Used space?
Sunday, July 20, 2008 by Richard Mohler | Discussion: Personal Computing
Just got new computer & downloaded tree size and it says 22 gb's used. Computer drive c says 227 gb's from 283 gb's which is about 56 or 57 gb's used.. Should I be concerned that the tree size reads about 35 gb's less? I tend to trust it as opposed to what drive c says. Anybody know why the difference?
Wizard1956
Reply #3 Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:29 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:29 PM
I was told by HP that there is a difference in how storage space is measured,yet they are both in bytes.For example,I have a 120Gb HDD.Properties says 103gb on 'c' and 8.37gb on 'd'=111.37 gb or 8.63 "missing" gb's which reflects this difference on my machine.(or at least HP so claims)Could it be I got shorted? I want my 8.63 gigs back! 
Richard Mohler
Reply #4 Friday, July 25, 2008 11:42 AM
Reply #4 Friday, July 25, 2008 11:42 AM
I shut off system restore and did a virus scan and all space returned, thanks..
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Reply #1 Sunday, July 20, 2008 11:28 AM