PowerBook - hard drive full of nothing

defy69 · defy69 #1 (**permalink**)

10-07-2007, 05:37 PM

i have a powerbook g4 running 10.4.10. my original hardrive died, so i replaced it with a 160GB Seagate. it runs really well and formate with no issues. it recognizes that the drive is 160gb (148gb after formatting), but now its saying there is only 14GB left, ive installed a few programs, but it shouldntbe anywhere near full. i ran a program called Whatsize, that sizes up all the folders.

heres a screen shot:

as you can see the memory ive used doesnt add up to how much its saying is used. so does anyone have any ideas or had this problem before?

Mac_OS · Mac_OS #2 (**permalink**)

10-07-2007, 05:46 PM

wow thats bizzare, sorry i cant help.....

maanico1 · maanico1 #3 (**permalink**)

10-07-2007, 10:07 PM

do you have any big torrents running? this may be completely off, but i had that problem the other day. with azureus, it already made the calculations and subtracted for what i was DLing, if that makes sense

defy69 · defy69 #4 (**permalink**)

10-07-2007, 10:14 PM

not at the moment. i use transmission. but the thing is, if you look at the screen shot, my data only really uses about 70gb, thats the strange part, even if there was some hidden data, it should show up as being in some folder. even the hidden folders show up. i might take it down to the apple store tomorow, i have a friend who works there

Reel1 · Reel1 #5 (**permalink**)

10-07-2007, 10:46 PM

If you go to your disk utility, what does it show?

defy69 · defy69 #6 (**permalink**)

10-07-2007, 11:51 PM

what does this mean? does this mean if i repair my disk it will erase everything thats on it?

Kash · Kash #7 (**permalink**)

10-08-2007, 12:15 AM

No, a repair is generally non-destructive.

To actually do a repair, you have to boot into the install disc that came with your Mac and run Disk Utility from there.

defy69 · defy69 #8 (**permalink**)

10-08-2007, 02:56 AM

tried repairing, didnt fix the problem. any more ideas?

Kash #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 03, 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 9,385 Mac Specs: Black Macbook C2D 2GHz 3GB RAM 250GB HD iPhone 4 iPad 3G	10-08-2007, 12:15 AM No, a repair is generally non-destructive. To actually do a repair, you have to boot into the install disc that came with your Mac and run Disk Utility from there. June 2007 July 2009
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defy69 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 07, 2007 Posts: 4	10-07-2007, 05:37 PM i have a powerbook g4 running 10.4.10. my original hardrive died, so i replaced it with a 160GB Seagate. it runs really well and formate with no issues. it recognizes that the drive is 160gb (148gb after formatting), but now its saying there is only 14GB left, ive installed a few programs, but it shouldntbe anywhere near full. i ran a program called Whatsize, that sizes up all the folders. heres a screen shot: as you can see the memory ive used doesnt add up to how much its saying is used. so does anyone have any ideas or had this problem before?
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Member Since: Sep 22, 2007 Location: Huntingdon,Cambridgeshire (UK) Posts: 462 Mac Specs: White Macbook 2.4ghz, 2gb ram, 160gb hd,superdrive, OSX Leopard	10-07-2007, 05:46 PM wow thats bizzare, sorry i cant help.....
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defy69 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 07, 2007 Posts: 4	10-07-2007, 10:14 PM not at the moment. i use transmission. but the thing is, if you look at the screen shot, my data only really uses about 70gb, thats the strange part, even if there was some hidden data, it should show up as being in some folder. even the hidden folders show up. i might take it down to the apple store tomorow, i have a friend who works there
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Reel1 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 29, 2006 Location: Barrie, Ontario, Canada Posts: 606 Mac Specs: 2.16 GHz Intel Imac Core 2 Duo//MacBook 1.83 Core 2 Duo//G5 Power Mac	10-07-2007, 10:46 PM If you go to your disk utility, what does it show?
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defy69 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 07, 2007 Posts: 4	10-07-2007, 11:51 PM what does this mean? does this mean if i repair my disk it will erase everything thats on it?
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defy69 #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 07, 2007 Posts: 4	10-08-2007, 02:56 AM tried repairing, didnt fix the problem. any more ideas?
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