Something wrong with hardrive?

Question

When i use the defrag option in the hard drive its suppose to increase more space but when i came back i lost space and i had this comp for a week and my gb on my hardrive just keep decreasing and i hardly have anything on the comp but it saids I'm using 40 gb when i don't understand why that is cause i hardly have anything installed.Any suggestions?

tequila92 · Answer

Look for a folder called 'old windows' on your C drive, and if you feel that you dont need anything in this folder then delete it and that should free up some space on your hard drive.

Explicit · Answer

thats in my C drive? I see windows but i don't see any old windows. But when i uninstall something i barely get my memory back and i know i don't have over 43gb of programs on my computer. I saw something about vista "GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less. On Dimension, XPS, and Inspiron systems, for Norton Ghost 10, Norton 7 Restore and Dell DataSafe users, up to 25% of the stated hard drive capacity may be utilized by your system as dedicated backup space. With Dell Factory Image Restore installed, Windows Vista users will have 10GB of their hard drive capacity set aside for a recovery image." Quoted from the Dell site on my hard drive could that do anything with this problem?

Message Edited by Explicit on 03-03-2007 12:38 AM

Mary G · Answer

Make sure your Folder Options, Advanced is set to show all files and folders, including protected system files and hidden files, as well as all file extensions. Remember that the operating system--including temp files, system restore, hibernation files, etc. takes up a huge portion of the drive before you add programs.

Monguse · Answer

Just where are the setting in Vista to change the view setting? I so far have not found it.

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