Hi All, i have a strange problem. there is a space that i can';t find at c drive the space used by all files and folder are 46 GigaByte and the partition size is 73 GigaByte. but explorer reads the free space as 1 Giga Byte. i'm shwowing all hidden files and system files. 46 Giga include paging file and hibernating file. i supposed that it may be there a some hidden files because of permission in spite of i'm an administrator. but to be sure i logged on with the Local Administrator account and the problem persisit. i made check disk and set it tio fix any problems but also no result. so how can i solve this problem ???Ahmed Salah

Boot into safe mode and see if you can find the missing files/folders. Sometimes these files are created in a way that they can only be seen in safe mode. -- Mike Burr Enterprise High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity Planning Learn to Troubleshoot Windows BSODs

Hello, I would open an elevated cmd prompt and run: vssadmin list shadowcopies This would show how much space is occpied by shadow storage providers Thanks, Darrell Gorter [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. VAMT - Volume Activation Management Tool - Download link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ec7156d2-2864-49ee-bfcb-777b898ad582&displaylang=en

There is a 3rd party app called Treesize Pro (jam software) that is free for the trial that will graphically show you whats what. I suspect restore points.,

Hello, I would open an elevated cmd prompt and run: vssadmin list shadowcopies This would show how much space is occpied by shadow storage providers Thanks, Darrell Gorter [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. VAMT - Volume Activation Management Tool - Download link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ec7156d2-2864-49ee-bfcb-777b898ad582&displaylang=en