anybody know what's the deal here? i know cluster size will lead to wasted space, but i usually see that around 20% or less. this is around 50%. i defragged and it didn't change much. i'm stumped

9/10/2005 5:12:35 PM

You've got indexing turned on, which takes a chunk. How about System Restore?

9/10/2005 5:17:21 PM

you got too much crap in your non-"Documents and Settings" folder

9/10/2005 5:23:14 PM

i already turned indexing off, it didn't make much difference. sys restore already turned off too

.08 GB Docs
.98 GB program files
1.68 GB windows

[Edited on September 10, 2005 at 5:32 PM. Reason : indiv]

9/10/2005 5:29:39 PM

That is just Documents and Settings.

Windows itself is quite large, not to mention "Program Files" which can be a few GB easily.

9/10/2005 5:30:27 PM

it's not just doc&set. it's hard to see in the image, but all three are highlighted. and in the window, it says "Documents & Settings, ..."

9/10/2005 5:33:24 PM

maybe hidden/system folders not included

9/10/2005 5:39:41 PM

i've got folder options to show hidden/sys

9/10/2005 5:42:36 PM

Quote :

" i know cluster size will lead to wasted space"

The "Size on disk" is the space the files are using once adjusted for the cluster size.

9/10/2005 6:03:09 PM

not only should you show hidden files/folders, you need to uncheck "hide extensions for known file types" and "Hide protected operating system files" then you will see the rest of it. Probably the biggest being pagefile.sys from your virtual memory allocation.

[Edited on September 10, 2005 at 8:33 PM. Reason : .]

9/10/2005 8:32:29 PM

we have a winner, it was the protected operating system files. if only i had had to scroll to get to the hidden files option, i would have seen the OS files option too and spared myself this confusion.

thank you sir

9/10/2005 8:52:56 PM

delete Documents and Settings, Windows, and Program Files

that should free up a lot of space

9/11/2005 3:44:35 AM