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by jpknox287

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I have a Dell PE2950 with a Raid 5 using 4 250GB Sata2 drives on a server 2003 standard R2 operating system. Windows shows the disk with 188GB of free space but if i highlight everything on the drive and check the properties there is only 150GB being used the total space on the drive is 684GB. Any idea what might cause the drives to read fuller than they are? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Jonathon

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by mr.wiz

The windows swap file can use quite a bit of space on the drive and since it is a hidden file you might not see it.

by jpknox287

Thanks for the reply. Is it possible for the swap file you use over 400GB?

by jpknox287

I found what was eating up alot of the space. On my data drive the System Volume Information folder has over 300gb. I recently installed symantec backup exec continuious protection, could this be part of the problem? Any input would be great, Thanks!

by mr.wiz

Can you config the Symantec to backup to a different drive or to a DVD or tape? A backup done to the same hard drive you're backing up is useless if the drive goes down. You won't be able to access it.

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