So I had 2.5 gigs of space left on my c: drive, I then:
1. Connected an external Drive J:, then through windows vista backup and restore center tried to back up files and folders, but didnt have enough room on my J: for more files. So, I
2. Erased an old Windows complete PC Backup and Restore image of the entire computer stored on the same external J: drive that I had made last October, since it was very outdated. It opened up a few hundred gigs on the J: drive and I proceeded with my file and folders back up to the J: drive.
3. Then some time later that day I looked at my C: drive. It had gone from 2.5 gigs of free space to about 80 gigs!
I dont get it. I erased the image of my C: drive but it was erased off of my J: drive. I just opened the J: drive, found the folder with the image, right clicked and deleted. It was too big for the recycle bin, but I erased anyway. How would this event free up 78 gigs on my C: drive?
Questions:
1. Does the back-up and restore center store something on the c: drive in addition to the J: drive?
2. Is something in the Vista operating system smart enough to realize the J: drive mirror was gone and then deleted whatever files that may have been associated with it on the c: drive?
3. Could it have been old shadow copies, restore points or other things?
4. Could there have been an error for months and months in the calculation of my c: drive space?
5. Is there any way to determine what used to be on the space that is now unoccupied on the c: drive?
Thanks for any help
1. Connected an external Drive J:, then through windows vista backup and restore center tried to back up files and folders, but didnt have enough room on my J: for more files. So, I
2. Erased an old Windows complete PC Backup and Restore image of the entire computer stored on the same external J: drive that I had made last October, since it was very outdated. It opened up a few hundred gigs on the J: drive and I proceeded with my file and folders back up to the J: drive.
3. Then some time later that day I looked at my C: drive. It had gone from 2.5 gigs of free space to about 80 gigs!
I dont get it. I erased the image of my C: drive but it was erased off of my J: drive. I just opened the J: drive, found the folder with the image, right clicked and deleted. It was too big for the recycle bin, but I erased anyway. How would this event free up 78 gigs on my C: drive?
Questions:
1. Does the back-up and restore center store something on the c: drive in addition to the J: drive?
2. Is something in the Vista operating system smart enough to realize the J: drive mirror was gone and then deleted whatever files that may have been associated with it on the c: drive?
3. Could it have been old shadow copies, restore points or other things?
4. Could there have been an error for months and months in the calculation of my c: drive space?
5. Is there any way to determine what used to be on the space that is now unoccupied on the c: drive?
Thanks for any help