Subj : Re: Disk reports FULL even after deletes, etc
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Subject: Re: Disk reports FULL even after deletes, etc
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 15:12:40 -0600
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<voice_of_reason@australia.edu> wrote in message 
news:a198f7fa-2a54-4626-a79a-87a98933e8c3@z17g2000prz.googlegroups.com...
> Greetings:
>
> I am having a problem whereby my disk is reporting as FULL (123MB
> remaining on a 18.6GB drive)
>
> ODDITY 1:
> When I add up the sizes of the files on the drive, it comes to just
> under 13GB. Even adding in space reserved for system restore, this
> takes it to 15GB
>
> ODDITY 2:
> Running disk clean-up, it shows that it should recover approximately
> 2GB.....but after running and even rebooting, the available space
> jumped up to only about 400MB....and then on subsequent reboot when
> back to only 123MB.
>
> How can I find out what is taking up the free space on the drive and
> remove it?
>
> Thank you!


By default, System Restore is set way too large to be of any use other than 
hogging hard drive space.

Turn it down to something like 4% or so 

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