Hard Drive Volume Error

[Nathan]

I have partitioned my hard drive into two, one of the OS (Windows XP) and one
for the data. The C: is working fine but the E: gives completely the wrong
information. It says the total volume size is 14.8GB and free space is 4.22
GB. That means that the data added together on the disk should equal
10.58GB. However, when I select all files in the disk (including hidden) it
only adds up to 4.04GB. This means I have
6.54 GB which has randomly disappeared. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Nathan

[Greg Moseley]

Is there anything in your Recycle bin?

When you are selecting all folder/files are you including System files?
(Tools/Folder Options/View/Un-tick Hide Protected Operating System Files
(hide again afterwards)

-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan [mailto:Nathan@discussions.microsoft.com]
Posted At: 28 November 2005 09:31
Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.file_system
Conversation: Hard Drive Volume Error
Subject: Hard Drive Volume Error

I have partitioned my hard drive into two, one of the OS (Windows XP)
and one
for the data. The C: is working fine but the E: gives completely the
wrong
information. It says the total volume size is 14.8GB and free space is
4.22
GB. That means that the data added together on the disk should equal
10.58GB. However, when I select all files in the disk (including
hidden) it
only adds up to 4.04GB. This means I have
6.54 GB which has randomly disappeared. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Nathan

[Nathan]

Cheers for that, there is nothing in my Reycling Bin, but there were two very
large system files each being 2GB each. One is called pagefile and the other
is hiberfil. What are these? Can they be deleted? However, this only
brings up the total file sizes to 8 GB and of a 15GB hard drive it still says
that there is 4GB of free space so there still remains 3 GB which I can’t
find. There is a folder called System Volume Information which it won’t let
me access 'access is denied' but it also says that the size of the folder is
0 bytes. Is this because I cannot access it? What else can I do?

Nathan

[Greg Moseley]

Nathan,

Paging File is a required system file and you won't be able to delete
it. You have to configure it within System Properties under Control
Panel. A definition of the Paging File can be found here
http://www.theeldergeek.com/paging_file.htm

Hiberfil is a Hibernation File. A hibernation file in short is used to
write your running memory processes to file when you choose to Hibernate
your machine (rather than shut it down). If you don't use the
hibernation option from the Shut Down menu, you can disable this within
Control Panel/Power Options/Hibernate. Once disabled you may need to
manually delete the hibernation file that exists.



-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan [mailto:Nathan@discussions.microsoft.com]
Posted At: 28 November 2005 12:37
Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.file_system
Conversation: Hard Drive Volume Error
Subject: Re: Hard Drive Volume Error

Cheers for that, there is nothing in my Reycling Bin, but there were two
very
large system files each being 2GB each. One is called pagefile and the
other
is hiberfil. What are these? Can they be deleted? However, this only
brings up the total file sizes to 8 GB and of a 15GB hard drive it still
says
that there is 4GB of free space so there still remains 3 GB which I
can't
find. There is a folder called System Volume Information which it won't
let
me access 'access is denied' but it also says that the size of the
folder is
0 bytes. Is this because I cannot access it? What else can I do?

Nathan

[R. C. White]

Hi, Nathan.

As Greg said, you need the paging file (sometimes called a page file or a
swap file), but you can shrink it or move it to your other partition. Go to
System Properties | Performance | Advanced \ Settings and click Change at
the bottom of that screen. On the next page ("Virtual Memory"), set the C:
to No paging file (or the 2 MB minimum) and set the size on E: to System
managed size, or whatever makes you comfy. In addition to the URL Greg
gave, you might want to read the article by the late MVP Alex Nichol, who
died earlier this year: http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php. After you
reboot, you can delete the former paging file. You can't delete the wrong
one because WinXP won't let you delete the one it's using.

The hiberfil.sys file can't be moved; it's always in the Root of your Boot
Volume and it's always just a little larger than the size of your installed
RAM. But, as Greg said, if you don't need it, you can turn off hibernation
and then delete the file.

(Since you called it "hiberfil" with no extension, you probably haven't
changed the default in File Options, which is to Hide extensions for known
file types. Most experienced users consider it risky to hide these
extensions because that hides the type of file. Sample.txt is quite
different from sample.vbs - or even sample.txt.vbs, which just might be a
virus! Go to Control Panel | Folder Options | View and remove the check
from that box.)

There may be other hidden files on your computer. ONE way to find them for
sure is to open a "DOS" window and type:
dir c:\ /s/a

Be prepared for a VERY long list. The /a switch shows ALL files, no matter
their Attributes (System, Hidden, Read-only). The C:\ starts at the top
(the Root) of C: and the /s switch shows all files in all subdirectories.
To narrow it down, use subfolder names (dir c:\temp /s/a).

The System Volume Information folder is probably not a factor in this
problem.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP

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Cheers for that, there is nothing in my Reycling Bin, but there were two
very
large system files each being 2GB each. One is called pagefile and the
other
is hiberfil. What are these? Can they be deleted? However, this only
brings up the total file sizes to 8 GB and of a 15GB hard drive it still
says
that there is 4GB of free space so there still remains 3 GB which I can’t
find. There is a folder called System Volume Information which it won’t
let
me access 'access is denied' but it also says that the size of the folder
is
0 bytes. Is this because I cannot access it? What else can I do?

Nathan