Issue with Explorer or Seagate Drive

Beasty1408 · 10-15-2009, 05:49 PM

Hi

I have a Seagate 320gb drive, its worked fine for ages.
All of a sudden it started saying 0bytes out of 2gb.00 free
Therefore I can no longer save stuff to it

Whats interesting is it is only windows explorer saying this
Defraggers / Seagates Software / Right clicking on My computer - - - > Management

All correctly Identify the space as 57gb free of the 300 odd gb
If i click properties from the manage my computer it correctly shows space
If i click properties on the drive after just going into my computer normally it only shows 2 gb

So I can no longer save or do anything with the drive, but the drive itself seems fine

Any ideas on solutions?

Thank for for any help
James

Beasty1408 · 10-16-2009, 05:13 AM

Additional: on my friends comp its fine, something is wrong with however "My computer" detects whats on the drive

Beasty1408 · 10-21-2009, 05:51 AM

Bump....still got the issue

rev0 · 10-22-2009, 12:05 AM

Empty your recycling bin. Ive noticed that sometimes if you delete stuff it doesnt always get transfered over to your Root drive.

entropy128 · 10-22-2009, 12:48 AM

Try running a Start > Run > "cmd" > "chkdsk /r DRIVELETTER:". Hopefully that will fix your free space reporting, but make sure you use the "/r" switch. It might take a few hours but I think Step 5 should take care of that.

Beasty1408 · 10-26-2009, 10:57 AM

Ive been a way for a while. I will just try that now and edit this post to show results. Out of curiosity what does the /r add to the chkdsk command?

entropy128 · 10-26-2009, 01:05 PM

Do a "chkdsk /?" and it'll show you all the switches (options).
You can do that with almost any command.

10-15-2009, 05:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Beasty1408 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4 OS: XP	Issue with Explorer or Seagate Drive Hi I have a Seagate 320gb drive, its worked fine for ages. All of a sudden it started saying 0bytes out of 2gb.00 free Therefore I can no longer save stuff to it Whats interesting is it is only windows explorer saying this Defraggers / Seagates Software / Right clicking on My computer - - - > Management All correctly Identify the space as 57gb free of the 300 odd gb If i click properties from the manage my computer it correctly shows space If i click properties on the drive after just going into my computer normally it only shows 2 gb So I can no longer save or do anything with the drive, but the drive itself seems fine Any ideas on solutions? Thank for for any help James

10-16-2009, 05:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
Beasty1408 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4 OS: XP	Re: Issue with Explorer or Seagate Drive Additional: on my friends comp its fine, something is wrong with however "My computer" detects whats on the drive

10-21-2009, 05:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
Beasty1408 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4 OS: XP	Re: Issue with Explorer or Seagate Drive Bump....still got the issue

10-22-2009, 12:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
rev0 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7 OS: Vista SP2	Re: Issue with Explorer or Seagate Drive Empty your recycling bin. Ive noticed that sometimes if you delete stuff it doesnt always get transfered over to your Root drive.

10-22-2009, 12:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
entropy128 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 21 OS: Windows XP Pro SP3	Re: Issue with Explorer or Seagate Drive Try running a Start > Run > "cmd" > "chkdsk /r DRIVELETTER:". Hopefully that will fix your free space reporting, but make sure you use the "/r" switch. It might take a few hours but I think Step 5 should take care of that.

10-26-2009, 10:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
Beasty1408 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4 OS: XP	Re: Issue with Explorer or Seagate Drive Ive been a way for a while. I will just try that now and edit this post to show results. Out of curiosity what does the /r add to the chkdsk command?

10-26-2009, 01:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
entropy128 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 21 OS: Windows XP Pro SP3	Re: Issue with Explorer or Seagate Drive Do a "chkdsk /?" and it'll show you all the switches (options). You can do that with almost any command.