My haddrive is full for some reason?

Question

Hey, i have nothing on this hard drive, but for some reason there is no space left.

Does anyone know a solution?

Thanks

I have a few files on it which only has like 45 KB ..

Answer 1

if you are runing on Windows XP or 200 enviornment,

Click on Tools >> Folder Option

and then select View

Then click on 'Show Hidden files and folders' and unmark 'Hide protected operating system files'

Then open your c: drive and there is a folder named 'System Volume Information'

Set Everyone access to that folder and then delete the files on that folder.

Answer 2

You wouldn't happen to be using an HP system would you? One thought... if you are, is that you might be looking at an error message that refers to the D: partition. This partition is where your Recovery image is stored.

It's not an actual drive, but the image that HP made of your software in the factory. They placed that image on a partition on the hard drive so that if something ever goes wrong with your system, you can reinstall from image instead of via CD's.

Sometimes this partition will show an error that states that "Disk space is low on Recovery Drive". It has nothing to do with your hard drive itself, but with that partition on the drive.

One reason it might be showing an error is that you might have accidentally turned of the "recguard" process from running at start up. Make sure it's still turned on. Just go into MSConfig and check it out.

You should also make sure that you have created your CD/DVD backup of your Recovery Drive.

Of course, this is all relevant if you have an HP... if not... I'm way out to lunch :o)

Hope something here was helpful.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

To free space you need to delete some files.

Uninstall any software you dont use

go through old emails and sort them by size. delete any with large file attachments that you no longer need.

do a search for files with the attribute > 5 meg

sort the results by size

delete any files from the list that you are abosutely certain you dont need (alternatively, if you are unsure, back them up to a dvd first)

Once you've done all this defrag the hard disk

once you've done that do a scan for errors.

Answer 4

the only thing I can suggest is that you have a hidden file. Try (if you can use windows) going to the control panel and find the folder options menu then turn on hidden files and see if you can find the file. If you can't see the file then try turning on system files and looking again but you will want to turn it back off because you can really mess up your system if you delete anything.

Answer 5

It's good idea to use disk clean up and clean your internet cache and things of that nature. I also use a program called file shredder and ccleaner to shred the free disk space. Just because you uninstall or delete something doesn't make it gone. These programs are free and they do make sure that uninstalled and deleted things are gone and free space freed up.

Answer 6

then u have stuff on it. if it is "truely" empty, then the drive is not being read properly by windows.