Missing hard drive space

[Catabolism]

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?

 

[JMH]

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

Jan

 

[Catabolism]

Here it is...

 

[Catabolism]

I still can't seem to fix it...

 

[whs]

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?

 

[Catabolism]

Thanks! I've found it. WindowsImageBackup used most of the free disk space.

 

[whs]

Great. I am glad it was that easy to fix.

 

[jzuleta1]

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?

 

[whs]

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.

 

[whs]

Post a picture of your disk management. The missing space is probably unallocated.