DIsk space usage - different figures reported


  1. Posts : 258
    Windows Home Premium (64)
       #1

    DIsk space usage - different figures reported


    If I right-click my C:\ drive in Explorer and select Properties, the disk usage is reported as 39.4 GB.

    If I select all the top-level folders, right-click and select Properties the Size on Disk is reported as 29.0 GB.

    If I show Hidden Folders/Files and the Protected OS files, then select everything, the Size on Disk is reported as 37.0 GB.

    6 GB of this difference is down to hiberfil.sys

    Can anyone clarify what accounts for the remaining differences?
    39.4 - 37.0 = 2.4 GB
    37.0 - 29.0 - 6.0 = 1 GB
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  2. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #2

    Files Explorer cannot see. Or has access to see.
    See: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/...28/336219.aspx
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  3. Posts : 258
    Windows Home Premium (64)
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thank you.

    I tracked down some more info - there was over 6 GB of data in the System Volume Info folder. Not accessible by Explorer (for good reason) but I could see the contents in an Acronis True Image back-up.

    Those folders/files look like System Restore Points - that would explain it as recently I did some big installs - a .NET update, MS Office, etc. In due course, those checkpoints will drop off the list and the space used will reduce.

    So, total disk space used (right-click the C:\ drive and select Properties)
    = size of folders /files in Explorer (including the hidden ones)
    + the System Volume Information folder size (configurable in System Properties > System Protection > Configure)
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