simple hard drive question :)
Saturday, November 29, 2003 by Z06Leonhart | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I have a 40gb hard drive, Ive only use about 2gb when when I select all the folders and check their the size. But then I click on my hd and it show that Ive used over 5 gb already. I really dont know where the 3 gb went. Can someone tell me, and sorry for my poor english(please correct me).
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Z06Leonhart
Reply #2 Saturday, November 29, 2003 12:50 AM
Reply #2 Saturday, November 29, 2003 12:50 AM
well where could the hidden files be? how could I delete or see it?
EventHorizon
Reply #3 Saturday, November 29, 2003 12:57 AM
Reply #3 Saturday, November 29, 2003 12:57 AM
Could part of it could be the pagefile...?
Z06Leonhart
Reply #4 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:02 AM
what's pagefile?
Reply #4 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:02 AM
| Could part of it could be the pagefile...? |
what's pagefile?
EventHorizon
Reply #5 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:23 AM
Reply #5 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:23 AM
aka Virtual memory... When your computer uses harddrive space as RAM. (Usually happens when progs call for more memory than your comp has) 
Z06Leonhart
Reply #6 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:26 AM
Reply #6 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:26 AM
how can I delete these files? I don't think I need it, I have 512mb of DDR RAM
yrag
Reply #7 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:36 AM
Reply #7 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:36 AM
You can change the size in Control Panel/System/Advanced/Performance/Settings/Advanced/Virtual Memory....I do not recommend you change it since you know nothing about it and I certainly don't recommend to anyone that they disable 'Pagefile'
EventHorizon
Reply #8 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:36 AM
Reply #8 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:36 AM
Its in...Control Panel>System>Advanced tab>Settings button (under performance)>Advanced tab (look at the bottom).
But, Id get someone more knowlegeable in this subject (Like IPlural or Yrag) before you go messin around in there...
But, Id get someone more knowlegeable in this subject (Like IPlural or Yrag) before you go messin around in there...
EventHorizon
Reply #12 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:43 AM
Reply #12 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:43 AM
I dunno, never tried...Proabaly slow down your system at best...cause it to crash at worst... I dont reccommend it.
Z06Leonhart
Reply #13 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:44 AM
Reply #13 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:44 AM
but that's only less than a gb where can the other 2 gb went? hidden file? how can I view it?
EventHorizon
Reply #14 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:48 AM
Reply #14 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:48 AM
Well, if im not mistaken, (could easily be) most Harddrives capacity is lower than what the label says, regardless of which OS you are running/if you run one at all.
EventHorizon
Reply #15 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:50 AM
Reply #15 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:50 AM
For example...My HDD is 30gb, but it only shows 26.4 GB
yrag
Reply #16 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:50 AM
Reply #16 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:50 AM
OK....with XP it makes no difference in Pagefile size since it will only use it when no actual memory is available...thus it neither adds nor detracts from your overall system performance. A setting of one and half your memory size is the usual accepted size. Unless your hard drive is thrashing about all the time then you're fine....
If you set it too low and you run out memory and then run out of Virtual Memory...your puter is done.
BTW: 512 is not a lot of memory in an XP machine......
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If you set it too low and you run out memory and then run out of Virtual Memory...your puter is done.
BTW: 512 is not a lot of memory in an XP machine......
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yrag
Reply #17 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:55 AM
Reply #17 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:55 AM
Install 'DriveScan' in SDC, run the app and it will tell you what's where.
EventHorizon
Reply #18 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:59 AM
Reply #18 Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:59 AM
Yrag..I have my old laptop on 128 with XP home...Man is it Sloooooow, but it gets the job done...(kinda)
Even the one Im on now only has 256...no problems there.
Even the one Im on now only has 256...no problems there.
Z06Leonhart
Reply #19 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:03 AM
My HD shows only 37.2gb for total size and 31.9gb for free space
Thanks Yrag, i will try it
Reply #19 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:03 AM
| Well, if im not mistaken, (could easily be) most Harddrives capacity is lower than what the label says, regardless of which OS you are running/if you run one at all. |
My HD shows only 37.2gb for total size and 31.9gb for free space
Thanks Yrag, i will try it
EventHorizon
Reply #20 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:05 AM
Reply #20 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:05 AM
Ya, 40GB is what the label says, but you only get 37.2.
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Reply #1 Saturday, November 29, 2003 12:26 AM