My 24" imac has the standard 640 gig hard drive. Disc utility(still running snow leopard) says that I have used 292 gigs. I have gone through all my files and folders and can only account for 157.15 gigs. I tried running onyx expecting the culprit was a bunch of junk that has gathered over time. Afterwards, I still had the same 292 gigs of used space and can only account 157.15 gigs. A complet format and reinstall will obviously solve this problem but I don't want to go to that extreme If its not really required.
wierd hard drive space issue
- Thread starter rdsii64
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- 2ghz c2d, 180gb vertex 2 ssd, 4gb ram
Any partitions on the drive?
partions
I have no known partitions. I will say this though. I did install lion and then restored snow leapord from a time machine back up. Lion did make a I believe is a recovery partition. I do not know if that partition still exists after a snow leopard time machine restore. disk utility only shows one volume on the drive.
I have no known partitions. I will say this though. I did install lion and then restored snow leapord from a time machine back up. Lion did make a I believe is a recovery partition. I do not know if that partition still exists after a snow leopard time machine restore. disk utility only shows one volume on the drive.
- Joined
- Jul 5, 2011
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- Location
- DC metro area
- Your Mac's Specs
- 2ghz c2d, 180gb vertex 2 ssd, 4gb ram
In directory / are there any old mac system folders? Time machine may have saved the lion install?
directory
I won't be able to check that untill I get home from work. I did notice that after I finished the tme machine restore the original lion download was still in my application folder and the install icon was still on my dock.
I won't be able to check that untill I get home from work. I did notice that after I finished the tme machine restore the original lion download was still in my application folder and the install icon was still on my dock.
second install
I installed lion a second time. this time there were no issues. I no longer have unaccounted drive space.
I installed lion a second time. this time there were no issues. I no longer have unaccounted drive space.
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