Incorrect space allocation on hard drive

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I've seen a couple posts about this problem and they lead to a microsoft page
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315688, but I'm not a computer wiz that
totally understands that. I don't seem to see any sort of "fix". Would
repairing the XP installation fix the problem? If not, what would?....in
english.

Thanks

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I have tried the disk clean up, chkdsk and chkdsk /f, I have not defragged
because I was afraid to. I didn't want to do that until I knew what was
causing it.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Kameraman wrote:
> > I've seen a couple posts about this problem and they lead to a
> > microsoft page http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315688, but I'm not
> > a computer wiz that totally understands that. I don't seem to see
> > any sort of "fix". Would repairing the XP installation fix the
> > problem? If not, what would?....in english.
>
> I guess you have looked to see what might be using up all of your space?
> Can you describe what you are seeing that leads you to believe you needed to
> refer to the article given above?
> Have you turned off system restore and ran a disk cleanup, CHKDSK and a
> defrag (in that order)?
> (Turn back on System Restore afterwards - perhaps be a bit more limiting
> on how much space it is allowed.)
> If you use something like "SequoiaView" and scan your drive (the one with
> the issue) - do you find any large visible areas that you could remove? (
> http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/ )
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
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