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Old 11-20-2008, 07:26 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Pin [SOLVED] Near half my hardrive is unknown.

Hello i am running vista on a LENOVO 0768E7U 3000 N100
I noticed that my hard drive was filled up for no apparent reason. I downloaded and ran WinDirStat and found a 45 gig "<Unknown>" in my drive. I have tried defraging, limiting the shadow storage, turning off system restore points, scanning with fulling updated spybot s&d and avira, and it is still there... almost mocking me. So I am asking nay pleading for ideas on how to fix this.

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Windows Vista Business Service Pack 1 (build 6001)
Enclosure Type: Notebook

2.00 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
4096 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Board: LENOVO CAPELL VALLEY(NAPA) CRB
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
112.71 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
5.91 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-850 ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
SCSI DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]

SD Memory Card [Hard drive] (8 MB) -- drive 1
TOSHIBA MK1234GSX [Hard drive] (120.03 GB)
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Old 11-20-2008, 08:30 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Near half my hardrive is unknown.

***Update i figured it out that the unknown was backups created by thinkadvange rescue and recovery. I deleted the existing backups and modified the schedule***
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