simple hard drive question :)

Published on November 29, 2003 By Z06Leonhart In WinCustomize Talk

I have a 40gb hard drive, Ive only use about 2gb when when I select all the folders and check their the size. But then I click on my hd and it show that Ive used over 5 gb already. I really dont know where the 3 gb went. Can someone tell me, and sorry for my poor english(please correct me).
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Apocalypse_67

on Nov 29, 2003

Well WindowsXP alone will take a little ober 2GB. When checkin by folders you must remember that there are a lot of hidden files that most likely wont show on the total amount of space used.

Z06Leonhart

on Nov 29, 2003

well where could the hidden files be? how could I delete or see it?

EventHorizon

on Nov 29, 2003

Could part of it could be the pagefile...?

Z06Leonhart

on Nov 29, 2003

Could part of it could be the pagefile...?

what's pagefile?

EventHorizon

on Nov 29, 2003

aka Virtual memory... When your computer uses harddrive space as RAM. (Usually happens when progs call for more memory than your comp has)

Z06Leonhart

on Nov 29, 2003

how can I delete these files? I don't think I need it, I have 512mb of DDR RAM

yrag

on Nov 29, 2003

You can change the size in Control Panel/System/Advanced/Performance/Settings/Advanced/Virtual Memory....I do not recommend you change it since you know nothing about it and I certainly don't recommend to anyone that they disable 'Pagefile'

EventHorizon

on Nov 29, 2003

Its in...Control Panel>System>Advanced tab>Settings button (under performance)>Advanced tab (look at the bottom).

But, Id get someone more knowlegeable in this subject (Like IPlural or Yrag) before you go messin around in there...

EventHorizon

on Nov 29, 2003

Oh whoops..Sorry yrag.

Z06Leonhart

on Nov 29, 2003

what happen if I set it to 0?

Z06Leonhart

on Nov 29, 2003

or 2

EventHorizon

on Nov 29, 2003

I dunno, never tried...Proabaly slow down your system at best...cause it to crash at worst... I dont reccommend it.

Z06Leonhart

on Nov 29, 2003

but that's only less than a gb where can the other 2 gb went? hidden file? how can I view it?

EventHorizon

on Nov 29, 2003

Well, if im not mistaken, (could easily be) most Harddrives capacity is lower than what the label says, regardless of which OS you are running/if you run one at all.

EventHorizon

on Nov 29, 2003

For example...My HDD is 30gb, but it only shows 26.4 GB

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