Mysterious file taking up all HD space

[Nick]

Hey guys, well I have a problem. There is something
taking up 6GB of space on my C drive. I've checked over
every file in the damn thing and cannot find the problem.
Anyone else have the same problem or know How to fix it?
Thanks

 

[Paul]

Duh, How about System Restore?
It grabs 10% of the drive space, by default. It puts all the files for each
restore point into hidden folders inside the "System Volume Information" folder.
The more restore points, the more data that gets put into this folder.

Also, if you have not informed Explorer to "Show hidden files and folders", then
you won't be able to track down where any of these hidden files are located.

Paul

 

[Steve]

-----Original Message-----
Hey guys, well I have a problem. There is something
taking up 6GB of space on my C drive. I've checked over
every file in the damn thing and cannot find the problem.
Anyone else have the same problem or know How to fix it?
Thanks
.
What is the name of the file?

 

[Paul]

"Ted" <"""""""""""""""> wrote in message

Also, if you have not informed Explorer to "Show hidden files and folders", then
you won't be able to track down where any of these hidden files are located.

You stupid ****ing pillock! If you unhide somehthing, it then shoud be visible!

Ted,

I don't know how your response is supposed to be of any help to Nick.

Many people do not realize the Windows, by default, does not display hidden
files when you try and find them (either with the search feature or by
navigating to the location they should be in using Explorer). I was simply
trying to make sure that Nick was aware of this fact since he did not convey his
level of Windows knowledge in his original post.

Some people come to these NG's for help. Others come to offer help. Others, I
guess come to spread insults and curse. Which one are you, Ted?

Paul

 

[Ted]

"Ted" <"""""""""""""""> wrote in message

Which one are you, Ted?

I am one who will point out total ****wittery, which you have shown on your part, you pillock. If you unhide something (as you clearly stated to the OP), then it would be visible. The fact that you didn't elaborate on what to unhide in this particular scenario, is your ****witted post of advice, and your problem!

 

[Paul]

"Ted" <"""""""""""""""> wrote in message

"Ted" <"""""""""""""""> wrote in message

visible!



I am one who will point out total ****wittery, which you have shown on your

part, you pillock. If you unhide something (as you clearly stated >to the OP),
then it would be visible. The fact that you didn't elaborate on what to unhide
in this particular scenario, is your ****witted post of >advice, and your
problem!

Yep, you definitely are leaning towards the last type.

Nick was trying to find out information on where 6 GB could have gone. I was
trying to point out where one good source of "apparent" lost space is
located--System Restore.

The other point I was trying to make is that Windows Explorer doesn't display
files with the hidden flag set with the default settings. Some people are not
aware that there are files that can be hidden.

It is obvious that if the option to "Show hidden files and folders" is enabled
then those files will be visible.

It does not matter what files you are talking about, pagefile.sys, hiber.sys,
any restore point information. If the option to "Show hidden files or folders"
is not enabled, you won't see them, so how would you be able to find these files
in order to know if they are safe to get rid of (this is what it sounded like
Nick was after since he has noticed so much space is unaccounted for).

There is no "elaboration" needed as to what files to "unhide". They are either
all hidden or all visible. Of course with XP, if a user does not have
permission to a particular folder, then they still will not know how much space
might be occupied by that folder. I don't think that this is Nick's problem
though since most likely has administrator privileges on his computer.

Paul

 

[Ted]

clueless, and nutless sewage!

"Ted" <"""""""""""""""> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

an attempt to point out, in the simplest of means, that Paul is utterly ****ing gormless.

I guess come to spread insults and curse realistic descriptions of me.
part, you pillock. If you unhide something (as you clearly stated >to the OP),
then it would be visible. The fact that you didn't elaborate on what to unhide
in this particular scenario, is your ****witted post of >advice, and your
problem!

Yep, you definitely are leaning towards the last type.

Nick was trying to find out information on where 6 GB could have gone. I was
trying to point out where one good source of "apparent" lost space is
located--System Restore.

The other point I was trying to make is that Windows Explorer doesn't display
files with the hidden flag set with the default settings. Some people are not
aware that there are files that can be hidden.

It is obvious that if the option to "Show hidden files and folders" is enabled
then those files will be visible.

It does not matter what files you are talking about, pagefile.sys, hiber.sys,
any restore point information. If the option to "Show hidden files or folders"
is not enabled, you won't see them, so how would you be able to find these files
in order to know if they are safe to get rid of (this is what it sounded like
Nick was after since he has noticed so much space is unaccounted for).

There is no "elaboration" needed as to what files to "unhide". They are either
all hidden or all visible. Of course with XP, if a user does not have
permission to a particular folder, then they still will not know how much space
might be occupied by that folder. I don't think that this is Nick's problem
though since most likely has administrator privileges on his computer.

You stupid pillocking, arsed ****ed, bint-minded brain stem!

You inititally stated,

Also, if you have not informed Explorer to "Show hidden files and folders", then
you won't be able to track down where any of these hidden files are located.

Of course you were first referencing the SVI folder, which will not be seen by simply unchecking the box in Folder Options, "Show Hidden Files and Folders", because it is a system protected folder, you ****minded cockeyed bed stain! One also has to uncheck the box "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)", to be able to view the SVI (as one particular protected such file).

So now, you can go **** yourself with a rusty sabre!

 

[falcon]

In Ted's family, they all live in one room, and inbreed!
The fact that Ted has a 2nd male sexual organ growing
between his shoulders is evidence of this (-:

 

[Paul]

-- snip --

You inititally stated,


Of course you were first referencing the SVI folder, which will not be seen by

simply unchecking the box in Folder Options, "Show Hidden >Files and Folders",
because it is a system protected folder, you ****minded cockeyed bed stain! One
also has to uncheck the box "Hide >protected operating system files
(recommended)", to be able to view the SVI (as one particular protected such
file).-- snip --


Ted,

You still have not approached this from a helpful perspective.

Yes, you finally added the other piece of the puzzle to let Nick see ALL the
hidden files. Once Nick went into turn on the option to "Show hidden files and
folders" he would have seen the "Hide protected operating system files
(recommended)" two lines below. This could have been a learning adventure for
him to find out more about his operating system. Instead you have shown how
poorly some people in this world behave by throwing insults and curses instead
offer constructive assistance.

I have some young grandchildren who behave more mature and responsible than you
have shown yourself to be in this message thread.

Paul

 

[Ron Martell]

Hey guys, well I have a problem. There is something
taking up 6GB of space on my C drive. I've checked over
every file in the damn thing and cannot find the problem.
Anyone else have the same problem or know How to fix it?
Thanks

What tells you that something is taking up 6 gb of your hard drive
space?

If you have a very large hard drive then this could simply be the
difference in how drive capacity is measured.

Hard drive manufacturers rate their drive capacity in decimal
gigabytes - one billion bytes.

Windows reports all values in binary terms, including file and drive
sizes. A binary gigabyte is 2^30 or 1,073,741,824 bytes.

Therefore an 80 gb drive will be reported by Windows as just over 74
gb.

Hope this is of some assistance.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

 

[Paul]

Wow Falcon, how many hours did it take you to come up with that. And no,
sorry, not all families are as ****ed up as yours.