[LaDon]

I have a 463GB hard drive in my Fujitsu Lifebook and the properties of my C: drive says 87.9GB is being used, when i open it and select all the files (Including hidden and operating system files) and click properties it shows only 35.79GB being used witch leave 52.11GB unaccounted for. i also got a program called I.Disk and it also says 35.79GB is being used and yesterday the properties of the C: drive said 80GB so it's rising.

I don't know what it could be, maybe a virus and if so i don't know what kind.

I have AVG and it hasn't found anything.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You in advance.

[hrlow2]

Welcome to TSG.
Go to Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools and select Disk Management.
What does that show (partitions).

[LaDon]

That says the same as the C: drive properties

[hrlow2]

Let's try something else then.
What firewall do you use?( some can create HUGE log files)
What AV do you use?( same reason)
What amount is set aside for Restore Points and how often are they created?
What is the size of the Page File?

[LaDon]

I.Disk looks inside a drive and addeds the total itself all i can guess is a virus is changing the value in the properties or it's a error.

I don't know the next step or how to fix it.

thanks for the welcome

[LaDon]

I use AVG for a firewall and AV the computers new and i haven't set up any restore points and as for page file i don't know what that is .... it's like there is space that just disappears between the my computer screen and C: screen.

[hrlow2]

You might want to download a copy of Hijack This and post the resulting list in the Malware forum for the experts to look at. They are very busy, so be patient,as it may take some time for someone to get to you.

[LaDon]

Thank i'll check it out.

[hrlow2]

Good luck. Hope you get it resolved. May not be malware, but a configuration setting, but worth checking out.

[Rich-M]

Are you aware that the System Restore you cannot see is probably set at 12% and frequently they go higher if unchecked? That would be 11Gb alone. Is the Recycle Bin empty? If not how much is in there?

[hrlow2]

On that note, I always set my System Restore to 3%. That is enough for quite a few Restores.

[LaDon]

I have another drive setup for my restore points and my bin's empty and i've deleted my TIF's and all other offline content.

It's not that i don't no how the space is being used it's that it's disapearing and wont show when i open my C: Drive,if i select all the file's in it and look at the properties of all the files (hidden and OS file) it says the size of all the files together is 34GB but if i look at the properties of the C: drive it says 88.2 witch has gone up from 87.7 earlier

Thanks again, Jarod.

[LaDon]

Now it's at 92.1gb ... It's going up and soon i'll be out of space

plz help

[E-7]

@LaDon
as previously suggested by hrlow2 post a HijackThis log in the Malware Removal forum http://forums.techguy.org/54-malware...jackthis-logs/

Read the instructions for submitting a HijackThis log Please read here first BEFORE posting for help in this forum
http://forums.techguy.org/malware-re...st-before.html

[blitzkreig]

Make sure you have files which are not hidden. Though certain folders maybe hidden, like your system volume information, leave this folder alone.
Secondly we cannot rule out the possibility of excess of cookies and temporary internet files accumulated in your hard drive