Vista Backup Folder Sizes?

[Steve Mavronis]

My external 500gb drive is being used for both Vista File Backup and Complete PC Backup. It says I now have only 70gb free on the drive? I'm puzzled on the disk usage. My file backups go into a folder under the PC-Name folder called Backup Set 2007-08-05 230745 but the folder properties says it has 0 bytes usage in 33 folders. I've been doing a scheduled file backup once a week since August 5, 2007. Now my Complete PC Backup is under WindowsImageBackup\PC-Name\Backup 2008-01-03 052342 and the folder properties says it is using 91gb with 10 files inside. There are no other Backup folders under WindowsImageBackup, just a Catalog folder taking 24kb of space. I'm wondering where the remaining used space is at? I tried changing folder view options to show hidden and system folders but they don't account for the missing space. I wanted to delete a bunch of the old File Backups to make room for more Complete Backups. I'm getting an error when trying to start a Complete PC Backup saying there is not enough space on the drive? The File Backup still works.

 

[Steve Mavronis]

Update - I was able to see the folder sizes when I changed my folder view settings to show hidden files. So I ended up deleting all of my 2007 File Backup folders to recover some space. Then I was able to make another Complete PC Backup image. I guess I should change the File Backup schedule from once a week to more like once a month, so it doesn't fill the backup drive so fast, or just delete the oldest group of File Backup folders.