free space has disappeared

arh · 06-30-2009, 08:31 AM

This morning there were 12Gb of free space on my C drive.
Have done nothing but now there is 0 space.
I am having to use my sons laptop to post this question as my PC will not do anything.
I also keep getting "AVG watchdog" error message.
Is there anything I can do to try and sort this problem out.
Thanks

**afccarl666** · 07-26-2009, 07:10 AM

Try running chkdsk on the hard drive. It will verify the free space and check the disc for any problems.

**raptor_pa** · 07-26-2009, 08:33 AM

DO NOT RUN CHKDSK !!! running on a full drive can corrupt your data. More information please. OS, make and model of drive. If this is Vista it sounds like shadow copy or system restore points. It could also be space used temporarily by AVG antivir. If your drive is more than about 60 GB then it is WAY to full, you should keep 20% or better free to allow for utilities like AVG, defrag etc to run.

arh · 09-19-2009, 10:09 AM

Sorry for the delay in replying to these assists but have had some major problems.
Have solved hard drive proble - uninstalled AVG and space went from 0 to 52Gb
Thanks to all

06-30-2009, 08:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
arh Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5 OS: vista	free space has disappeared This morning there were 12Gb of free space on my C drive. Have done nothing but now there is 0 space. I am having to use my sons laptop to post this question as my PC will not do anything. I also keep getting "AVG watchdog" error message. Is there anything I can do to try and sort this problem out. Thanks

07-26-2009, 07:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
afccarl666 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 761 OS: XP SP3 + Linux Ubuntu 9.10 My System	Re: free space has disappeared Try running chkdsk on the hard drive. It will verify the free space and check the disc for any problems.

07-26-2009, 08:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,714 OS: XP	Re: free space has disappeared DO NOT RUN CHKDSK !!! running on a full drive can corrupt your data. More information please. OS, make and model of drive. If this is Vista it sounds like shadow copy or system restore points. It could also be space used temporarily by AVG antivir. If your drive is more than about 60 GB then it is WAY to full, you should keep 20% or better free to allow for utilities like AVG, defrag etc to run. __________________

09-19-2009, 10:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
arh Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5 OS: vista	Re: free space has disappeared Sorry for the delay in replying to these assists but have had some major problems. Have solved hard drive proble - uninstalled AVG and space went from 0 to 52Gb Thanks to all