Partition size change

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I've been backing up WinXP Home (FAT32), partitions C: & D:, to a secondary
(NTFS) drive using Norton Ghost now for years. On completion I keep a
record of the image split sizes and partition sizes, a portion of this file
is shown below:

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C_nov28h.gho (2,097,145 KB) ghost commands were: ghostall.bat and skip_c.txt
C_nov28h.001 (2,097,140 KB)
C_nov28h.002 (1,419,721 KB)
D_nov28h.gho (2,097,139 KB) ghost commands were: ghostall.bat and skip_d.txt
D_nov28h.001 (2,097,143 KB)
D_nov28h.002 (2,097,122 KB)
D_nov28h.003 (2,097,147 KB)
D_nov28h.004 (2,097,151 KB)
D_nov28h.005 (1,385,768 KB)
28 Nov 2008 C: partition size = 12.30 GB (13,299,220,480 bytes) 12683 mb
28 Nov 2008 D: partition size = 12.40 GB (13,366,214,656 bytes) 12747 mb
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C_dec15h.gho (2,097,145 KB) ghost commands were: ghostall.bat and skip_c.txt
C_dec15h.001 (2,097,127 KB)
C_dec15h.002 (1,479,316 KB)
D_dec15h.gho (2,097,123 KB) ghost commands were: ghostall.bat and skip_d.txt
D_dec15h.001 (2,097,143 KB)
D_dec15h.002 (2,097,122 KB)
D_dec15h.003 (2,097,147 KB)
D_dec15h.004 (2,097,134 KB)
D_dec15h.005 (1,385,817 KB)
15 Dec 2008 C: partition size = 12.50 GB (13,435,273,216 bytes) 12813 mb
15 Dec 2008 D: partition size = 12.40 GB (13,366,263,808 bytes) 12747 mb
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C_jan09h.gho (2,097,135 KB) ghost commands were: ghostall.bat and skip_c.txt
C_jan09h.001 (2,097,149 KB)
C_jan09h.002 (1,346,008 KB)
D_jan09h.gho (2,097,123 KB) ghost commands were: ghostall.bat and skip_d.txt
D_jan09h.001 (2,097,124 KB)
D_jan09h.002 (2,097,130 KB)
D_jan09h.003 (2,097,128 KB)
D_jan09h.004 (2,097,142 KB)
D_jan09h.005 (1,456,690 KB)
09 Jan 2008 C: partition size = 13.20 GB (14,224,424,960 bytes) 13565 mb
09 Jan 2008 D: partition size = 12.50 GB (13,449,871,360 bytes) 12827 mb
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I recently found that C: partition was reporting a size of 13.20 GB even
though I had not installed nor updated anything. I ran a virus scan, chkdsk
etc. nothing. I decided to restored C_dec15h.gho which should have taken it
back to 12.50 GB however C: partition now reports 13.70 GB. I restored
C_nov28h.gho and it now reports 13.50 GB when it should read 12.30 GB.

I thought that it was possibly an issue with Windows Explorer reporting
incorrectly however D: partition is reporting correctly.

The other strange thing is if you compare C: image split sizes from the
previous you'll see that they are relatively close not out by 1.20 GB

Any Ideas ?????
 
I've been backing up WinXP Home (FAT32), partitions C: & D:, to a secondary
(NTFS) drive using Norton Ghost now for years. On completion I keep a
record of the image split sizes and partition sizes, a portion of this file
is shown below:

-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------
C_nov28h.gho    (2,097,145 KB) ghost commands were: ghostall.bat and skip_c.txt
C_nov28h.001    (2,097,140 KB)
C_nov28h.002    (1,419,721 KB)
D_nov28h.gho    (2,097,139 KB) ghost commands were: ghostall.bat and skip_d.txt
D_nov28h.001    (2,097,143 KB)
D_nov28h.002    (2,097,122 KB)
D_nov28h.003    (2,097,147 KB)
D_nov28h.004    (2,097,151 KB)
D_nov28h.005    (1,385,768 KB)
28 Nov 2008     C: partition size = 12.30 GB (13,299,220,480 bytes)12683 mb
28 Nov 2008     D: partition size = 12.40 GB (13,366,214,656 bytes)12747 mb
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-------------------------------------------
C_dec15h.gho    (2,097,145 KB) ghost commands were: ghostall.bat and skip_c.txt
C_dec15h.001    (2,097,127 KB)
C_dec15h.002    (1,479,316 KB)
D_dec15h.gho    (2,097,123 KB) ghost commands were: ghostall.bat and skip_d.txt
D_dec15h.001    (2,097,143 KB)
D_dec15h.002    (2,097,122 KB)
D_dec15h.003    (2,097,147 KB)
D_dec15h.004    (2,097,134 KB)
D_dec15h.005    (1,385,817 KB)
15 Dec 2008     C: partition size = 12.50 GB (13,435,273,216 bytes)12813 mb
15 Dec 2008     D: partition size = 12.40 GB (13,366,263,808 bytes)12747 mb
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-------------------------------------------
C_jan09h.gho    (2,097,135 KB) ghost commands were: ghostall.bat and skip_c.txt
C_jan09h.001    (2,097,149 KB)
C_jan09h.002    (1,346,008 KB)
D_jan09h.gho    (2,097,123 KB) ghost commands were: ghostall.bat and skip_d.txt
D_jan09h.001    (2,097,124 KB)
D_jan09h.002    (2,097,130 KB)
D_jan09h.003    (2,097,128 KB)
D_jan09h.004    (2,097,142 KB)
D_jan09h.005    (1,456,690 KB)
09 Jan 2008     C: partition size = 13.20 GB (14,224,424,960 bytes)13565 mb
09 Jan 2008     D: partition size = 12.50 GB (13,449,871,360 bytes)12827 mb
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-------------------------------------------

I recently found that C: partition was reporting a size of 13.20 GB even
though I had not installed nor updated anything. I ran a virus scan, chkdsk
etc. nothing. I decided to restored C_dec15h.gho which should have taken it
back to 12.50 GB however C: partition now reports 13.70 GB. I restored
C_nov28h.gho and it now reports 13.50 GB when it should read 12.30 GB.

I thought that it was possibly an issue with Windows Explorer reporting
incorrectly however D: partition is reporting correctly.

The other strange thing is if you compare C: image split sizes from the
previous you'll see that they are relatively close not out by 1.20 GB

Any Ideas ?????
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The only thing I can think of that would be that sort of size would be
the page file. I wonder if for some reason this is now being counted
in the totals you report whereas before it wasn't?

No idea why though...

Alister
 
Alister said:
The only thing I can think of that would be that sort of size would be
the page file. I wonder if for some reason this is now being counted
in the totals you report whereas before it wasn't?

No idea why though...

Alister
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Thanks for the thought Alister, I'll check into the pagefile.

Brad
 
You have reported that you chkdsk already.

Did you chkdsk /f or /r or both?

Start -> Run -> cmd -> chkdk c: /f /r
 
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