Lost over 3 gig after defragging!

[Brian]

Hi,

I just cleaned up my disk (a weekly habit) and was left with 13.6 gig of
free space on drive C, which is the average free space I have had since
installing Windows 7.

Then I remembered that I hadn't defragged the drive, so I did that using
Windows 7's native defragging utility. It took about an hour to do the job,
and now the free space on drive C shows to be 10.3 gig!

where did the 3.3 gig go? I have never seen this before.

Regards,

Brian

 

[LouB]

Hi,

I just cleaned up my disk (a weekly habit) and was left with 13.6 gig of
free space on drive C, which is the average free space I have had since
installing Windows 7.

Then I remembered that I hadn't defragged the drive, so I did that using
Windows 7's native defragging utility. It took about an hour to do the
job, and now the free space on drive C shows to be 10.3 gig!

where did the 3.3 gig go? I have never seen this before.

Regards,

Brian

OMG
You did a defrag when there is an almost full moon.

 

[MJMIII]

Hi,

I just cleaned up my disk (a weekly habit) and was left with 13.6 gig of
free space on drive C, which is the average free space I have had since
installing Windows 7.

Then I remembered that I hadn't defragged the drive, so I did that using
Windows 7's native defragging utility. It took about an hour to do the
job, and now the free space on drive C shows to be 10.3 gig!

where did the 3.3 gig go? I have never seen this before.

Regards,

Brian

System Restore stole it.

 

[gry-lion]

System Restore stole it.
--


"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

It hid behind the recycle bin

 

[Char Jackson]

OMG
You did a defrag when there is an almost full moon.

Aren't you the guy who hates non-serious replies? ;-)

 

[LouB]

Aren't you the guy who hates non-serious replies? ;-)

Nope)

 

[MJMIII]

It hid behind the recycle bin

The difference being I was serious.

 

[Brian]

snip

System Restore stole it.

And the Oscar goes to... MJMIII

You were right, it was system restore. After deleting the restore points
(except the last one) the free space is back to 13+ gig.

Thank you,

 

[MJMIII]

snip

And the Oscar goes to... MJMIII

You were right, it was system restore. After deleting the restore points
(except the last one) the free space is back to 13+ gig.

Thank you,

You're welcome. I'd take a bow, but around here that could be dangerous.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

You're welcome. I'd take a bow, but around here that could be dangerous.

Just back up to the wall first - should be safe.

 

[MJMIII]

Just back up to the wall first - should be safe.

"should" ain't good enough!

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

"should" ain't good enough!

Such a wimp!

Or is it a sign of your superior intelligence?

 

[MJMIII]

Such a wimp!

Or is it a sign of your superior intelligence?

If you insist.

 

[LouB]

snip

And the Oscar goes to... MJMIII

You were right, it was system restore. After deleting the restore points
(except the last one) the free space is back to 13+ gig.

Thank you,

Thank you for the solution report.