Hi Terry,

Go to the Control Panel/Folder Options/View tab, set it to "Show hidden
files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files
[recommended]". Also uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types".
Look for a folder or folders that contain data. If it's the System
Volume Information folder holding this data, you will also want to make
sure System Restore is not monitoring that drive. This is where System
Restore holds it restore points and the folder can not be removed.

Disable a monitored drive
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/drivedisable.html

When done looking, make sure to check "Hide protected operating system
files [recommended]".

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Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org

Terry Pinnell wrote:
> I made a new partition H on my third HD, large enough to contain a
> copy of my XP OS from C. But when I came to use Drive Image to make
> the copy, it said destination was too small. On inspection, I found
> that although it was apparently EMPTY, it had a 'Used' figure of 122MB
> - just enough to take it fractionally below the size of C.
>
> Why would a brand new partition have *any* used space? The only
> content I can see is a RECYCLER folder, but that's '35 bytes', and I
> can't seem to remove it anyway.