.

Does anyone have ANY idea what could be happening or why the difference is
so large? I am at a loss, but I'm also concerned that this may spell trouble
of a different type since it looks like it deals with the OS somehow.

Many thanks in advance.

rayhorn13 wrote:

I am using Windows Vista (32-bit) on my computer. Lately, I have noticed
that the reported "used space" on my hard drive (via right-click/properties)
keeps rising dramatically while I add very little to my computer.

I then made sure that I had turned on options to show system files and
hidden OS files so that I could add up the used space. What I found is that
all of the files on my computer added together total 44.2 GB, while the usual
right-click on the C-drive (selecting Properties) reports that I have used
65.2 GB.

I re-checked the math and the folders and still come up with a 21 GB
difference - almost 1.5 times the size of what the files/folders add up to.

Does anyone have ANY idea what could be happening or why the difference is
so large? I am at a loss, but I'm also concerned that this may spell trouble
of a different type since it looks like it deals with the OS somehow.

Many thanks in advance.

It's all in System Restore and Volume Shadow Copy, mostly the former
I'd guess.

"Nonny" wrote:

rayhorn13 wrote:

I am using Windows Vista (32-bit) on my computer. Lately, I have noticed
that the reported "used space" on my hard drive (via right-click/properties)
keeps rising dramatically while I add very little to my computer.

I then made sure that I had turned on options to show system files and
hidden OS files so that I could add up the used space. What I found is that
all of the files on my computer added together total 44.2 GB, while the usual
right-click on the C-drive (selecting Properties) reports that I have used
65.2 GB.

I re-checked the math and the folders and still come up with a 21 GB
difference - almost 1.5 times the size of what the files/folders add up to.

Does anyone have ANY idea what could be happening or why the difference is
so large? I am at a loss, but I'm also concerned that this may spell trouble
of a different type since it looks like it deals with the OS somehow.

Many thanks in advance.

It's all in System Restore and Volume Shadow Copy, mostly the former
I'd guess.



How so? Volume shadow copy? I'm not following...

rayhorn13 wrote:



"Nonny" wrote:

rayhorn13 wrote:

I am using Windows Vista (32-bit) on my computer. Lately, I have noticed
that the reported "used space" on my hard drive (via right-click/properties)
keeps rising dramatically while I add very little to my computer.

I then made sure that I had turned on options to show system files and
hidden OS files so that I could add up the used space. What I found is that
all of the files on my computer added together total 44.2 GB, while the usual
right-click on the C-drive (selecting Properties) reports that I have used
65.2 GB.

I re-checked the math and the folders and still come up with a 21 GB
difference - almost 1.5 times the size of what the files/folders add up to.

Does anyone have ANY idea what could be happening or why the difference is
so large? I am at a loss, but I'm also concerned that this may spell trouble
of a different type since it looks like it deals with the OS somehow.

Many thanks in advance.

It's all in System Restore and Volume Shadow Copy, mostly the former
I'd guess.



How so? Volume shadow copy? I'm not following...

You DO understand System Restore... right? It uses a TON more space
than XP's System Restore did. 15% of your drive is locked into being
saved (and eventually used) by SR. That will handle maybe 20 restore
points. On my system it only goes back a week.

Volume Shadow Copy is best explained:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Copy

'Shadow copy' - see win help
PS It depends on the version of Vista as to whether you actual have this
option.
Also hidden files doesnt show your paging/swap file

"rayhorn13" wrote in message
...


"Nonny" wrote:

rayhorn13 wrote:

I am using Windows Vista (32-bit) on my computer. Lately, I have
noticed
that the reported "used space" on my hard drive (via
right-click/properties)
keeps rising dramatically while I add very little to my computer.

I then made sure that I had turned on options to show system files and
hidden OS files so that I could add up the used space. What I found is
that
all of the files on my computer added together total 44.2 GB, while the
usual
right-click on the C-drive (selecting Properties) reports that I have
used
65.2 GB.

I re-checked the math and the folders and still come up with a 21 GB
difference - almost 1.5 times the size of what the files/folders add up
to.

Does anyone have ANY idea what could be happening or why the difference
is
so large? I am at a loss, but I'm also concerned that this may spell
trouble
of a different type since it looks like it deals with the OS somehow.

Many thanks in advance.

It's all in System Restore and Volume Shadow Copy, mostly the former
I'd guess.



How so? Volume shadow copy? I'm not following...

Vista Home Premium 32-Bit.
"Show Hidden Files and Folders" may not, but "Hide Protected Operating
System Files" is unchecked and I have added/included the 10 GB swap file in
my totals.

Is there a way to attach a screenshot here? I made one and it shows all of
the different totals.

"DL" wrote:

'Shadow copy' - see win help
PS It depends on the version of Vista as to whether you actual have this
option.
Also hidden files doesnt show your paging/swap file

"rayhorn13" wrote in message
...


"Nonny" wrote:

rayhorn13 wrote:

I am using Windows Vista (32-bit) on my computer. Lately, I have
noticed
that the reported "used space" on my hard drive (via
right-click/properties)
keeps rising dramatically while I add very little to my computer.

I then made sure that I had turned on options to show system files and
hidden OS files so that I could add up the used space. What I found is
that
all of the files on my computer added together total 44.2 GB, while the
usual
right-click on the C-drive (selecting Properties) reports that I have
used
65.2 GB.

I re-checked the math and the folders and still come up with a 21 GB
difference - almost 1.5 times the size of what the files/folders add up
to.

Does anyone have ANY idea what could be happening or why the difference
is
so large? I am at a loss, but I'm also concerned that this may spell
trouble
of a different type since it looks like it deals with the OS somehow.

Many thanks in advance.

It's all in System Restore and Volume Shadow Copy, mostly the former
I'd guess.



How so? Volume shadow copy? I'm not following...

rayhorn13 wrote:

Vista Home Premium 32-Bit.
"Show Hidden Files and Folders" may not, but "Hide Protected Operating
System Files" is unchecked and I have added/included the 10 GB swap file in
my totals.

Is there a way to attach a screenshot here? I made one and it shows all of
the different totals.

No screen shots or graphics in Usenet. Use an independent free service
and provide a link.


"DL" wrote:

'Shadow copy' - see win help
PS It depends on the version of Vista as to whether you actual have this
option.
Also hidden files doesnt show your paging/swap file

"rayhorn13" wrote in message
...


"Nonny" wrote:

rayhorn13 wrote:

I am using Windows Vista (32-bit) on my computer. Lately, I have
noticed
that the reported "used space" on my hard drive (via
right-click/properties)
keeps rising dramatically while I add very little to my computer.

I then made sure that I had turned on options to show system files and
hidden OS files so that I could add up the used space. What I found is
that
all of the files on my computer added together total 44.2 GB, while the
usual
right-click on the C-drive (selecting Properties) reports that I have
used
65.2 GB.

I re-checked the math and the folders and still come up with a 21 GB
difference - almost 1.5 times the size of what the files/folders add up
to.

Does anyone have ANY idea what could be happening or why the difference
is
so large? I am at a loss, but I'm also concerned that this may spell
trouble
of a different type since it looks like it deals with the OS somehow.

Many thanks in advance.

It's all in System Restore and Volume Shadow Copy, mostly the former
I'd guess.



How so? Volume shadow copy? I'm not following...

OK - I have the screenshots uploaded to Photobucket:
a
href="http://s315.photobucket.com/albums/ll450/rayhorn13/?action=view&current=DISKSIZE.jpg"
target="_blank"img
src="http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll450/rayhorn13/DISKSIZE.jpg"
border="0" alt="Photobucket"/a
a
href="http://s315.photobucket.com/albums/ll450/rayhorn13/?action=view&current=DISKSIZE2.jpg"
target="_blank"img
src="http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll450/rayhorn13/DISKSIZE2.jpg"
border="0" alt="Photobucket"/a

I hope this works.

"Nonny" wrote:

rayhorn13 wrote:

Vista Home Premium 32-Bit.
"Show Hidden Files and Folders" may not, but "Hide Protected Operating
System Files" is unchecked and I have added/included the 10 GB swap file in
my totals.

Is there a way to attach a screenshot here? I made one and it shows all of
the different totals.

No screen shots or graphics in Usenet. Use an independent free service
and provide a link.


"DL" wrote:

'Shadow copy' - see win help
PS It depends on the version of Vista as to whether you actual have this
option.
Also hidden files doesnt show your paging/swap file

"rayhorn13" wrote in message
...


"Nonny" wrote:

rayhorn13 wrote:

I am using Windows Vista (32-bit) on my computer. Lately, I have
noticed
that the reported "used space" on my hard drive (via
right-click/properties)
keeps rising dramatically while I add very little to my computer.

I then made sure that I had turned on options to show system files and
hidden OS files so that I could add up the used space. What I found is
that
all of the files on my computer added together total 44.2 GB, while the
usual
right-click on the C-drive (selecting Properties) reports that I have
used
65.2 GB.

I re-checked the math and the folders and still come up with a 21 GB
difference - almost 1.5 times the size of what the files/folders add up
to.

Does anyone have ANY idea what could be happening or why the difference
is
so large? I am at a loss, but I'm also concerned that this may spell
trouble
of a different type since it looks like it deals with the OS somehow.

Many thanks in advance.

It's all in System Restore and Volume Shadow Copy, mostly the former
I'd guess.



How so? Volume shadow copy? I'm not following...

rayhorn13 wrote:

OK - I have the screenshots uploaded to Photobucket:
a
href="http://s315.photobucket.com/albums/ll450/rayhorn13/?action=view&current=DISKSIZE.jpg"
target="_blank"img
src="http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll450/rayhorn13/DISKSIZE.jpg"
border="0" alt="Photobucket"/a
a
href="http://s315.photobucket.com/albums/ll450/rayhorn13/?action=view&current=DISKSIZE2.jpg"
target="_blank"img
src="http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll450/rayhorn13/DISKSIZE2.jpg"
border="0" alt="Photobucket"/a

I hope this works.

And DO NOT USE HTML ;-


"Nonny" wrote:

rayhorn13 wrote:

Vista Home Premium 32-Bit.
"Show Hidden Files and Folders" may not, but "Hide Protected Operating
System Files" is unchecked and I have added/included the 10 GB swap file in
my totals.

Is there a way to attach a screenshot here? I made one and it shows all of
the different totals.

No screen shots or graphics in Usenet. Use an independent free service
and provide a link.


"DL" wrote:

'Shadow copy' - see win help
PS It depends on the version of Vista as to whether you actual have this
option.
Also hidden files doesnt show your paging/swap file

"rayhorn13" wrote in message
...


"Nonny" wrote:

rayhorn13 wrote:

I am using Windows Vista (32-bit) on my computer. Lately, I have
noticed
that the reported "used space" on my hard drive (via
right-click/properties)
keeps rising dramatically while I add very little to my computer.

I then made sure that I had turned on options to show system files and
hidden OS files so that I could add up the used space. What I found is
that
all of the files on my computer added together total 44.2 GB, while the
usual
right-click on the C-drive (selecting Properties) reports that I have
used
65.2 GB.

I re-checked the math and the folders and still come up with a 21 GB
difference - almost 1.5 times the size of what the files/folders add up
to.

Does anyone have ANY idea what could be happening or why the difference
is
so large? I am at a loss, but I'm also concerned that this may spell
trouble
of a different type since it looks like it deals with the OS somehow.

Many thanks in advance.

It's all in System Restore and Volume Shadow Copy, mostly the former
I'd guess.



How so? Volume shadow copy? I'm not following...

Sorry - can you tell I'm new to Usenet?

How do I post a link then?

"Nonny" wrote:

rayhorn13 wrote:

OK - I have the screenshots uploaded to Photobucket:
a
href="http://s315.photobucket.com/albums/ll450/rayhorn13/?action=view&current=DISKSIZE.jpg"
target="_blank"img
src="http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll450/rayhorn13/DISKSIZE.jpg"
border="0" alt="Photobucket"/a
a
href="http://s315.photobucket.com/albums/ll450/rayhorn13/?action=view&current=DISKSIZE2.jpg"
target="_blank"img
src="http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll450/rayhorn13/DISKSIZE2.jpg"
border="0" alt="Photobucket"/a

I hope this works.

And DO NOT USE HTML ;-


"Nonny" wrote:

rayhorn13 wrote:

Vista Home Premium 32-Bit.
"Show Hidden Files and Folders" may not, but "Hide Protected Operating
System Files" is unchecked and I have added/included the 10 GB swap file in
my totals.

Is there a way to attach a screenshot here? I made one and it shows all of
the different totals.

No screen shots or graphics in Usenet. Use an independent free service
and provide a link.


"DL" wrote:

'Shadow copy' - see win help
PS It depends on the version of Vista as to whether you actual have this
option.
Also hidden files doesnt show your paging/swap file

"rayhorn13" wrote in message
...


"Nonny" wrote:

rayhorn13 wrote:

I am using Windows Vista (32-bit) on my computer. Lately, I have
noticed
that the reported "used space" on my hard drive (via
right-click/properties)
keeps rising dramatically while I add very little to my computer.

I then made sure that I had turned on options to show system files and
hidden OS files so that I could add up the used space. What I found is
that
all of the files on my computer added together total 44.2 GB, while the
usual
right-click on the C-drive (selecting Properties) reports that I have
used
65.2 GB.

I re-checked the math and the folders and still come up with a 21 GB
difference - almost 1.5 times the size of what the files/folders add up
to.

Does anyone have ANY idea what could be happening or why the difference
is
so large? I am at a loss, but I'm also concerned that this may spell
trouble
of a different type since it looks like it deals with the OS somehow.

Many thanks in advance.

It's all in System Restore and Volume Shadow Copy, mostly the former
I'd guess.



How so? Volume shadow copy? I'm not following...