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60 Gig "unknown file" fills Vista Hard Drive


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Hello friends,
I have twice posted this problem to the malware section and have stumped the experts. I thought maybe it is NOT a malware problem but some problem with vista, so here goes:

I have an 80 Gig hard drive and about 20 Gigs of files. When I run WinDirStat I see that there is a 60 Gig "unknown file" (that's not a typo--it's a 60G file!). I did all the steps suggested in the Malware Guide and twice posted the log files. I can do so again if anyone thinks it will help. (They didn't before.)

Every time I start the computer I have 0 bytes free. I delete yet another program to get a few more hours' life. Is there anything I can do short of a reformat? Lenovo did not send me reinstallation disks, so reformatting will be difficult.

Thanks in advance.

Lee McCoy
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Hi,What is the model of your Lenovo.

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Any info about file location?
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Model is the tablet X61. Running Vista SP2.

I don't know anything about the file location. Is that something that WinDirStat would give me?
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Right click on that file, click "Properties".
Post all info.
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Oh, sorry. The file does not appear in Explorer or any other windows program. Only through WinDirStat did I even know it was there. WinDirStat does not give me any information about the file other than that it is 60Gigs and of "unknown" type.
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In WinDirStat, when you right click on the file, then click "Properties" there is no info?
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WinDirStat does not list it under the tree entry called "files," so it doesn't have the properties that a file would. It is listed as the very first entry under the C drive, and maybe I should not have called it a "file." It is just an entry called "unknown." When I right-click it, the only choices on the menu are Zoom In, Parent and Cancel.
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Can you take a look at your drive in Disk Management?
How is it listed there?
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Here is the report:

Volume (C:):
Volume size = 90,116 MB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 89,038 MB
Free space = 1,078 MB
Percent free space = 1 %

Fragmentation percentage
Volume fragmentation = 20 %
Data fragmentation = 20 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 149,454
Average file size = 692 KB
Total fragmented files = 2,058
Total excess fragments = 38,180
Average fragments per file = 1.25
Files with performance loss = 1,945
Paging file fragmentation
Paging/Swap file size = 0 bytes
Total fragments = 0

Directory fragmentation
Total directories = 28,349
Fragmented directories = 43
Excess directory fragments = 191

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 198 MB
MFT records In Use = 179,374
Percent MFT in use = 88 %
Total MFT fragments = 33

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Fragments File size Most fragmented files
1,700 86,064 KB \ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab\AVP7\Report\383f_Scan_My_Computer_eventlog.rpt
1,098 17,000 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Audiobook Eng(Akniga) Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man And The Sea.zip\Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea 3.mp3
951 75,391 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Safe Browsing Bloom
905 6,049 KB \Users\Public\Documents\AccConnAdvanced.html
847 16,729 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Audiobook Eng(Akniga) Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man And The Sea.zip\Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea 4.mp3
755 16,236 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Audiobook Eng(Akniga) Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man And The Sea.zip\Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea 2.mp3
685 67,725 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\Report1854c0e8\WER8DE9.tmp.hdmp [Excess Allocation]
674 20,599 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Dianne Reeves -The Palo Alto Sessions 1981-1985 [q10].zip\Dianne Reeves -The Palo Alto Sessions 1981-1985 -11 -Sitting In Limbo.ogg
669 40,532 KB \Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
621 18,875 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Dianne Reeves -The Grand Encounter.zip\Dianne Reeves -The Grand Encounter -06 -After Hours.ogg
561 14,683 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Dianne Reeves -The Palo Alto Sessions 1981-1985 [q10].zip\Dianne Reeves -The Palo Alto Sessions 1981-1985 -01 -Ancient Source.ogg
522 16,757 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Audiobook Eng(Akniga) Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man And The Sea.zip\Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea 1.mp3
476 320 MB \Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Setup Files\{AC76BA86-1033-F400-BA7E-000000000004}\Data1.cab
421 14,445 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Dianne Reeves -The Palo Alto Sessions 1981-1985 [q10].zip\Dianne Reeves -The Palo Alto Sessions 1981-1985 -09 -Passageway.ogg
414 68,899 KB \Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.persist.log
410 68,974 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\Report0dd903c8\WERE0A1.tmp.hdmp [Excess Allocation]
389 788 MB \Windows\System32\drivers\fidbox.dat
378 45,121 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Apple Computer\Safari\SafeBrowsing.db
365 19,289 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Dianne Reeves -The Palo Alto Sessions 1981-1985 [q10].zip\Dianne Reeves -The Palo Alto Sessions 1981-1985 -06 -Welcome To My Love.ogg
356 26,556 KB \Users\Lee\Videos\DivX Movies\Temporary Downloaded Files\Shutter_Island_Trailer_[592].divx.part
353 126 MB \Users\Lee\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\662bcbf95a641935a0fb607539e34c9221c43902\dbc1d9aa94cc2a4e8c5b3a5a236b02de282b32d6.mddata
347 171 MB \Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.21006\SetupCache\Client\netfx_core.cab
324 1,823 MB \pagefile.sys
323 4,944 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Alan Lomax Collection - Negro Prison Blues & Songs (192Kbs).zip\Alan Lomax - Negro Prison Blues & Songs 21 - Lonesome Blues.mp3
319 21,324 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\3.0.195.33\AppDevFreeTrainingSetup.exe
310 4,309 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Alan Lomax Collection - Negro Prison Blues & Songs (192Kbs).zip\Alan Lomax - Negro Prison Blues & Songs 03 - Old Alabama.mp3
300 14,423 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Dianne Reeves -The Palo Alto Sessions 1981-1985 [q10].zip\Dianne Reeves -The Palo Alto Sessions 1981-1985 -07 -Perfect Love.ogg
281 3,454 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Alan Lomax Collection - Negro Work Songs (160Kbs).zip\Alan Lomax Collection - Negro Work Songs 14 Lightning & Group - I Wonder What's the Matter.mp3
266 9,472 KB \Windows\Installer\MSI7CA6.tmp
262 12,971 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Dianne Reeves -The Palo Alto Sessions 1981-1985 [q10].zip\Dianne Reeves -The Palo Alto Sessions 1981-1985 -04 -Mi Vida.ogg
251 36,211 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\{F3DAEC04-E5BB-4CBD-B7EE-A3AB6C2E50FD}\MioNet.msi
244 74,450 KB \ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab\AVP.7.325_11.15_01.06_1ab8.HST.full.dmp
244 12,389 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Dianne Reeves-New Morning (Live)-1997-192 Kbps-Eutepe.zip\New Morning - 07 - Comes Love.mp3
239 11,905 KB \Program Files\Google\Update\Download\{CAD87DF0-05DA-441A-9E0C-B3BB5B0FEDA1}\GoogleEarth-Win-5.1.3533.1731.exe
238 161 MB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Adobe\Updater6\Install\acrobat9std-EFG\AcrobatUpd920_all_incr.msp
232 4,830 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Alan Lomax Collection - Negro Prison Blues & Songs (192Kbs).zip\Alan Lomax - Negro Prison Blues & Songs 08 - Old Dollar Mamie.mp3
228 19,958 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Dianne Reeves -The Palo Alto Sessions 1981-1985 [q10].zip\Dianne Reeves -The Palo Alto Sessions 1981-1985 -02 -My Funny Valentine.ogg
216 7,262 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_STEELEYE SPAN - 1970 - Hark! The Village Wait (.MP3@VBR).zip\STEELEYE SPAN - Hark! The Village Wait - 02 - The Blacksmith.mp3
213 215 MB \Windows\winsxs\ManifestCache\6.0.6002.18005_001c11ba_blobs.bin
211 5,775 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Alan Lomax Collection - Negro Prison Blues & Songs (192Kbs).zip\Alan Lomax - Negro Prison Blues & Songs 16 - Stackerlee.mp3
210 11,003 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Dianne Reeves-New Morning (Live)-1997-192 Kbps-Eutepe.zip\New Morning - 08 - Both Sides Now.mp3
206 15,124 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Thumbnails [Excess Allocation]
199 157 MB \Users\Lee\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\8a20c1923e6c2102da40c7094f6329eb48ce95c9\6906c233ffb0220d19428dcd32e55cd96f17027a.mddata
188 4,280 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Alan.Lomax.Collection.-.Black.Appalachia.(160Kbs).zip\Alan Lomax Collection - Black Appalachia 20. Sonny Terry - New careless love.mp3
188 6,677 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Blur - The Best Of.zip\11 - Charmless Man.mp3
185 3,662 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Alan.Lomax.Collection.-.Black.Appalachia.(160Kbs).zip\Alan Lomax Collection - Black Appalachia 15. Sidney Hemphill - Devil's dream.mp3
184 5,018 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Donovan - Sunshine superman.zip\04-Ferris Wheel.mp3
180 6,107 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Black Session.zip\Bonnie Prince Billy - Black Session - 05 - Stablemate.mp3
173 11,958 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Dianne Reeves -The Grand Encounter.zip\Dianne Reeves -The Grand Encounter -01 -Let Me Love You.ogg
170 1,665 KB \Users\Lee\AppData\Local\Temp\dd_netfx_dtp32A1.txt
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Where is that info from?
Did you type diskmgmt.msc in "Start search" and pressed Enter.
I want you to check, if you can see a whole drive there.
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It was from another Microsoft Management Console Add-in called Diskeeper. But I ran Disk Management as you suggested. It shows the drive partitioned into a primary partition of 88 GB and a secondary partition of 5 GB. I remember back when I partitioned it that I saved 5GB for some reason.
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Download, and install Disk Space Reporter: http://www.softpedia...-Reporter.shtml
In opening windows, select a drive to be scanned. Make sure, there is a checkmark in Store filenames in database.
Click Start button.
When scan is done, click File>Save As.
It'll be saved as Report.dsr file.
Zip the above file, and attach it to your reply.
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OK. Here you go.
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Well, it wouldn't upload a .rar file. Let me try to find a zip executable. . . . .
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