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Lost drive space in Windows XP
The issue I am dealing with is a user of mine has a new Lenovo laptop with 100 GB hard drive. We have Windows XP Pro SP2 on it, and VMWare Workstation running on it. He installed a VMWare image from a software vendor that used up over 35 GB of space. He corrupted the VMWare image somehow, and decided to delete the root directory where the image was. Of course, being the size it was, it proceeded to permanently delete the entire folder - which is what we wanted. Anyway, the folder is gone, the space is still not available. I have checked sizes on all folders (yes, even the recycle bin) and made sure I was not hiding any system files. The total of the space being used is no where near the drive capacity, and does not add up - there is 35 GB missing still. I have know idea what to do at this point, and would prefer to resolve with a drive tool rather than re-formatting and reinstalling. I appreciate all assistance!
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Goto my computer and right mouse click on the offending drive... goto 'Tools' and click 'Check now' under Error checking. This will check the file system for errors (I think its the Windows XP version of Scandisk). This is where most incorrect drive space issues are fixed.
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So far, I have ran chkdsk completely, change the disc from basic to dynamic, and attempted to use EXT2 (I was not able to - it would not detect a partition). So far, no luck....any more ideas?
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Can you respond to my suggestion?
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Yes...I turned off System Restore...still no difference.
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The visual tool actual helped a lot...I was able to see something hidden I thought I had seen....RRBACKUPS. I reboot in Safe Mode and change from Ready Only...then deleted the contents. Thanks!
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Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.
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