Albdestroyer
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is it normal for a hard drive just to.. shrink?
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My 500gb hard drive is now a 231 gb hard drive. I have 71 gigs available, but wtf?
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you better go see a doctor fast !
You probably have windows restore/backup on that eats up massive memory over time.
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could be errors on the disk. id run some disk scans on it. how old is the drive?
edit: while the above is true wouldn't it at least show up on the system disk size?
you can adjust the length of time windows will save restore points. i'd recommend 2 weeks at most.
if you don't have a disk scan there is one built into windows, type cmd into the search box or run box on your start menu and hit enter. a black window should appear, then type in chkdisk and hit enter. while this is running I recommend closing everything, and going away for 20 minutes.
also you might want to look into ccleaner.
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if not, chkdsk and reformat
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was it in the pool?
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What are partition utilities reporting?
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Probably just got cold.
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AgzntOrange2
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Can you get it a blanket?
Seriously back up your stuff fast!!!
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myxomatosis8 posted:
Probably just got cold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cUNNKzj_Nc
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