Windows thinks disk is full

[wemeier]

I have a Windows XP machine with a 70GB hard drive. I'm using only 7 or 8 GB (by adding up the file sizes from a DOS DIR command). However, when I look at the C: drive under "My Computer" it says that almost all 70GB is used!

I've cleaned out the Recycle Bin, deleted the contents of all temporary folders and checked the size of the pagefile.sys and hyberfil.sys and nothing accounts for the extra size.

Any ideas what may be happening? Could Explorer be corrupted?

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[wahnula]

There is a free app called WinDirStat that graphically shows which files are taking up the most room. I was surprised to find the culprits in my case were multiple QuickBooks backups.

Tony

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[wemeier]

Thanks, wahnula! I'll give it a try.

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