can someone please explain this its driving me MAD.....

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    PLEASE HELP ME ,, I HAVE A PC WITH 150 GB HD ,,,WHILE DEFRAGING THE OTHER DAY I NOTICED THAT I ONLY HAD 33% HD SPACE LEFT WHICH IS CONFUSING BECOUSE I ONLY HAVE PROGRAMMES ON MY HD,, ANYWAY WHILE READING THE DEFRAGIMENT LOG IT EXPLAINED THAT IT COULD NOT DEFRAG 3 FILES ALL 3 FILES WHERE 30GB + AND ALL WERE DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS/MY NAME/LOCAL SETTINGS.....I CANNOT EXPLAIN THIS NOR CAN I FIND THE FILE , I CAN GO TO DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS/MY NAME/....BUT THERE IS NO LOCAL SETTINGS FOLDER,,,PLEASE HELP ME
     
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    1: knock off the caps as is referred to as shouting as per forum rules above
    2: in windows explorer goto tools, view & enable all hidden files than should be able to view local settings
     
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    thanks a lot pal ,,,why does the temp file show as 76gb i cannot see anything unusual,,,again chears mate
     
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    did you do #2 yet to see the hidden files??
     
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    ive gone into the temp file yes ,,what do you mean by 2"
     
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    2: in windows explorer goto tools, view & enable all hidden files than should be able to view local settings
     
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    yes ,,sorry pal done that,, but i cannot see anything that could be 76gb in temp
     
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    is there anything in temp you need as download & run ccleaner from this link that will cleanout cookies, windows temp & others http://www.ccleaner.com/
     
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    hey mate,,,great stuff,job done,,,your a star,,,all the best ,cheers ,,,neil
     
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    no problem, teach & learn
     
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