This may sound stupid, but I have a big problem with my c:/ drive. Ok, I'll admit it, I download stuff, 18GB worth. Thats not enough to fill up the 80GB I have, right? I double checked and went through all the folders, and there is not enough there to even remotely fill it up. BUT, when I go to mycomputer>localdisk>properties, it says I have used 74.5 GB out of 80GB.

Can anyone tell me what my problem is?

Youve obviously installed a bunch of stuff too. I don't think it ever lies to you on how much space is used up.

Well I just added the folders in my c drive up, and it comes out to somewhere around 23 GB. This makes sense, because I recently lost all my files.


There is no way I filled up 80GB in 3 weeks.

strange. sounds like a disk volume error. It happened to me all the time on windows ME. i suppose you could download some sort of registry cleaner. I think thats where the information is stored.

http://www.spadixbd.com/dsm/
go get the trial of that. It'll show you how much each directory is taking up and is a great tool for tracking down what is taking up all your space.

Other than that, I would strongly suggest running scandisk on the drive. Its possible that there are errors on the drive causing it to report space taken that shouldn't be.

Alright, thanks for your help everyone