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by: technonewbie June 14, 2012 10:23 AM PDT

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Can't Find Whats On used HD Space

by technonewbie - 6/14/12 10:23 AM

I ran Treesize on my C drive(I only have one drive) I knew my pc hard drive is 455gb and 295gb is used. But when Treesize did the scan, C drive was only about 89gb. I was just wondering where the other 200 or so gb is. I've been scouring the web for answers, but I'm such a newbie I am just confused now. Thanks for any help!


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Sounds like the drive is partitioned.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 6/14/12 10:26 AM

In Reply to: Can't Find Whats On used HD Space by technonewbie

Sadly I can't find the make and model to check if this is the usual laptop with a factory restore area that can google up space or if there is some other reason.

Be sure to look at drives other than C.
Bob


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Basic used space

by bob b - 6/14/12 3:27 PM

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start>control panel>admin tools>comp management>disk management

That should give you an idea of what windows thinks is on the hd.


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Disk Management Info

by technonewbie - 6/15/12 11:38 AM

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I opened Disk Management. It shows this:
39 MB RECOVERY OS (C:)
Healthy (OEM Partition) 9.88 GB NTFS 455.84 GB NTFS
Healthy (System,Active,Primary Partition) Healthy(Boot,Page File,CrashDump PrimaryPa


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Recovery partition

by pgc3 - 6/15/12 12:01 PM

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OEM, Original manufacturer -recovery partition installed by manufacturer for system recovery when and if needed.


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How do I find out whats on this drive??

by technonewbie - 6/15/12 9:19 PM

In Reply to: Can't Find Whats On used HD Space by technonewbie

For the part of the hard drive that is 455.84Gb? Treesize will only scan around 89Gb.


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Try SpaceSniffer

by KenHusveg - 6/15/12 9:47 PM

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...or WinDirStat


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I Want To Try Space Sniffer

by technonewbie - 6/16/12 11:06 AM

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Is it a good idea to unistall TreeSize first?


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