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Discrepancy between hdd usage and file/folder sizes
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:32 pm
by serpico
The used space on the hard disk is 39.5 GB (Local Disk Properties). However when I select all the folders and files on the disk (including hibernation file and pagefile), the total is 29.6 GB.
What's taking up the extra 10 GB?
Re: Discrepancy between hdd usage and file/folder sizes
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:38 pm
by jeremivw
serpico wrote:The used space on the hard disk is 39.5 GB (Local Disk Properties). However when I select all the folders and files on the disk (including hibernation file and pagefile), the total is 29.6 GB.
What's taking up the extra 10 GB?
A combo of hibernation reserve, system recovery and page file is what's reserving that extra 10GB.
Re: Discrepancy between hdd usage and file/folder sizes
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:48 pm
by serpico
jeremivw wrote:serpico wrote:The used space on the hard disk is 39.5 GB (Local Disk Properties). However when I select all the folders and files on the disk (including hibernation file and pagefile), the total is 29.6 GB.
What's taking up the extra 10 GB?
A combo of hibernation reserve, system recovery and page file is what's reserving that extra 10GB.
As I stated in the first post, I am already accounting for the hibernation file and pagefile.
If by "hibernation reserve", you mean something different from hiberfil.sys, I'd be curious to learn more.
By "system recovery", do you mean the IBM partition? If so, then I don't think that's the answer because the 39.5 GB of used space I quoted for the C:\ drive excludes the IBM partition (the total reported size of C: is smaller than the overall disk by about 5 GB -- that's the IBM partition).
Assuming I didn't misinterpret your response, I'm still perplexed as to what has happened to the other 10 GB.
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:54 pm
by Kyocera
If you go to xp disk management what shows up there, I don't have a t60 but I would imagine your hpa is more than 6gigs.
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:02 pm
by serpico
Kyocera wrote:If you go to xp disk management what shows up there, I don't have a t60 but I would imagine your hpa is more than 6gigs.
100 GB stated disk capacity, so ~93 GB in binary terms
C: 88.4 GB
IBM_Service: 4.7 GB
My question is: Of the 88.4 GB on C:, 39.5 GB is used according to Local Disk Properties (and XP Disk Management), but I can only account for 29.6 GB in terms of files and folders on that partition.
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:16 pm
by jeremivw
That 10GB is likely a ~10% setting in your System Restore options under System Properties.
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:36 pm
by serpico
jeremivw wrote:That 10GB is likely a ~10% setting in your System Restore options under System Properties.
Give that man a prize! 12%, 10.8 GB. Mystery solved.
Thanks!