topic Re: HARD DISK PROBLEMS in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hard-disk-problems/m-p/140238#M58245 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Hi everyone !<BR /><BR />I have a VAIO VGN-FW11M since a few days and I've got a big problem : 15Gb lost on my hard disk in 2 days. Can somebody help me? Or does somebody have an explanation for it?<BR /><BR />Thanks a lot !<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />Hi Cowen,<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, 24 Sep 2008 19:47:34 GMT Thalamus. 2008-09-24T19:47:34Z HARD DISK PROBLEMS https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hard-disk-problems/m-p/140237#M58244 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi everyone !<BR /><BR />I have a VAIO VGN-FW11M since a few days and I've got a big problem : 15Gb lost on my hard disk in 2 days. Can somebody help me? Or does somebody have an explanation for it?<BR /><BR />Thanks a lot !<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:42:11 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hard-disk-problems/m-p/140237#M58244 cowen 2008-09-24T19:42:11Z Re: HARD DISK PROBLEMS https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hard-disk-problems/m-p/140238#M58245 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Hi everyone !<BR /><BR />I have a VAIO VGN-FW11M since a few days and I've got a big problem : 15Gb lost on my hard disk in 2 days. Can somebody help me? Or does somebody have an explanation for it?<BR /><BR />Thanks a lot !<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />Hi Cowen,<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, 24 Sep 2008 19:47:34 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hard-disk-problems/m-p/140238#M58245 Thalamus. 2008-09-24T19:47:34Z Re: HARD DISK PROBLEMS https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hard-disk-problems/m-p/140239#M58246 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Thamalus ! Thanks for this fast answer ... Here is what I get when I followed your guide :<BR /><BR />Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 31.375Gb<BR />Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 32.58Gb<BR />Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 33.396Gb<BR /><BR />My hard disk has 222Gb with 62.7Gb busy. But also 29.1Gb busy with files ... How can I reduce that 30Gb of Vista's shadow storage and get back the lost Gb?<BR /><BR />THAAAANKS !<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:03:20 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hard-disk-problems/m-p/140239#M58246 cowen 2008-09-24T20:03:20Z Re: HARD DISK PROBLEMS https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hard-disk-problems/m-p/140241#M58247 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi cowen,<BR /><BR />the guides on this web site should help: <A href="http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/07/03/vista-reclaim-and-release-disk-space-from-system-restore-and-shadow-copies/" target="_blank">Vista: Reclaim and Release Disk Space from System Restore and Shadow Copies</A><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:25:28 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hard-disk-problems/m-p/140241#M58247 Thalamus. 2008-09-24T20:25:28Z Re: HARD DISK PROBLEMS https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hard-disk-problems/m-p/140243#M58248 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It's OK, my lost Gb are back now !<BR />Thank you <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😄</span> !<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:57:51 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hard-disk-problems/m-p/140243#M58248 cowen 2008-09-24T21:57:51Z