SSD space is disappearing. Troublshooted almost everything already.

SNsCPU said:

Edit: Out of curiosity, is TRIM something that should already be enabled by default for SSD's or would users always need to enable this manually? I'm just asking because if the former, no way I would have known how to disable it, even if by mistake! :)

Yes Windows normally enables it, but mistakes happen :)
I think I notice that you are running tree size in normal mode, could you confirm this and run it as admin? maybe paste a snip of both? and then do the same again tomorrow if this is still not solved.

SNsCPU said:

A general notation:

If this was a system file, hidden file, or folder related issue, we would see this from all the disk storage readers we've been using. Instead, what these programs are showing is that my files and folders are remaining static in size while my free space is magically disappearing into the abyss.

Yeah I am still not convinced that it is not a reporting error. I have read on the net that others have also experienced this same problem, but have also found no answers

I might suggest that you check and make sure your SSD is aligned. Windows will normally create the proper alignment, but as has been stated before, mistakes do happen. SSD alignment.

SNsCPU said:

I've installed it, however I'm not getting the read/write numbers at the bottom like in their screenshot. It appears it's an option that only comes with the full version. It is reading the drive and shows the health status of being at 100% though...

It takes a few days for that information to appear since the program has to see what usage the drive gets over a longer period of time. I upgraded my SSD over the weekend and it hasn't shown up for me yet.

SNsCPU said:

I have actually been running Treesize File as administrator each and every time I use it.

Curious left is mine and right is yours I wonder what is causing the difference?



I know you said you have been here but bear with me and go through it.

I have borrowed this from here; Reclaiming disk space from “system volume information” « Thoughts On The Spot

1. To see the space allocated and used for System Volume Information:
- Open Command Prompt with “Run as Administrator” option
- Type in: vssadmin list shadowstorage
- You will see Used Space, Allocated Space and Maximum Space for SVI
2. To see the restore information stored therein:
- Use in the same console command: vssadmin list shadows
3. To resize the maximum allocated space:
- Type in command: vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=[here add the drive letter]: /For=[here add the drive letter]: /Maxsize=[here add the maximum size]
- E.g., vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=C: /For=C: /Maxsize=4GB
- You will see a prompt confirming resize done
- You can check the status again using the command discussed in point 1 above
4. Just to get rid of the space already consumed, but sticking to the same size of max-size as before:
- Do actions as per point 3 to set the max-size t, say, 1GB
- If you check now, most likely you’ll see that used space is now 0KB
- Do the resize again and set it back to what it was before
- Check your disk space availability in Windows Explorer, you should see the reclaim is done!

SNsCPU said:

I hope there is an answer for this. This is really frustrating and it completely sucks! I'll give this as long as my drive can go until it withers down to dangerous levels and then I'll have no choice but to format. If that doesn't work, definitely chucking/replacing this drive.

I believe you that it is frustrating but I am hoping we can sort this before you feel the need to use extreme measures.

I would appreciate it if you could post snips of your findings from the above post.

Ok Shadow storage has allocated 448mb space so this is not the problem, if you want to reclaim this you will probably have to set it under 448mb, when you did it you used the example 4GB which is now the maximum size. I recommend setting it back to 610mb.