Missing hard drive space


  1. Catabolism
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    Missing hard drive space


    My D: drive should be 230GB. After installing less than 30GB it seems to be all most full. So I downloaded the program 'Folder Size' to check on my space. Which says that my disk is only 33GB in size. So I'm missing a small 200GB. How can I use that missing 200GB?
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  3. JMH
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    Catabolism said:
    My D: drive should be 230GB. After installing less than 30GB it seems to be all most full. So I downloaded the program 'Folder Size' to check on my space. Which says that my disk is only 33GB in size. So I'm missing a small 200GB. How can I use that missing 200GB?

    Hi Catabolism and welcome


    Can you take a screenshot of your disk management console and upload it to us? Your system recognizes the true size of the drive but the 3rd party app does not.


    Thanks

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  4. Catabolism
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    Here it is...
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  6. Catabolism
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    I still can't seem to fix it...
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  7. whs
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    I suggest 2 actions:

    1. Run WinDirStat. That will tell you exactly whats on your disk (but not the shadowstorage).
    2. For the shadowstorage, go to Start > Computer > right click and go to Properties > System protection (in the left pane on top) > System protection tab > highlight the D drive > configure > and what is the number behind "current usage" in the second half of the window?
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  8. Catabolism
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    Thanks! I've found it. WindowsImageBackup used most of the free disk space.
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  10. whs
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    Great. I am glad it was that easy to fix.
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  11. jzuleta1
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    how did you solve this? On my c: drive I have only 57gb of memory left over after formatting and upgrading to windows 7. Before this I had 250-300bg of space left and now I cant seem to fix the problem. Is there anything you guys can help me out with?
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  12. whs
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    jzuleta1 said:
    how did you solve this? On my c: drive I have only 57gb of memory left over after formatting and upgrading to windows 7. Before this I had 250-300bg of space left and now I cant seem to fix the problem. Is there anything you guys can help me out with?
    Do what I suggested in post #5 and then come back with the numbers or snips of the results.
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  13. whs
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    Post a picture of your disk management. The missing space is probably unallocated.
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