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re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 9:07 am
Posted by Chip
(3 messages posted)
I have a similar problem with Windows XP system. I have a 80GB computer. My computer
is telling me I have only 1 GB available, which I know is impossible. Does anybody
know how to proceed? The techs at Dell said I have to erase the whole hard drive
and start over. Hoping for an easier solution.
On Thursday, August 15, 2002 at 8:10 pm, Tiago wrote:
>I have a question about Explorer
>is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug): I have
>that problem but on XP and on NTFS file system. For exemple i have an 55Gb for work
>41.6Gb is used space and XP reports that i have only 4.96Gb of free disk space,
and
>this happen on my system drive too. I canīt understand whatīs wrong when 41.6Gb+4.96Gb
>isnīt 55Gb thereīs a gap here.
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Friday, July 11, 2003 at 5:42 pm
Posted by john roche
(1 messages posted)
I've had a similar problem .I
ve racked my brains by trying different approaches using file restoration programs.
but none helped. This is my guess and it sort of worked for me. your sstem automatically
creates restore points every so often. you may have to turn system restore off and
delete al lthe points. the other option i to reduce the amount of storage for restore
points. hope this helps. by the way this is for windows xp only.
other os's could have other problems
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re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Saturday, August 30, 2003 at 4:54 pm
Posted by Honn
(102 messages posted)
ur soultion(minizing da size availabe for resotre points or shutting it off)doesnt
fix da problem.still it says a free disk space less dan da actual.plz tell me if
u know a solution for this problem.
On Friday, July 11, 2003 at 5:42 pm, john roche wrote:
>I've had a similar problem .I
>ve racked my brains by trying different approaches using file restoration programs.
>but none helped. This is my guess and it sort of worked for me. your sstem automatically
>creates restore points every so often. you may have to turn system restore off and
>delete al lthe points. the other option i to reduce the amount of storage for restore
>points. hope this helps. by the way this is for windows xp only.
>other os's could have other problems
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re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 2:38 pm
Posted by Glen
(1 messages posted)
Files in a file system take up more space than their size. If you have 1 million
2 byte files, they will consume 512 million bytes of disk. (or some such number,
I think it differs based on several factors (OS, size of drive, type of file system,
etc)).
Glen
On Thursday, August 15, 2002 at 8:10 pm, Tiago wrote:
>I have a question about Explorer
>is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug): I have
>that problem but on XP and on NTFS file system. For exemple i have an 55Gb for work
>41.6Gb is used space and XP reports that i have only 4.96Gb of free disk space,
and
>this happen on my system drive too. I canīt understand whatīs wrong when 41.6Gb+4.96Gb
>isnīt 55Gb thereīs a gap here.
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Wednesday, October 8, 2003 at 11:54 am
Posted by Mohammad
(2 messages posted)
hi dudes, Same thing happend to me- well after alot of 'beating the head on the keyboard',
the issue turned out to be NORTON ANTI VIRUS's Recycle Bin addon- just click "Empty
Norton Protected Files" (right click on the Recycle bin icon) and the truth should
set u free :D Hope this helps Cheers Mohammad
On Thursday, August 15, 2002 at 8:10 pm, Tiago wrote:
>I have a question about Explorer
>is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug): I have
>that problem but on XP and on NTFS file system. For exemple i have an 55Gb for work
>41.6Gb is used space and XP reports that i have only 4.96Gb of free disk space,
and
>this happen on my system drive too. I canīt understand whatīs wrong when 41.6Gb+4.96Gb
>isnīt 55Gb thereīs a gap here.
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Monday, December 1, 2003 at 11:45 am
Posted by Christopher
(1 messages posted)
OMG, THANK YOU! I have a 250gb HD and only 80gb of stuff on it, and it was showing
3gb free. It's now back to showing the correct amount after emptying that pos trash
protector. Thank you!!!!
On Wednesday, October 8, 2003 at 11:54 am, Mohammad wrote:
>hi dudes, Same thing happend to me- well after alot of 'beating the head on the
keyboard',
>the issue turned out to be NORTON ANTI VIRUS's Recycle Bin addon- just click "Empty
>Norton Protected Files" (right click on the Recycle bin icon) and the truth should
>set u free :D Hope this helps Cheers Mohammad
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Sunday, February 8, 2004 at 1:25 am
Posted by Matias Autio
(1 messages posted)
Thank you sooo MUCH!! :DD I fighted two hours trying to find out the problem but
this finally solved it! Thanks again! :)
On Wednesday, October 8, 2003 at 11:54 am, Mohammad wrote:
>hi dudes, Same thing happend to me- well after alot of 'beating the head on the
keyboard',
>the issue turned out to be NORTON ANTI VIRUS's Recycle Bin addon- just click "Empty
>Norton Protected Files" (right click on the Recycle bin icon) and the truth should
>set u free :D Hope this helps Cheers Mohammad
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Sunday, February 29, 2004 at 2:04 pm
Posted by Sue
(1 messages posted)
Mohammad
Thanks for that, you have saved me a lot of stress!!
On Wednesday, October 8, 2003 at 11:54 am, Mohammad wrote:
>hi dudes, Same thing happend to me- well after alot of 'beating the head on the
keyboard',
>the issue turned out to be NORTON ANTI VIRUS's Recycle Bin addon- just click "Empty
>Norton Protected Files" (right click on the Recycle bin icon) and the truth should
>set u free :D Hope this helps Cheers Mohammad
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Thursday, January 13, 2005 at 8:08 pm
Posted by J-Dog
(1 messages posted)
THANKS Mohammad.. I had the same problem this really helps.. it's been pissing me
off.
J-Dog.
www.ArizonaPUA.com
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Wednesday, October 8, 2003 at 11:54 am
Posted by Mohammad (2 messages posted) hi dudes,
Same thing happend to me- well after alot of 'beating the head on the keyboard',
the issue turned out to be NORTON ANTI VIRUS's Recycle Bin addon- just click "Empty
Norton Protected Files" (right click on the Recycle bin icon) and the truth should
set u free :D Hope this helps Cheers Mohammad
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