finding and removing phantom files

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Is there a way to find and remove phantom files in WinNT4sp6 without wiping
the drive and reinstalling the OS?
The drive appears to be full, but it's not.
NT ("only") is installed on the C-drive (I think NT needs ~200MB of free
space).
All programs were installed on the D-drive (except of course the OS and
Windows Explorer).
If I view hidden, select "ALL" the files on the C-drive, then click on
properties, it shows 330MB used on a 2046MB partition.
If I select the C-drive then click on properties it shows 2013MB used on a
2046MB partition (which appears to be what the system detects).
The drive is not compressed.
When I thought I really was out of disk space I:
.... emptied the recycle bin
.... cleared the temporary directories
.... set the D:\pagefile.sys to 3000MB and set the C:\pagefile.sys to 2MB

When the system did not show much free space I ran (boot time) chkdsk c: /f
/v /r.

I'm still missing the free space.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks, Tracey

 

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Did you try chkdsk? That large difference in the reported
free space sounds like some sort of corruption.

 

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Yes I did.
I ran chkdsk c: /f /v /r
It had to run during the boot process.
chkdsk showed no indication of a problem.

Thanks, Tracey
"dlw" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:243e01c427be$c5e7f880$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Did you try chkdsk? That large difference in the reported
> free space sounds like some sort of corruption.

 

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Shameless Plug:

You could try running WatchDISK--it shows you how much space each
directory takes, and can take the slack space into account for each
file. There is a fully-functional free 30 day trial so you could
install it and run it and see if it reveals the 'missing' disk space.
http://www.poweradmin.com/watchdisk/watchdisk.asp




"Tracey" <wpiis@gte.net> wrote in message news:<elSDDk9JEHA.3084@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>...
> Yes I did.
> I ran chkdsk c: /f /v /r
> It had to run during the boot process.
> chkdsk showed no indication of a problem.
>
> Thanks, Tracey
> "dlw" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:243e01c427be$c5e7f880$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> > Did you try chkdsk? That large difference in the reported
> > free space sounds like some sort of corruption.

 

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[user request 🙂]
*** Maybe one of the enhancements can be showing the drive partition size as
well ***
[end users request]

I ran the program and used 1,048,576 as the unit of measure.
It "found" 338MB used and 72MB free space.

Here is my dilemma:
The disk properties show the Cdrive as a 2,047MB partition (which is the
boot partition for a 78,529MB disk).
The free space should be approximately 2,047 minus 338 which equals 1,709
(NOT the 72MB found by WatchDISK).

I discovered this issue while trying to install a program that aborted due
to insufficient disk space.
It's like the NTFS has a "hidden file".

I was getting low on diskspace so I move the pagefile.sys to the Ddrive and
compressed the Cdrive in an effort to buy some time to resolve this issue.

"DN" <drndown2003@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5fad50d6.0404261216.4d7b5835@posting.google.com...
> Shameless Plug:
>
> You could try running WatchDISK--it shows you how much space each
> directory takes, and can take the slack space into account for each
> file. There is a fully-functional free 30 day trial so you could
> install it and run it and see if it reveals the 'missing' disk space.
> http://www.poweradmin.com/watchdisk/watchdisk.asp
>
>
>
>
> "Tracey" <wpiis@gte.net> wrote in message
news:<elSDDk9JEHA.3084@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>...
> > Yes I did.
> > I ran chkdsk c: /f /v /r
> > It had to run during the boot process.
> > chkdsk showed no indication of a problem.
> >
> > Thanks, Tracey
> > "dlw" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:243e01c427be$c5e7f880$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> > > Did you try chkdsk? That large difference in the reported
> > > free space sounds like some sort of corruption.