Harddrive reading wrong space used?

Liftc · Apr 19, 2015

so for some reason out of the blue i noticed my 500gb hard drive says im using 390gbs total when im actually only using about 115gb? this is in my C: properties btw anyone have any idea? i also checked for virus ect and nothing.
thanks.

ATMINSIDE · Apr 19, 2015

Can you post a screenshot of Disk Management?

Liftc · Apr 19, 2015

https://imgur.com/FcZQvBH

if i add everything up i only have like i said about 120gbs its only like 2 games and windows really about it thats "big" anyway

ATMINSIDE · Apr 20, 2015

Use WinDirStat, it'll show you what folders are taking up so much space.
It's possible that it's just your recycle bin also, have you cleaned it out lately?

Liftc · Apr 20, 2015

heres me windirstat and yes recycle bin is empty

https://imgur.com/VxMCFfM

Automata · Apr 20, 2015

The biggest "hidden" uses of hard drive space are:

1) Pagefile (leave it enabled)
2) Hibernation file
3) System restore (default is 50% of the disk)

ATMINSIDE · Apr 20, 2015

Yep, if it isn't showing in WinDirStat it's most likely one of what thideras listed.

Janus67 · Apr 20, 2015

I believe that is what the .sys file is on the right side (page file). If you have enough memory you can likely decrease it to 1-2GB (but make sure to leave it enabled) and that will help cut down on space usage.

Liftc · Apr 24, 2015

hey guys thanks for all the replys turns out it was the system restore points. my computer had like 30 of them not sure why idk if thats normal. i used ccleaner to get rid of most of them except for the new ones and im back to normal. about 130gbs used instead of that crazy 400bgs+ haha thanks again.

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