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Some disk chart programs reported a big file on partition C. This file has no path and its change varies. The system was scanned with Antivirus software and I also checked for Alternate Data Streams in NTFS.

Any suggestions of how to read that file first and second how to delete it ?

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Much more information is required. – harrymc Aug 6 '10 at 10:21
Perhaps you should try running the disk checker built into Windows (chkdsk) in case the file system is corrupt or the file is actually disk space marked as bad sectors. What program are you using to view a chart of the disk? – James Aug 6 '10 at 12:38
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I seems like what you have found is your pagefile or hibernation file. IIRC these files actually have a path (c:/pagefile and... don't know), but they are special system files. You need to uncheck some checkboxes in the appropriate menu to make them visible.

In Windows XP all you need to do is:

  • Open a Windows Explorer window. Open the Extras menu and select something like options at the bottom of the menu.
  • The second tab (Display or View) contains a lot of checkboxes.
  • Try deselecting Hide protected system files.

It should be almost the same workflow in Win7. I'm sorry i can't supply you with the right menu names. I use a German system.

You should now be able to see the files c:\pagefile.sys and maybe even c:\hiberfil.sys.

You can get rid of hiberfil.sys by disabling the hibernation mode (>System Preferences/Energy Options/Hibernation Tab/ > UNcheck checkbox). Pagefile.sys is required by the system.

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Its not the pagefile. I used many tools, for charts Windirstat. – Dragos Aug 9 '10 at 8:45
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