Space Disappears

[ankit_511]

I have a Samsung 40 GB HD. Partitioned into 18.6 & 18.6 GB. In Both Partions I selected all the files (including hidden and system) but there is a space loss in both. :(

In C drive

Total 18.6 GB
Used 5.64 GB
Used (according
to Windows) 13.2 GB

LOST 8 GB

In D drive

Total 18.6 GB
Used 1.90 GB
Used (according
to Windows) 3.77 GB

LOST 2 GB

Is there any way I can recover this space. Both are in NTFS format. I use Windows XP.Only recently have I spotted this .Is this a virus? Should I format the drive? Can any one help??? :?:

[mail2and]

Are you using page files? Usually when you use "paging", windows reserves some space... to know the amount of disk space reserved for paging files.... go to

My Computer | Properties | Advanced | In "Performance" select Settings | Advanced | In 'Virtual memory' select 'Change'

[hitesh_hg]

you can follow the link...

http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16885

alternately my post is repeated here

the space has probably been taken up by
1. swap file (pagefile.sys)
2. Old System restore Files
3. Old chkdsk files
4. and if you have hibernate option enabled ..then it used some space too (hiberfil.sys)

To create space ...
1. you can move swap file elswhere on your HDD
2. Disable system restore or delete old restore points..
3. run disk cleanup to remove temp files and old chkdsk files.
4. disable hibernate option and delete the above file(hiberfil.sys) manually if it is not automatically deleted..

Hope your querry is solved..

Hitesh Gupta

[thecyclone2k]

Well, dunno how but, I was getting extra 40gb once including to 40 original 40gb hdds. Some bad cluster prob. I've discarded it.