This is really bizarre. I just rebooted and ran SpaceMonger again. Now I
have 46 Unscannable folders taking up 60.6 GB of space. What a monster!
This laptop is not currently connected to the internet so no upload/download
action is going on behind a firewall or anything.
I'm running my AV software at the moment but it runs all the time in the
background and I doubt it could be something like that.
I was wondering about rootkits. What's in them and can they be seen through
a scan like I'm doing?
Thanks,
Scott
"freddy" wrote:
> ScottD,
>
> I agree with you. That is, ask Lenovo.
> --
> freddy
>
>
> "ScottD" wrote:
>
> > Nope, not that I can tell. I've turned off System Restore and rebooted. Ran
> > SpaceMonger again and same results.
> >
> > No change in size.
> >
> > I'm calling Lenovo support next.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > "JW" wrote:
> >
> > > They possibly contain restore points.
> > >
> > > "ScottD" <> wrote in message
> > > news:78A1CA59-83D9-4FAC-B076-...
> > > > Freddy,
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the link to the program. I ran it and have found that I have 4
> > > > unscannable folders that contain 59 GB of data or 41% of the space of the
> > > > drive.
> > > >
> > > > What the heck is that?? Lenovo puts backup apps on a separate hidden
> > > > partition so I'm not sure where these folders are coming from.
> > > > SpaceMonger
> > > > won't list a name for the folders.
> > > >
> > > > This drive did not start out this way when I got the system 3 months ago.
> > > >
> > > > Now what???
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > "freddy" wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> ScottD,
> > > >>
> > > >> You can install a utility called SpaceMonger that provides you with a
> > > >> graphical representation of what's installed on your hard drive. You can
> > > >> read about it here:
> > > >>
> > > >> http://www.sixty-five.cc/sm/faq.php
> > > >>
> > > >> That site also has a link to the download page. It saved me a lot of
> > > >> trouble some time ago when I lost a lot of drive space and had no idea of
> > > >> why. SpaceMonger showed that I had several large crash dump files
> > > >> resident
> > > >> in C:\Windows. I deleted those and recovered a lot of space.
> > > >> --
> > > >> freddy
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> "ScottD" wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> > I've been reading a lot in the forum about others having drive space
> > > >> > loss due
> > > >> > to shadow files, system restore, etc.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I understand that.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Here's my issue. I have new IBM Thinkpad T60 (very nice). It came
> > > >> > with a
> > > >> > 160 GB hard drive. I added a second 160 GB drive in the Ultrabay.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Well I've put all of my programs and documents on my primary C: drive
> > > >> > that
> > > >> > shows a formatted capacity of 142 GB. Windows is now show me only
> > > >> > having 19
> > > >> > GB of free space.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I've gone through every folder and find that I'm only using 60 GB of
> > > >> > space
> > > >> > for EVERYTHING visible. That leaves a whopping 60 GB of space
> > > >> > unaccounted
> > > >> > for.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Surely the shadow files aren't using that! I turned off system restore
> > > >> > and
> > > >> > recover part of the 19 GB free (prior to that it was showing 8 GB
> > > >> > free).
> > > >> >
> > > >> > So, where's the rest of my space? I ran a chkdsk /f on the system at
> > > >> > boot
> > > >> > and nothing was found. It's not fragmented that badly either. I ran
> > > >> > Disk
> > > >> > cleanup and had it delete files (again to get to the 19 GB free point).
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Anyone have a clue?
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Thanks,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Scott
> > >
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