Missing HDD space - says 65GB used, selecting all folders shows 40GB used

Posted by Igor K on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Igor K
Published on 2010-05-31T21:17:06Z Indexed on 2010/05/31 22:34 UTC
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Hi

Running Windows Server 2008, 74GB raptor drive and noticed we only had about 500MB left - yikes!

So deleted some old backups we don't need, but can't track down where about 25GB seems to be taken up. If I go to C: and select all folders and go to properties, this comes to around 40GB but in My Computer I can see 65GB is used.

How can I find out whats eating the space?

Just IIS + MSSQL Express + Smartermail on the server

EDIT Checked to show hidden folders plus protected operating system files - 41.8GB usage, so 24.6GB is missing somewhere. Theres no system restore even installed on the server

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