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I have a bought a Portable HDD a few months ago to backup some of the movies, photos and music.
Last night, I tried to add more files to it and it says it's full, when the capacity says it's 79% empty. It requests me to do a "Clean up" which only links back to the computer HDD.
Any ideas? :confused:
Do you have Vista? Is it possible you're using it as a ReadyBoost drive???
Other things... Hidden files, and temporary files which decided to stick around.
Vista or XP?
Try running CHKDSK
http://www.windows-help-central.com/...ta-chkdsk.html
or
http://www.windows-help-central.com/...xp-chkdsk.html
Also, how big are the files you are copying across? sure it doesnt exceed the capacity (i know i may be stating the obvious with that)
Running XP.
It's a 680Gig HDD and I've used roughly 200Gig so far (I'm at work so I cant get access to it). So plenty of room to add more files.
Sounds like its corrupted. do a "chkdsk" as Pete suggested, thats your best bet.
are you able to copy a small file...ie a word doc ?
my name isnt pete :p wrong calibra hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Ice
I'll try tonight. Thanks for the suggestions. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ice
yer good idea pete :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ice
us petes must stick together ;)
I purchased a WD 320gb USB drive on Saturday.....same issues !
Did a Norton scandisk and surface check seems to be okay now.
Never had any problems with Maxtor drives in the past should have stuck to the that brand !
When U did the Scandisk and surface check, did anything come up? Or just scanned it and after that, it just worked fine?Quote:
Originally Posted by kabel
I didn't have time last nite to play with it (was mucking around with my Astra :p)
There is a tool called “HDD Capacity Restore (http://hdd-tools.com/products/cr/download/crsetup.exe). You can install this and run it before bringing the hard drive back in for warranty.
Queensland, Pete, IT, Opels, Match made in heaven ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by poita
What are you trying to copy? It won't work for files larger than 2GB (i.e. HD video) if the disk is formatted FAT32. You need NT to be able to handle very large files. Just another thing that could go wrong.
Go to My Computer, right-click then select Manage. Now go to disk Management and see if you can see your disk there. If not, there might be something wrong with the USB port, meaning that for some reason something went wrong when you plugged the disk in. To check if that's the case or not, go My Computer right-click then Properties/Hardware/Device Manager. Look for something with red cross in the USB area. If you see one, right-click to uninstall it. Now unplug the portable HDD and plug it back in after 10 seconds. If still not working, well, I'm out of ideas...
Just format it using the method dieselhead mentions re Disk Management from the Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Disk Management etc...
Make sure it's NTFS also... (Unless you intend running the external drive on a 98 machine or as a cheapass mediacenter like i do & plug it straight into ur LCD/PLASMA tele, you then MUST USE FAT32 :yikes:)
AzzA
If you are mainly trying to find out where the disk space went you can download the "treesizepro" demo (Search Google) and it will find anything that may be hidden.
I would agree about going to NTFS though, as it's a much more robust system.
Cheers
Cool!
I've uploaded everything off the HDD, reformatted it to NFTS (as it was in FAT mode). Now she's all good! :)
Thanks for the advice! :cornut: