Windows Vista Partition show full yet it's empty

Hello again,

One of my partitions (385Gb) has suddenly become "red" full, yet it only contains about 100Gb of files. I moved all the files to a different partition (thanks given to the high techs for large capacity drives) so it's empty now and I emptied the recycle bin, so now it shows 111Gb free.

I went in to my partition program to take a closer look and I noticed that Acronis Os selector has created a small partition behind my partition. So my guess is it messed up.

I figured a format should remedy the problem, but I thought I would run it by this forum and see if anyone is familiar with this issue.

Thanks for any feedback.

 

Right-click on Computer and select Manage -> Disk Management. Remove and remake the partition (drive) on the that HDD if you would like to rebuild it. You have backed up the data on it, I suggest you delete the partition and remake it to rule out further problems.

Matt

 

Thanks Mattman, a simple format did the trick, moved my files back after. Restored C: and MBR. to get rid of the mess that OS selector had made of the boot.

 

Thanks for letting us know. In case it might happen again and that time you don't have enough space to move the files, maybe check at Acronis for any information/FAQs regarding the OS selector or utilities for testing it, also, run Error Checking (CHKDSK) on the drive ocassionally (or if you notice any strange sort of behaviour).

 

Good one. I did run it yesterday, but haven't restarted yet.