{WindowsXp Group} HD Space missing when moving files and deleting XP User account

Hi this is my first post so please bear with me

I had a user account in XP which was my own as an
administrator, I set
up a 2nd user account also administrator and for some files
I cut and
paste from one user account to the other, some I copied and
pasted
from one user to the other

I confirmed the files were all there, and I deleted some
files from
the first user account, and then I deleted it, choosing the
option to
delete files

Now in my new user account all my files are showing, but
i've only got
33gb disk space, whereas I should have about 68gb

Before I started transferring the files between user
accounts I did
have 70gig free

can anyone tell me how to get my missing space back, the
recycle bin
is clear on my user account and i'm 90% sure I emptied the
recycle bin
on the old account before deleting it, but I thought if I
was deleting
the account the bin would be emptied

thanks


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You are sure EVERY thing is moved from the old account?
Check in
explorer. Usually in C:Documents and
Settings"username"

If not it sounds to me, like you might have busted your
FAT/NTFS
table. That sometime happen with bigger file transfers, if
they are
interrupted or times out.

First try run a regular chkdsk:

1.	Click on the Start menu
2.	Select My Computer
3.	Use the right mouse button to select the C drive. This
will make a
new menu appear.
4.	Select Properties
5.	Then select the tools tab.
6.	Under the error checking select check now.
7.	A new screen will show up, one is to automatically fix
file system
errors and the other is to scan for and detect problems with
the hard
drive. It is recommended that you select them both.
8.	Click Start
9.	You may be prompted to have chkdsk run when the computer
is
restarted, click YES when prompted,
10.	You may need to reboot your computer
Repeat for every drive you have.

Note: Chkdsk takes a very long time to run with both
correction
options on, so be patient.

- see if that doesn't solve your problem. If not post back-
then we
will, have to take other steps. 


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