Thanks, that helped me find see those files that made up the remaining space.
I have more questions and will start a new thread for those.

Thanks again

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> Route514 wrote:
>
> > I am a very new user to start with so bear with me. Here is my
> > situation. When I am viewing C: drives properties it says that I have
> > used 32 GB of space, but then when I explore C: drive and add up the
> > folders that are in it, the amount only reaches 28 GB. So there
> > appears to be a difference between my count and what it says. Why is
> > there that difference? And where are those other files that are
> > taking up the invisible 4 GB of space.
>
>
> They are probably hidden files and folders, for example, the page file, the
> hibernation file, etc.
>
> To see these, in My Computer, go to Tools, Folder Options and, on the View
> t.ab, check "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected
> operating system files." Click "Apply to All Folders," then OK.
>
>
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> > This is kinda a big issue
> > considering my hard drive is only 40 GB big and C: drives capacity is
> > around 34 GB. Thanks for any help!
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