major missing hard drive space issue

ziplock122949 · 09-05-2007, 05:40 PM

I have a laptop computer running vista ultimate 64 bit. When you go to my computer and look at the c drive it says the total space of it is 104 gb (8gb are partitioned making it a 120Gb hdd). It also says that 92gb are used on the c drive. When you go into the c drive and select all the folders it gives a value of 42gb used which gives 50gb unaccounted for. I have gone through the steps to gain access to the system volume folder. I used windirstat and it shows 42gb used and 50gb as unknown. I think windirstat looks at the sizes given then measures all the files and folders so it sees 50gb unaccounted for. I have run a pcpitstop report on the computer and the hdd score was god awful (single digits). It always seems like the hdd is going since the installation of Adobe Lightroom. I have another computer with pictures on it that it sync/indexes with when i connect them over the network once and awhile but that is not often. I have also gone through the system restore cleaner already. Any ideas on what could be grabbing 50gb?

heyman421 · 09-05-2007, 06:04 PM

it's a huge paging file

probably a good reason not to run 64-bit vista with such a small hard drive

ziplock122949 · 09-05-2007, 06:29 PM

the paging file is 4gb, i can see that in windirstat

ziplock122949 · 09-05-2007, 09:44 PM

There is no backup going on I have gone and disabled the system restore and cleaned the restore out. 50gb still unaccounted for. On another site someone suggested a rootkit scanner but I would need one that works on vista 64bit, know of any?

09-05-2007, 05:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
ziplock122949 New Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3	major missing hard drive space issue I have a laptop computer running vista ultimate 64 bit. When you go to my computer and look at the c drive it says the total space of it is 104 gb (8gb are partitioned making it a 120Gb hdd). It also says that 92gb are used on the c drive. When you go into the c drive and select all the folders it gives a value of 42gb used which gives 50gb unaccounted for. I have gone through the steps to gain access to the system volume folder. I used windirstat and it shows 42gb used and 50gb as unknown. I think windirstat looks at the sizes given then measures all the files and folders so it sees 50gb unaccounted for. I have run a pcpitstop report on the computer and the hdd score was god awful (single digits). It always seems like the hdd is going since the installation of Adobe Lightroom. I have another computer with pictures on it that it sync/indexes with when i connect them over the network once and awhile but that is not often. I have also gone through the system restore cleaner already. Any ideas on what could be grabbing 50gb?

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09-05-2007, 06:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	it's a huge paging file probably a good reason not to run 64-bit vista with such a small hard drive

09-05-2007, 06:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
ziplock122949 New Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3	the paging file is 4gb, i can see that in windirstat

09-05-2007, 09:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
ziplock122949 New Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3	There is no backup going on I have gone and disabled the system restore and cleaned the restore out. 50gb still unaccounted for. On another site someone suggested a rootkit scanner but I would need one that works on vista 64bit, know of any?