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So i defragged my computer today using the windows defragger..i went from having over 3/4 of my disk space free to less than half
![]() I have run disk cleaner several times and deleted the shadow copies..any help? Have no idea what to do and would like my harddrive space back ![]() Thanks. |
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This is a very common complaint after defragmenting a hard disk. I have seen this complaint more often among Vista users, but it can happen to any version.
As JohnnyDollar asked it would be helpful to know your version of Windows, and the physical size of your hard disk so we know how much space has actually been used. I am going to bet that it is still an issue with some roughneck shadow copy taking your disk space for a joy ride. Sometimes they just don't want to go away.
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I am on vista home basic, i dont think i have any service packs installed.
I have 74.5GB space, and last night it went from taking up 22gb to 38.. This appears to have gone down randomly overnight, but still isnt back to the 24gig it was. Thanks for the help ![]() It was 4am when i posted, seems i was a lil inaccurate with the fractions hehe Last edited by Meeow; 26. Jan 2010 at 04:27 PM. Reason: wrong number :) |
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I'll do a search later and see if I can just give you a link to page(s) describing what you need to do. Last edited by JohnnyDollar; 28. Jan 2010 at 05:22 PM. |
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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Windows\system32>vssadmin list shadowstorage vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool (C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp. Shadow Copy Storage association For volume: (C ![]() Shadow Copy Storage volume: (C ![]() 63}\ Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 990.438 MB Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.172 GB Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 11.179 GB C:\Windows\system32> ..that what you were looking for? unless im wrong it looks like it iisnt that ![]() thanks ![]() have been running disk cleanup a lot, the space seems to be slowly going back down.. |
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