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mada
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my hard drive says that I've used 1.6 GB, when I only have 160 MB worth of data?
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webstop
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What are you using to read the free space data? Are you seeing all files and folders, including hidden files, swap file, recycle bin file, temp files? Have your box crashed lately? There could be a number of reasons, including known FAT32 space bug. Try to run Scandisk and see what it reports to you.
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webstop
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And one more, if you are running XP, do you have system restore on? When set to "max" it can easily take up to 1 gb.
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mada
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webstop said:What are you using to read the free space data? Are you seeing all files and folders, including hidden files, swap file, recycle bin file, temp files? Have your box crashed lately? There could be a number of reasons, including known FAT32 space bug. Try to run Scandisk and see what it reports to you.
When I click on the drive under My Computer it tells me the amout of used space and free space. I can see all the hidden files and folders. This is my Audio drive, so there are no windows files on it. By Scandisk, do you mean Error Checking? I use Win2000, so it might be the same thing, just a different name. I ran Error Checking and it didn't detect anything.
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mada
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OK, so I've figured out why I have so much data on my Audio drive. Windows has stored the virtual memory (pagefile.sys) on that drive. So my new question is, should the virtual memory be stored on the recording drive, or on the drive that has Windows? FYI, I have a dual boot system with 2 version of Win2000. Does each version need its own virtual memory file or can they share?
OK, so I've figured out why I have so much data on my Audio drive. Windows has stored the virtual memory (pagefile.sys) on that drive. So my new question is, should the virtual memory be stored on the recording drive, or on the drive that has Windows? FYI, I have a dual boot system with 2 version of Win2000. Does each version need its own virtual memory file or can they share?
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webstop
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Here is some information about pagefile.sys:
http://www.techadvice.com/win2000/p/page-file_w2k.htm
and here is information on sharing: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/cook/dualshare.htm
Actualy this is on sharing between Windows 2000 and 98, but it should be possible in your setup as well.
Hope it helps.
http://www.techadvice.com/win2000/p/page-file_w2k.htm
and here is information on sharing: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/cook/dualshare.htm
Actualy this is on sharing between Windows 2000 and 98, but it should be possible in your setup as well.
Hope it helps.
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mada
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Webstop: Thanks for your help. I think I'm going to leave everything the way it is. I was just concerned that my drive was going to fill up too fast if 160 MB of data took up 1.6 GB.