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Old 11-09-2003, 10:41 PM   #1
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Harddrive question

On my C drive, when I click property on it, it says I used up 6 GBs, but when I check all the folders inside, I only used 3.8 GB, whats the other 2 that I used?
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Old 11-10-2003, 12:34 PM   #2
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If you're using WinXP Home it could be the space is being used up by the swap file and the restore points.

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Old 11-11-2003, 12:26 PM   #3
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Try using treemap software-free. It can show whats taking space. I forgot the link. Saw it on the Screen Savers.
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Mystvearn, i searched for that software on google, and cnet, and i couldn't find it, can you throw us a link? Thanks!
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