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March 26th 10, 03:45 AM
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Missing space on my computer
I can't account for around 200 gb of space on my computer. C folder is 450 gb I've been looking through my files and folders and I can only account for about 200-250 gb and I am almost out of space. I am trying to defrag my hard drive and I started compressing file folders which is saving some space but I am not sure if this should account for the entirety of the problem. I haven't downloaded anything in a while and still I've just watched 5 gb disappear in about a two week period of time. I've been deleting files and I have been clearing out the trash bin but it doesn't seem to be helping -- Sinesthera 
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March 26th 10, 04:18 AM
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Missing space on my computer
1. Check the real story on the files with 'WinDirStat' (http://windirstat.info/). I bet there are a lot more than you think. 2. Check your shadowstorage which can be up to 67GB on your C disk. Run *vssadmin list shadowstorage* in elevated cmd. Look for *Allocated* on C. -- whs
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March 26th 10, 04:18 AM
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Missing space on my computer
1. Check the real story on the files with 'WinDirStat' (http://windirstat.info/). I bet there are a lot more than you think. 2. Check your shadowstorage which can be up to 67GB on your C disk. Run *vssadmin list shadowstorage* in elevated cmd. Look for *Allocated* on C. -- whs
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March 26th 10, 04:32 PM
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Missing space on my computer
OMG my temporary internet files account for all the missing space... How could that happen? Can I just delete them. It poped up with something saying I might damage my computer if I did? Actually looking at it again its Windows subfolder Temp and then the files in that subfolder. Not the internet temp files -- Sinesthera
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March 26th 10, 04:32 PM
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Missing space on my computer
OMG my temporary internet files account for all the missing space... How could that happen? Can I just delete them. It poped up with something saying I might damage my computer if I did? Actually looking at it again its Windows subfolder Temp and then the files in that subfolder. Not the internet temp files -- Sinesthera
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March 26th 10, 04:59 PM
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Missing space on my computer
I tried running Disk Cleanup and it doesn't touch the files that are causing the problem. I compressed the C drive to try and clear up some space that got me about 20+ gb back so some of it was that it was sloppy and defrag bairly helped. From what it looks like about 6gb of temporary files are added a Month! The names are pretty crazy looking TMP000001BD40B152FD16B2F372 Thank you for the tip on Win Dir Stat! I can now chart all the weird changes and find their cause quite useful. I knew I wasn't just imagining it was disappearing! -- Sinesthera
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March 26th 10, 04:59 PM
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Missing space on my computer
I tried running Disk Cleanup and it doesn't touch the files that are causing the problem. I compressed the C drive to try and clear up some space that got me about 20+ gb back so some of it was that it was sloppy and defrag bairly helped. From what it looks like about 6gb of temporary files are added a Month! The names are pretty crazy looking TMP000001BD40B152FD16B2F372 Thank you for the tip on Win Dir Stat! I can now chart all the weird changes and find their cause quite useful. I knew I wasn't just imagining it was disappearing! -- Sinesthera
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March 26th 10, 08:02 PM
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Missing space on my computer
Sinesthera;1246578 Wrote: How do you access vsadmin? I'm currently dowloading windirstat *vssadmin* is a command in Command Prompt (All Programs Accessories) that you have to open as admin (right click on it). To clean up your temporary internet files, use' CCleaner' (http://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/). It is safe to use. -- whs
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