C partition contents size does not agree - chkdisk does not fix


  1. David4321
    Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Home Premium
       New #1

    C partition contents size does not agree - chkdisk does not fix


    I have a huge discrepancy in the size of the contents of my C drive partition as measured in my computer vs drive properties.

    In my computer, drive is listed as 55.1 GB free of 174 GB - this should mean contents occupies 118.9 GB. However, when I explore drive, select entire contents (hidden files & folders are set to display) > right click > properties > result says size 85.8 GB, size on disk 86.3 GB.

    I would not be worried about a small discrepancy, but 33 GB? That doesn't seem right. Last night the discrepancy was over 50 GB. Last night I scheduled a chkdisk run for startup this AM, and I do not know the whether or not this remedied part of it, or if just restarting the computer did. But this is still huge.

    I just exposed protected OS files as well, and this increased contents in drive properties to 106 GB, but even this is still a 13 GB discrepancy.

    Is this normal? Is there anything to do about it? What is going on?

    Thanks for any help.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. Arc
    Posts : 35,373
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
       New #2

    CCleaner - Optimization and Cleaning - Free Download

    Run it one or two times , and see if the situation is changed. BTW, do you have the Windows.old folder there in your C drive ?
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. Qdos
    Posts : 3,960
    W7 x64
       New #3

    Do you have system restore enabled?

    When you examine the files and folders in Explorer are you including hidden & system files/folders?

    I suspect the difference is accounted for in the above two sentences...
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  6. Brink
    Posts : 72,036
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       New #4

    Hello David,

    In addition, the tutorial below may be able to help you find out what may be using your hard drive space.

    Hard Disk Space - Free Up and Recover

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  7. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       New #5

    The way you added up your files is definitely not right. You have to do 2 things:

    1. Run WinDirStat - that will tell you the total of system files and user files, but not the shadows

    2. For the shadows (restore points), open an elevated command prompt and run this command: vssadmin list shadowstorage. That will tell you under Allocated how much space is already taken for restore points.

    PS: Just saw that as usual Shawn has it all covered, LOL
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  8. David4321
    Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Home Premium
    Thread Starter
       New #6

    Good suggestions - thanks
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  10. Brink
    Posts : 72,036
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       New #7

    You're welcome David. I'm glad that we could help. :)
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
Win2008R2 x64 (I think it's quite compatible to Win 7). I'm trying to resize my disk C: to the whole partition , but when I run Disk Management (via run as admin) , it shows me the following weird picture:http://prntscr.com/g282gz When I call "Shrink volume" command from the local menu, it hangs...
My laptop is having 3 partitions named recovery partition.It showed 100 percent free in disk management .So I used a partition resizer program.Now its displaying all the 3 partitions in it along with my 2 primary partitions.one of them is WINRE partition (2GB),the other one HBDR partition for...
hello i want to do a system restore on a HP pavilion DV7 through the recovery image found in the recovery partition. However i want to be sure if a certain file(software) is included in the recovery image.How can i reveal all the contents? I've tried my computer tools>view>folder options and...
How to check the contents of my recovery partition? I bought a sony vaio, with Win7 home premium 64 bit, but the manufacturer had installed 32 bit OS instead of 64. The service center guys re installed the 64bit OS for me using recovery media(DVD-Rs) , but what i'm confused is, whether the...
Chkdisk, monitor black, is chkdisk done?
in Performance & Maintenance

I'm not a techie but have followed various instructions... I'm running chkdisk and the screen went totally black after the first few minutes (no cursor, no nothing). The harddrive light blinks, so I let it run for at least 12 hours so far but I have no idea what progress is happening if any. I have...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 00:23.
Find Us