jazzy639 Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 I used to have about 30GB of free space on my Hard Disk. Then since I have tried to extract the img file I only have 19.4GB left. While it was extracting (using WinRar) I could see the space going down: 30GB, 29.9GB, 29.8GB, etc. Maybe this was caused using the DD command in Windows but I definately got the PhysicalDrive number right. So when I go into C: and select all the files and folders and click on properties, It says they total 85.2GB, My HDD is 120GB (114GB after NTFS) so I should have 28.8GB left, but it says only 19.4GB left when I right click on the C drive and click properties! Any ideas? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakaru Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 I used to have about 30GB of free space on my Hard Disk. Then since I have tried to extract the img file I only have 19.4GB left. While it was extracting (using WinRar) I could see the space going down: 30GB, 29.9GB, 29.8GB, etc. Maybe this was caused using the DD command in Windows but I definately got the PhysicalDrive number right. So when I go into C: and select all the files and folders and click on properties, It says they total 85.2GB, My HDD is 120GB (114GB after NTFS) so I should have 28.8GB left, but it says only 19.4GB left when I right click on the C drive and click properties! Any ideas? Thanks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 1st. One post per topic is more than enough 2nd. How big is the image file? Did you get the 6gb one or a larger one? And if this is happening, why dont you use another method that dosent invole images? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzy639 Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 After I extracted tiger-x86.tar.bz2, I got a folder which contained a 2.14GB image file. Do you know whats causing the HDD space to go down? I think it is when I extract the file with WinRar. Does WinRar take up temporary space? I have restarted and still no success! Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mythos Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 After I extracted tiger-x86.tar.bz2, I got a folder which contained a 2.14GB image file. Do you know whats causing the HDD space to go down? I think it is when I extract the file with WinRar. Does WinRar take up temporary space? I have restarted and still no success! Thanks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I hope yo uwere smart enough to turn on "show hidden files" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzy639 Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 Yes I was. The HDD space was going down, I had the mouse over C: and it was going down 30GB, 29.9GB ... 25.3GB, etc. So do you knwo what is taking up this space? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohde Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Just wanna say that WinRAR didn't do any such thing on my system. It sure seems strange. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzy639 Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 Yeh, Im hoping I dont have to format! Please, anyone else with any ideas? BTW, my extracted tiger-x86-flat.img file was 2.14GB. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythos Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Yes I was. The HDD space was going down, I had the mouse over C: and it was going down 30GB, 29.9GB ... 25.3GB, etc. So do you knwo what is taking up this space? Thanks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Were you DOWNLOADING anything with say, BitComet, or was Windows downloading any updates? Do Disk Cleanup in system tools, you'll find ooldes of {censored}. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzy639 Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 Disk Cleanup does nothing and I wasn't downloading anything. I now only have the 19.4GB left but It shows I am only using 85.2GB, I am missing space! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohde Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Yeh, Im hoping I dont have to format! Please, anyone else with any ideas? BTW, my extracted tiger-x86-flat.img file was 2.14GB. Thanks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My archive extracted to a folder with various files in it worth 6.443.544.334 bytes, the tiger-x86-flat.img in that folder is 6.441.910.272 bytes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzy639 Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 Well, ATM I am using another Extracting utility and it has extracted the bz2 file to a 2.14GB tar file and it is now decompressing the tar file so I await the result but I am still loosing space on my main HDD! Anyone with any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzy639 Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 It has just finished and said Error: CRC Header So is my downloaded file corrupted? Any updates on the missing HDD space? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythos Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 omg. I feel sorry for you. Delete and re-download. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzy639 Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 Well, I am redownloading, luckily Its downloading at 160KB/s. Any ideas on the HDD missing space? Could it be something to do with System Restore? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzy639 Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 Ok, there must be something wrong here. It was showing 19.4GB left, then it went down to 19GB and now its up to 20GB??????? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 It's your swap file. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzy639 Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 How do I delete the swap file as it is over 10GB? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-4767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JE Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 How do I delete the swap file as it is over 10GB? Thanks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If you use Norton Antivirus it has a nasty habit of keeping around files deleted. Nice incase a virus has a go at your system, annoying when you delete files often, example, temp files from extracting. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-5026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetta VR6 6Spd Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 You can limit the size of the swap file. But I wouldn't advise deleting it. Removing the swap file completely is only acceptable on machines with an abundance of RAM (1GB min, 2GB+ rec), and no programs that require a swap file (eg. games). NOTE: You will have to reboot when you are done, so don't try this while in the middle of something. Heres how (but be careful): Right click on "My Computer" click properties click the "Advanced" tab in the "Perfomance" block click "Settings" click the "Advanced" tab in the "Virtual Memory" block click "Change" Now that you are here, if you don't understand what this is, you should think twice about playing with it. Usually the swap file is on the same partition as the windows install. In the "Paging file size for the selected drive" block it shows your current swap file info. If "System Managed Size" is selected, Select "Custom." Set the "Initial Size" to twice the amount of physical RAM you have. (ie. if you have 512MB of RAM, set it to 1024) This is usually acceptable for anyone with less than 1GB of RAM. Set the "Maximum Size" to something close to 3 times the amount of Physical RAM you have. click the "Set" button click the "OK" button 3 times to exit out completely. A window may pop tell you to reboot. Reboot whenever it tells you if it comes before you exit out completely. If you have any questions let me know. In the other case that this is already restricted to a specific size, you're gonna have to figure out what is eating your HDD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-5129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzy639 Posted August 22, 2005 Author Share Posted August 22, 2005 I know how to do all of that. Please read the start of this post. While Extrracting with WinRAR, I lost 10GB of space. 10GB more sapce os said to be used in the properties of C: but when I select all my files, I am 10GB less. There is a pic to show this. So, how do I get back my missing 10GB? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/775-hard-drive-free-space-gone/#findComment-5313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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