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| Thread ID: 100716 | 2009-06-18 06:33:00 | Cleaning up hard drive - problems | John W (523) | Press F1 |
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| 783319 | 2009-06-18 06:33:00 | Hi there Im having problems cleaning up a porrtable USB Hard Drive. Win Explorer shows 40Gb drive with 9Gb already taken up, but it also shows NO files in the drive. Ive ticked Show Hidden Files & Folders, and Right Clicked, Disc Cleanup, but still the same report. Any idea how I can view whats there and restore/cleanout the occupied space? Thanks John in Mosgiel |
John W (523) | ||
| 783320 | 2009-06-18 06:38:00 | Use a live linux CD boot from it and then you should be able to see what's there | gary67 (56) | ||
| 783321 | 2009-06-18 07:49:00 | You could just format it and that would give you all your space back but that would be a bit extreme in case you needed some data off it. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 783322 | 2009-06-18 07:55:00 | I was gonna suggest that but the OP wants to see what's there first | gary67 (56) | ||
| 783323 | 2009-06-18 08:15:00 | Grrrr.... Kick myself in the arse. A quick format restored the missing capacity. So simple, I should have thought of it myself. Grrrr :-) John. |
John W (523) | ||
| 783324 | 2009-06-18 09:10:00 | Most probably corrupt file system/partition tables. Next time try chkdsk driveletter: /f on it:) Blam |
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