Recently this strange thing happened on my friend's laptop: C drive is reported to have 0 byte free space (not the "0 byte free space out of 0 byte total" error, the drive still have 121gb in total). I tried to disable system restore, empty the recycle bin (it showed that deleting 15.5gb), but the free space is still 0 byte. Is there any chance that some programs keep filling up the drive, a virus (she is using Sophos) or it is a windows error. Since it happened on drive C, I won't be able to format it.
@ tgquan67 You could try: - running Disk Management (type 'diskmgmt.msc' in Search) and check if C: partition is reporting 0 bytes - opening/running Command Prompt as admin (right-click > "Run as administrator"), type: cd \ then at the C:\ prompt, type: dir /a/s which should list all directories/files. It should (correctly) report at the end of the listing the total amount of space available on C:\ Check in Explorer now the total disk space available. - booting into Safe Mode and check the amount of free space is reporting the same '0 bytes' as normal mode - running Disk Cleanup and chkdsk utility
Seems to be that drive is an SSD? If so, check with Manufacturer of that drive they having some special Recovery apps for those drive.
Oops, 121GB, seems a bit old? Maybe not, I run Windows XP on an 13GB and that still works, just for one special Apps, not normal working!
C is just one partition, there is another drive E and a 100gb unallocated space. P/s: drive D is the DVD drive.
ive had to do a few thing in this case.. try partition recovery freeware this usualy works .. i use non freeware like active@ boot disk version 5 or higher. if the partition recovery didnt go well i use to recover the files.. find and mount (.com with no spaces) from hirens boot disk i used to do it the hard way with ptedit32 (rewriting same disk info!! NOT CHANGING IT) in hirens disk but then i tried partition recovery tool from ntfs.com and it works most times. good luck
OP can load OS from that drive & using it without problem(What i understand)... I that case why partition recovery? Problem is windows free space reporting
truee.. i didnt realize he was able to use it and boot.. in that case open the start menu then type CMD then RIGHT CLICK AND RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR now type chkdsk /f press enter then it will ask it cant lock drive.. do on next restart and u press Y then enter restart pc and let it do chkdsk /f if problem persists u might have hdd corruption and might need to backup and format reinstall. or replace hdd if S.M.A.R.T. logs show errors
I recently found that some stupid program keep filling the C:\windows\temp folder with files like etilqs-xxxxxxxxxxxx, biggest file is ~800mb and many smaller files, total of 50gb. I deleted them all, but it started filling again. I suspect a software from western digital that will automatically backup the computer is the trouble-maker, but I will investigate more.