Explorer does not display the correct disc capacity!!

[mohanlal2000]

Hi all,

This is a vary peculiar situation. I have WINDOWS 2000 installed and a 60 GB hard drive. After I am done working with DVD files(about 7 GB each), I delete them. But for some reason, the capacity shown in the Windows explorer does not reflect this. For example, at present, the Explorer shows that I have only about 350 MB remaining. But the fact is I should have about 25 GB at this stage!! I tried restarting the machine a couple of times, but to no avail. As has happened in the past, later the capacity reflected in the Explorer starts showing the correct figure (not sure how though!!).

Any help to resolve this would be more than welcome.

Thanks.

 

[Confused]

You removed them from the Recycle bin?


Confused

 

[mohanlal2000]

Yes. There is nothing in the Recycle bin. Moreover for the large files, I get a prompt asking to directly delete the files and not send them to recycle bin.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

did you remove the temporary files, that your dvd-editors use? That's usually the culprit.

 

[morkinva]

Almost everytime I use Norton Disk Doctor, it tells me that reported sizes of my drives is incorrect, and it fixes it for me.

When was the last time you defragged your hard drive?

 

[mohanlal2000]

Hi all,

Thanks for the response.

"did you remove the temporary files, that your dvd-editors use? That's usually the culprit. "- These temporary files are usually very small in size. Moreover, I manually went through each of the folders to arrive at the disc capacity!!


"Almost everytime I use Norton Disk Doctor, it tells me that reported sizes of my drives is incorrect, and it fixes it for me.
When was the last time you defragged your hard drive? " -- I have not used NDD. But as I mentioned I get the corrected capacity after a long gap(maybe number of hours later). I must ave defragged the hard drive about 2 months back.

Any further insight is welcome.

Thanks

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Originally posted by: mohanlal2000
Hi all,

Thanks for the response.

"did you remove the temporary files, that your dvd-editors use? That's usually the culprit. "- These temporary files are usually very small in size. Moreover, I manually went through each of the folders to arrive at the disc capacity!!


"Almost everytime I use Norton Disk Doctor, it tells me that reported sizes of my drives is incorrect, and it fixes it for me.
When was the last time you defragged your hard drive? " -- I have not used NDD. But as I mentioned I get the corrected capacity after a long gap(maybe number of hours later). I must ave defragged the hard drive about 2 months back.

Any further insight is welcome.

Thanks

small in size? what editor do you use, I use ulead and sonic, and the temp files are massive, for a 2 hr movie, the temp files are usually in excess of 6GB each.

 

[mohanlal2000]

"small in size? what editor do you use, I use ulead and sonic, and the temp files are massive, for a 2 hr movie, the temp files are usually in excess of 6GB each. "

I normally work with DVD Decrypter, DVD Shrink and COPYTODVD softwares. Since I am looking at the folders individually, am unable to see any folders with an excess size. The temp files being used by DVD Shrink is small in sizeouple of MBs).

The only difference with the small files is that I get the prompt to directly delete the files and not send them to recycle bin.

 

[Abhi]

Run scandisk...

Windows might the be reporting the free space incorrectly.

Should definately solve your problem.

 

[acemcmac]

reformat :beer:

 

[networkman]

I noticed some discrepancies in reporting of drive space on some of our Win2K servers at work, and it took some digging, but I found the space hiding in the Recycle Bin - yes, even though the Recycle Bin looked empty! :Q

Go to Start, right-click and select Explore All Users. Then select your drive(root) and go up to Tools -> Folder Options -> View, and remove the checkmark from Hide protected operating system files(Recommended) - it'll prompt you with a Yes/No box, select Yes, and Apply.

Now, amoung other things, you'll see a RECYCLER folder on the root of the drive you're exploring; in that folder you'll likely see some lighter-color Recycle Bins. These seem to be place-holders of previous Recycle Bins, including the current day's items, that didn't fully empty their contents! :Q You need only select a Recycle Bin, right-click and choose Properties to see how much file space is being used by these old Recycle Bins. In the case of our servers at work, I was able to free up several gigs of space by deleting the appropriate Bins. Once you delete them, you'll still need to go back to the Desktop and empty your current Recycle Bin to permanently free up the space. ** Make sure you don't delete the current day's Recycle Bin in the RECYCLER folder or you'll have more problems. ** When you're done, I'd recommend going back and putting the checkmark back in for Hide protected operating system files(Recommended).

Not guarantying this will solve your problem, but it could. And it may help someone else as well.