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More info?)
Hi,
The point we were all driving at is that the discrepancy is the hidden
system files. The totals you see in "My Computer" are generally close
enough. Even you want to get a real reading, click start/run, type cmd and
click ok. From the prompt, run "chkdsk C:". After it completes, it will give
you some figures on the used and available space on the system.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Oniket" <Oniket@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks to all who have replied. OK, I unchecked "hide protected
> operating system files" (I had show hidden files already) and saw
> pagefile.sys. It is 540682KB. I guess that translaes to about
> half Gigabyte. I am not sure how does that account for the
> discrepancy between 3.67GB vs 2.91GB free disk space. As you
> can tell Iam a newbie. My concern as an end user is how much
> free disk space do I acttually have (i.e how much more stuff can I
> save in my disk). Thanks
>
> Oniket
>
> "bxb7668" wrote:
>
>> By default Windows Explorer hides system files. Go to Tools+Folder
>> Options and then click the View tab. Select the "Show hidden files and
>> folders" and check the "Hide protected operating system file
>> (Recommended)". Then try highlighting everything and checking the
>> size.
>>
>> "Oniket" <Oniket@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B65065F2-15FA-4F52-A506-058D4CA577C6@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks for the reply. There is no pagefile.sys in C: folder.
>> > I used the search tool, but it did not find it anywhere.
>> > By the way my disc is NTFS formatted, but none of the
>> > folders are using compression.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Oniket
>> >
>> > "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > How big is the pagefile.sys on the root of C:\?
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Best of Luck,
>> > >
>> > > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> > > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> > > Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> > > www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> > > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> > >
>> > > "Oniket" <Oniket@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > > news:A6346B6A-D868-4173-89F9-8C938598ACEC@microsoft.com...
>> > > > Hi all,
>> > > > I have a simple question and will appreciate very much answer.
>> > > > My hard disk has 9.35 GB. When I right click on the disk drive
>> > > > under "My Computer" and choose properties I see
>> > > > used=3.67GB and unused =5.67GB. So far so good. But when
>> > > > I open the hardisk disk folder (C
and add up the size of all
>> > > > individual folders under drive C:, I get 2.9 GB. I get the
>> same
>> > > > (2.91GB) by highlighting all the folders under C: and right
>> cliking
>> > > > and selecting properties. I am confused why this discrepancy
>> > > > (3.67GB vs. 2.91GB) between the free space reported by the
>> > > > two methods. Thanks in advance
>> > > >
>> > > > Oniket
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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