topic Problems with hard drive space used in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-hard-drive-space-used/m-p/150774#M58054 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello everybody,<BR />About 2 month ago I bought VAIO laptop (AR71ZU).And right from the beginning I have problems with correct displaying the hard drive space used - I have used about 100 gigabytes, but it is showing that I have used 230 already.Even when I download something or install it uses(or at least shows)more than twice as much space.Sometimes it is allright, it sees the correct size of the file,but this is rare.<BR />Does anybody know what I can do in this situation?<BR />Many thanks in advance.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:01:48 GMT Anarion999 2008-09-17T17:01:48Z Problems with hard drive space used https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-hard-drive-space-used/m-p/150774#M58054 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello everybody,<BR />About 2 month ago I bought VAIO laptop (AR71ZU).And right from the beginning I have problems with correct displaying the hard drive space used - I have used about 100 gigabytes, but it is showing that I have used 230 already.Even when I download something or install it uses(or at least shows)more than twice as much space.Sometimes it is allright, it sees the correct size of the file,but this is rare.<BR />Does anybody know what I can do in this situation?<BR />Many thanks in advance.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:01:48 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-hard-drive-space-used/m-p/150774#M58054 Anarion999 2008-09-17T17:01:48Z Re: Problems with hard drive space used https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-hard-drive-space-used/m-p/150779#M58055 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Anarion999<BR /><BR />welcome to Club VAIO.. <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.it/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /> <BR /><BR />The missing HDD space could be due to the space used by Vista's System Restore..<BR /><BR />You can check what space is being used and allocated to shadow storage by follow this guide..<BR /><BR />Click <STRONG>Start</STRONG>, then click <STRONG>All programs</STRONG> followed by <STRONG>Accessories</STRONG>.<BR /><BR />In Accessories <STRONG>Right Click</STRONG> on Command Prompt and select<STRONG> Run as administrator</STRONG>.<BR /><BR />In the Command Prompt window type: <STRONG>vssadmin list shadowstorage</STRONG> and then click <STRONG>Enter</STRONG><BR /><BR />Hopefully you should see.. <BR /><BR />Used Shadow Copy Storage space: <BR /><BR />Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space:<BR /><BR />Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space:<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:17:29 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-hard-drive-space-used/m-p/150779#M58055 Thalamus. 2008-09-17T19:17:29Z