Drive Space help needed + processes

**Sickboy** · 06-20-2006, 08:41 AM

I have XP and my C drive is suppose to have 18,6 Gb of overall space. When I go to "My computer" and check how much free space there's left on C drive it states 3,33 Gb. But when I open C drive and choose all the files there and then check properties, it says I have 8 Gb of stuff in there.

So I should have over 10 Gb of free space left, but for some reason I only have a little over 3 Gb. Where's the missing 7 Gb? My two other drives don't have this problem.

My second question is about processes. I have 43-45 processes running on the computer all the time, although I remember a year ago I had something like 38. How can I find out if some of the processes are useless/viruses/trojans? I have tried googling some but it seems like all the processes are "important and should not terminated, BUT could also be a backdoor/trojan/spyware/worm". How that information is suppose to help me?

One big problem is that I don't know much anything about computers and especially when most info is in english, I'm having trouble understanding. Words like "root directory", "safe mode" or "boot sequence" make go like

Anyways, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

06-20-2006, 08:41 AM	#1
Sickboy Self-pity is my hobby... Posts: 3,423	Drive Space help needed + processes I have XP and my C drive is suppose to have 18,6 Gb of overall space. When I go to "My computer" and check how much free space there's left on C drive it states 3,33 Gb. But when I open C drive and choose all the files there and then check properties, it says I have 8 Gb of stuff in there. So I should have over 10 Gb of free space left, but for some reason I only have a little over 3 Gb. Where's the missing 7 Gb? My two other drives don't have this problem. My second question is about processes. I have 43-45 processes running on the computer all the time, although I remember a year ago I had something like 38. How can I find out if some of the processes are useless/viruses/trojans? I have tried googling some but it seems like all the processes are "important and should not terminated, BUT could also be a backdoor/trojan/spyware/worm". How that information is suppose to help me? One big problem is that I don't know much anything about computers and especially when most info is in english, I'm having trouble understanding. Words like "root directory", "safe mode" or "boot sequence" make go like Anyways, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.