Novice has problem Volume approaching Capacity

[KennyP]

Hi
Thanks in advance for any help.
I fairly recently changed my bootdrive to a larger capacity.
All went well for a couple of months then today I got "Disk usage warning (nas-B8-29-13)" and "Volume C is approaching capacity: 86% used 266G available.".
However the disc is nowhere near full - Used 83.8GB Free Space 148GB.
How do I fix this? Will this cause a problem if I ignore the warning?
Ken

Windows 7
Model: ReadyNAS Duo [X-RAID]
Firmware: RAIDiator 4.1.13 [1.00a043]
Memory: 256 MB [2.5-3-3-7]

[mdgm-ntgr]

Can you send me your logs?: http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/misc/how_do_i_send_all_logs

[mdgm-ntgr]

The space is being used.

Not sure what by.

Do you use home shares?

Do you have Time Machine enabled?

[KennyP]

Hi
Thanks for trying to solve this problem.
I don't have Time Machine
Sorry not sure about home shares but the C: drive is not shared.

[mdgm-ntgr]

Do you use the Recycle Bin on any of your shares?

Private home shares are shares specific to a user that accesses your NAS.

So if you login as e.g. KennyP to your NAS you would see a KennyP share. Do you use a share like that or do other users who use your NAS?

[KennyP]

mdgm wrote:
Do you use the Recycle Bin on any of your shares? Private home shares are shares specific to a user that accesses your NAS. So if you login as e.g. KennyP to your NAS you would see a KennyP share. Do you use a share like that or do other users who use your NAS?

Hi
Sorry for my poor knowledge.
Have looked for Recycle Bin on the NAS shares - only one - it was empty.
What I have found is that if I look at the NAS frontview - shares, and compare it with the shares listed on the NAS when I look with Windows Explorer there are 2 listed on Explorer that are not listed on the frontview, they are:
admin and c
Is perhaps this the c that is approaching capacity?
Can I delete it?
I could take screen shots of the 2 but do not know how to attach them here.
Thanks again

[mdgm-ntgr]

admin is the private home share. You only see this share when connected as the admin user.

c is the data volume that contains your shares. You only see this share when connected as the admin user.

[StephenB]

Actually I think this is useful, since as admin you can see the full C volume.

I'd set up windows folder options to show hidden and system files. Then right-click each folder in "C", and look at the properties. Pick the largest, and navigate into it - and repeat. You should quickly find out where all the space is going.