Problem with Microsoft Windows XP SP2?

Hey !!

My C drive has started acting weird. My C drive displays free space differently every time, it changes every time I refresh the page or open an application. For eg. its 56 kb at one instance and when I go to the windows folder or any other folder ( for that matter) and check again, it displays the free space as 80 MB, 256, MB, 114 MB or any random number. I know that the space on my C is different than the one thats displayed because when it displayed the free space as 1 MB, i tried copying a 2 mb file from D drive to the C drive and it was pasted there!!! I am sure there is no spyware, adware, virus on my system. What could possibly be the issue ? THE OS is Windows XP Pro with SP2.

Problem with Microsoft Windows XP SP2?stinger

Sounds like you are on the way to a crash/dead hd/loosing everything. Or you have a very badly programmed trojan virus whcih is hiding itself. An anti-virus may not find it. Also your hd is saturated. This may be the problem, but not so important for the moment.

1.Try emptyig the trash can. That may free up some space and give you time to breathe. Do NOT defragment under any circumstances. (later yes, not now).

2. Back up everything of value to you - mp3s, photos. You could try backing up to a cd but you may not have any useable space left to even do that. The best would be a USB memory stick - you can get a 4Gb one for $15 these days. If you have more than 4Gb you need to keep, then backup 4Gb worth, delete the files you backed up. See if things return to normal now you have mmore space. Back up any remaining files NOW If things are not back to normal, then