From: ltcmdr AT ix DOT netcom DOT com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc,comp.os.msdos.4dos,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: 400 MB of my HD is missing
Date: 28 Jan 1997 17:10:31 GMT
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On 1997-01-28 seyed AT cse DOT unsw DOT EDU DOT AU said:
   >Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.
   >hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.pre-release,comp.os.ms-windows
   >X-Sender: seyed AT eiger DOT pv DOT unsw DOT EDU DOT AU
   >Hi there,
   >I have dos6.2, win3.1, win95 installed on my Pentium 90 computer. I
   >have 1.2G HD. Recently I realised that about 400MB of my HD is
   >missing. When I use 'chkdsk /f' comand in dos it says 1G is used
   >and 200MB is free but when I use 'dir /s /a' it says 600MB is used
   >and 200MB is free.
   >I also tried win95. When I use 'disk properties' it says 1G is used
   >and 200 is free but when I select all the files and directories by
   >Explorer and click the properties by clicking the right mouse
   >botton while pointing to the selection, it says 600MB is the space
   >occupied by all the files.
   >Any one knows how I can find out what is happenning and where is
   >that 400MB of my HD and how I can find it and recover it other than
   >reformating my HD please send me an email.
   >I have the whole 1.2GB in one big partition.
   >Thanks,
   >Seyed

Any chance you have a 400 meg swapfile in that mess? :-)  Seriously, though,
check to see if you have doublespace (or drivespace) drives. Betcha that's
what the problem is.


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