something weird about my D: drive

Discussion in 'Software' started by wickedtaylor, Mar 22, 2004.

  1. wickedtaylor

    wickedtaylor Private First Class

    ok don't seem to under stand this but i copy everything in my D: drive to a folder so i can reformat it but when i check the folder shows up as 1.85 gigs but my d: drive properties show it as 2.53 gigs of used space why is this or did something not copy right... also i was wondering is it true when you do a reinstall M$ leaves stuff still on your drive and if it does how do i clean the whole drive and make it so i can use it for storage like my dls and stuff...

    found a program wondering if anyone knows about it http://www.killdisk.com/
     
    Last edited: Mar 22, 2004
    wickedtaylor, Mar 22, 2004
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  2. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest


    System Volume Information....

    Its a hidden file, and contains all your restore points.

    Prety good chance that is your culprit.
     
    Adrynalyne, Mar 22, 2004
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  3. wickedtaylor

    wickedtaylor Private First Class

    how would i find out if thats the thing screwing me up cause i dont want to delete it all and reformat with out knowing...
     
    wickedtaylor, Mar 22, 2004
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  4. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest

    Show Hiiden Files and Folders.
     
    Adrynalyne, Mar 22, 2004
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  5. wickedtaylor

    wickedtaylor Private First Class



    i tried that and it didnt show anything in there that was hidden it did at one time hold 98se on it could that be it or is it missed up...was told once that windows leaves stuff still on your computer even if u wipe the drive clean is that true???? but that software i dl will that do a complete wipe of the HD or is there a better program out there
     
    wickedtaylor, Mar 22, 2004
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  6. Rataplan

    Rataplan Private E-2

    Does you OS uses your D: drive for it's swap files or virtual memory?

    seems to like that proggy you downloaded might do the trick to completely whipe you drive clean, yeah
     
    Rataplan, Mar 22, 2004
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  7. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Perhaps you should refer to the following link:

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315688&Product=winxp

    Its subject is:

    How to Locate and Correct Disk Space Problems on NTFS Volumes in Windows XP

    I assume you are using XP. Buy the way when you said "but i copy everything in my D: drive to a folder so i can reformat" . I assume you mean you copied everything on drive D: to a folder on another drive (like C:). Otherwise, you are going to loose all your data when you reformat drive D:.
     
    chaslang, Mar 23, 2004
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