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252412 2004-07-14 11:51:00 I recently bought an Acer notebook which has a 40GB hard drive.
This comes partitioned into 2 drives.
The 2nd drive has nothing in it but the properties tab under My Computer still reports it as having 1.26GB used space!
How can this be?!
Chemical Ali (118)
252413 2004-07-14 11:55:00 could this be hidden files??? robsonde (120)
252414 2004-07-14 12:03:00 No Chemical Ali (118)
252415 2004-07-14 12:07:00 Sometimes the Windows swap file is put onto a second drive. To allow it space to expand when used. (Though 1.2 GB sounds a lot)

When you look at that drive using My Computer, go Tools, Folder Options and under the View Tab make sure that the "Show hidden files" is selected, to reveal all files.

Hope it helps
Bam Bam1 (5649)
252416 2004-07-15 00:15:00 ?, not Acer Notebook Manager, Acer Launch Manager or some other hidden bundled software. ? Does Everest Home Edition or Belarc Advisor show anything FrankS (257)
252417 2004-07-15 02:13:00 If it's WindowsXP you're using, you will also have to uncheck "hide protected operating system files" (as well as the hidden files mentioned above) to see the pagefile. nadius (3249)
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