re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 3:30 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Daktari
(1 messages posted)
I've been having this problem since copying my winxp FAT32 boot partition (under
Linux, using dd) to a new drive in order to gain some space. When I booted up, even
though I have 5GB more in the partition, the free space was the same as before.
Even merging the partition with free space behind it using Partition Magic 8.0 didn't
help.
Under Linux, found that XP was filling up the disk to reduce the amount of free space
down to the previously set amount. The files are hidden files in \winnt with names
consisting of a single letter, a through z, or sometimes a single digit.
Deleting these files and rebooting back to XP didn't help, the files were recreated
on boot, and couldn't be deleted. So under Linux again, I deleted those files, and
created new directories and loaded them up with data from other drives so I could
delete subdirectories under XP when I needed more space.
This is a PITA workaround, but occasionally googling may eventually lead to a more
permanent solution. It's easier than re-installing XP and having to reinstall all
of my applications (dozens, at least).
I'll see if cleaning up system restore helps, but I'm doubtful.
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