supersaiyangoku Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 hey yall i got 2 problems first for some reason when i highlight everything in C: i get about 8.29 gig of usage but ... i got a 40 gig capacity drive and right clickin on C: tells me i got 37.2 TOTAL capacity :( and then it tells me im using 12 gigs worth of HDD why is this happeing?!?! stupid and second how do i delete my recent documents? tanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 this was discussed on this board a few months ago. It was decided that when you select all the files on your C drive it doesnt include hidden files so thats why you get a lower amount. If you select to see hidden files it will go up. Also I think there was an amount of space reserved by xp that doesnt get counted aswell (for system restore or something). Hope that helps Kieran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CustardFD Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 The low capacity is due (as far as I know) to the MFT reserved zone, similar to the FAT in the FAT file system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CustardFD Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 To clear the 'Recently Used Documents' Right click on the task bar select properties Start menu tab customise advanced tab clear list You might want to untick the record list button Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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