Hard drive shows an incorrect amount of free space available

Original title: problem XP

Hi friends

I use win XP, it is installed in the C drive, it is around 72 GB.
When I move my cursor on the C drive only 3 GB of space is free, but when I go inside the c drive and make her select all and go to properties that only 20 GB is used. I want to know why the difference. and their any solution to this.

Thanks and greetings
Bdu_3

Original title: problem XP

Hi friends

I use win XP, it is installed in the C drive, it is around 72 GB.
When I move my cursor on the C drive only 3 GB of space is free, but when I go inside the c drive and make her select all and go to properties that only 20 GB is used. I want to know why the difference. and their any solution to this.

Thanks and greetings
Bdu_3

Personally, I would be interested to see what disk management says on the disc. Right click on my computer > choose manage. In the left pane, click "disk management". The content will grow in the right pane. Make a written note or a screen shot showing both used and free space.

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