Resolved Boot partition stuck on almost full

My primary (boot) partition is showing almost full(14.1GB free of 692Gb total) even after running a full disk cleanup. Running defragmentation (11 passes) still shows 20% fragmented. Tried "check for drive errors" which said it couldn't be done while in use but provided option to do the check on restart which resulted in an unbootable condition on restart. Used my recovery discs to reboot the computer which worked but it said there was insufficient space to save the user data. Tried 3rd party partitiong software to extend the partition but it errored out. Out of ideas - anybody got some new way to find(fix) this problem.

 

There aren't any couple hundred gigs to delete or move - I deleted lots of stuff but the indicator continues to display the same amount. The display bar is in red.

 

Ran a third party check disk with the following results :

checkDisk will work now with drive: C:
C:\ Volume Label: Gateway, File System: NTFS
Volume label is Gateway.
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
599296 file records processed.
File verification completed.
1677 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.
0 EA records processed.
70 reparse records processed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
Index entry Local State in index $I30 of file 28325 is incorrect.
Index entry LOCALS~1 in index $I30 of file 28325 is incorrect.
684860 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
Errors found. CHKDSK cannot continue in read-only mode.
Check Disk Callback: 32
Check Disk: Unable to Finish
!!! Check Disk Found Problems with: C: or try again

 

Use the command

chkdsk /r​

to tell chkdsk to try and /repair the error(s) it finds.

 

ran chkdsk /r but problem persists

but now new information when running 3rd party chkdsk :

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checkDisk will work now with drive: C:
C:\ Volume Label: Gateway, File System: NTFS
Volume label is Gateway.
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
599296 file records processed.
File verification completed.
1676 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.
0 EA records processed.
70 reparse records processed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
684862 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
599296 file SDs/SIDs processed.
Index $SII of file 9 contains 9 unused index entries.
Index $SDH of file 9 contains 9 unused index entries.
There are 9 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
42784 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
35859680 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
The master file table's (MFT) BITMAP attribute is incorrect.
The Volume Bitmap is incorrect.
Windows found problems with the file system.
Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these.
726637567 KB total disk space.
710666588 KB in 541612 files.
213104 KB in 42785 indexes.
Check Disk Callback: 26
725303 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
15032572 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
181659391 total allocation units on disk.
3758143 allocation units available on disk.
Check Disk: Finished OK
!!! Check Disk Found Problems with: C: or try again

The following drive must be repair: " C:\ "
Restart the PC for repair.

Problem found with drive: C

 

Try emptying the Recyle Bin.

 

Try A. and B. below only if:

1. The hard drive passes diagnostics, and
   
   
2. CHKDSK has repaired the damaged file system.

• 
  Temporarily move the contents of these folders:
  
  
  C:\Users\{windows_user_name}\Contacts
  C:\Users\{windows_user_name}\Desktop
  C:\Users\{windows_user_name}\Documents
  C:\Users\{windows_user_name}\Music
  C:\Users\{windows_user_name}\My Images
  C:\Users\{windows_user_name}\Pictures
  C:\Users\{windows_user_name}\Saved Games
  C:\Users\{windows_user_name}\Searches
  C:\Users\{windows_user_name}\Videos​
  
  off onto another drive.
  
  
  
• 
  Try emptying the Recyle Bin.

 

Ran the Seagate Diagnostics (a 5 hour exercise) :

--------------- SeaTools for Windows v1.2.0.8 ---------------
6/8/2013 2:48:37 PM
Model: ST31500341AS
Serial Number: 9VS2TNWL
Firmware Revision: CC4H
Fix All Long - Pass 6/8/2013 2:48:37 PM

I suspect the readout of the drive is incorrect. However it senses and displays the disk usage is malfunctioning but I have no way of testing this. Probably a corruption in the master file table?

 

What "senses and displays the disk usage is malfunctioning "?

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BTW, it looks like a Seagate Firmware update may be available for your ST31500341AS.

 

I'm saying that I think the problem might lie in the detection(measurement) of the disk used/unused space. I guessing this happens in the Master File Table. I'm further guessing that these records are corrupted. Some stuff I read indicates this would be unfixable without reformatting which I'm not about to do. I suppose I'll have to keep using it as is and keep hoping it wont crash.

 

Well good luck. Running on a hard disk which is corrupted [even logically] means much greater chance of data loss.

Its up to you whether you are ready to take that chance.

 

_ALL_ hard drives fail.

That's why you need to keep a back up (copy) of whatever files you feel you cannot live without. Professional pricing for attempts to retrieve files from a 'dead' hard drive typically run between a few hundred to a couple thousand dollars (USD).

 

Well, am I the dummy. Just to prove my assumptions I downloaded a folder analysis software from Key Metric Software (fs6) to explore the innards of the disc and discovered that buried down in C:\users\Paul\AppData\Local Low\Google\GoogleEarth there was oodles of gigabytes of stuff. Deleteing all that got me back to a clean partition with lots of unused space. Thanks all of you for your help.

 

Cool.

I'd now run a "chkdsk /r" and reboot.

 

I would strongly second that. You might also want to have a full backup just in case.