My 500gb hard drive is now a 231 gb hard drive. I have 71 gigs available, but wtf?

you better go see a doctor fast !


You probably have windows restore/backup on that eats up massive memory over time.

 

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could be errors on the disk. id run some disk scans on it. how old is the drive?

edit: while the above is true wouldn't it at least show up on the system disk size?

you can adjust the length of time windows will save restore points. i'd recommend 2 weeks at most.

if you don't have a disk scan there is one built into windows, type cmd into the search box or run box on your start menu and hit enter. a black window should appear, then type in chkdisk and hit enter. while this is running I recommend closing everything, and going away for 20 minutes.

also you might want to look into ccleaner.

 

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if not, chkdsk and reformat

 

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was it in the pool?

 

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What are partition utilities reporting?

Probably just got cold.

 

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Can you get it a blanket?


Seriously back up your stuff fast!!!

 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cUNNKzj_Nc

 

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