The system itself uses a percentage of disc space for its file system databases and such. I've noticed that Ubuntu's Disk Usage Analyzer is not always accurate either. GParted is a far better indicator of free vs. used space, at least in my limited experience. I have one machine with a 120GB hard drive that Disk Usage Analyzer reported as being over 200GB capacity. Go figure.
It is not uncommon at all for file corruption to occur when you fill your machine's drive to capacity and beyond. Files get loaded into memory, and when the system tries to write them back to the disc, there's no room left, so when the system shuts down, RAM gets cleared and they are lost. I would recommend deleting some files to open up some working space and then start copying files off to another drive, perhaps a USB external hard drive. I just recently picked up a 250GB 2.5" WD USB drive for $80.00USD. Eventually, I would recommend burning files to CD-R or DVD, but not until you have some space available so you don't run into buffer orverflow issues. Good luck. Rob Smith Posted via WinMobile 6.1 -----Original Message----- From: Sim Roo <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 2:14 PM To: Ubuntu Linux <[email protected]> Subject: 50GB of space disappeared Firefox suddenly lost all my bookmarks....I found that I had no space left on my partition ! disk usage analyzer tells me that "/" is 136.9 GB and 100% usage, but Total FS capacity is 183.3 GB gparted tells me that /dev/sda1 is 186.26 GB and 185.55 GB is used so it seems 50 GB has disappeared......does anyone understand this ?? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
